Svein

From Old Norse Sveinn, from sveinn (“boy, servant”). Cognate with Faroese Sveinur, Icelandic Sveinn, Swedish Sven, and Danish Svend.

• IPA^(key): /svɛɪːn/
• (segmentation) IPA^(key): /svɛɪːdn/
• (palatalisation) IPA^(key): /svɛɪːɲ/

Svein m

1. a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Sveina

• svein (“boy; servant; journeyman with diploma”) (see that for related given names)

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 345
• Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 24 295 males with the given name Svein living in Norway on January 1st 2022, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 5th January, 2022.

Svein m

1. accusative of Sveinn