Svend

svend Danish Etymology da non Sveinn. Cognate with fo Sveinur, is Sveinn, nn Svein, sv Sven, en Sweyn, and fi Soini. Pronunciation da /sʋɛnd/ /sfɛnt/ Proper noun da proper noun da male Old Norse Derived terms (surnames) da Svendsen References Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 64 637 males with the given name Svend have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011. Norwegian Bokmål Svend Alternative forms nb Svein Sven Svenn Etymology nb da Svend m, the Danish form of nb Svein, ultimately from nb non Sveinn m, originally a byname based on the common noun non sveinn boy, young man, servant.“Svend” in Store norske leksikon. Compare nn Svend and fo Svend male given name. Pronunciation nb /sʋɛn/ [sʋɛn] ; /sʋɛnd/ [sʋɛnd] nb ɛn ɛnd 1 1 nb Sven Svenn when pronounced without /d/ when pronounced without /d/ nb Svend Proper noun nb proper noun nb male Danish < Old Norse Usage notes The Danish spelling nb Svend was the most common of the nb Svein variants in Norwegian 19th-century records. In 19th-century census records, the name was especially common in Rogaland. Derived terms nb Svendsen patronymic surname meaning “son of Svend” Statistics In 2022, 900 men in Norway had nb Svend as their only given name or as the first of several given names. References