Svend

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Sveinn. Cognate with Swedish Sven and Norwegian Svein.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Svend

  1. a male given name

Derived terms

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References

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  • [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

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Etymology

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From Danish Svend, as a variant of Svein.

Proper noun

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Svend

  1. a male given name
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