Svend
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See also: svend
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Sveinn. Cognate with Swedish Sven and Norwegian Svein.
Proper noun
[edit]Svend
- a male given name
Derived terms
[edit]- (surnames) Svendsen
References
[edit]- [1] 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Danish Svend, as a variant of Svein.
Proper noun
[edit]Svend
- a male given name