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Göran
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Goran Gøran
Swedish
Etymology
From sv gmq-osw-lat Iø̄rian, from Early Old Swedish gmq-osw Iø̄ran or from sv gml Jurian. Related to modern de Jürgen and en George. First recorded in Sweden as sv Jöran in 1509.
Pronunciation
sv /ˈjøːˌran/
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Göran.wav
Proper noun
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sv male
Related terms
(male given names) sv Georg, sv Jörgen, sv Örjan
(surnames) sv Göransson
Descendants
1 no Gøran
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 86 227 males with the given name Göran living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Anagrams
sv agnrö gröna ögnar