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A name. A world of connections.
“sun” + “gift”
/ˈsʊnːɪva/ · Faroese
01 / Meaning & origin
Sunniva is a feminine given name documented in Danish, Finnish, Faroese and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old English Sunnġifu, from the components “sun” + “gift”.
Separate records with matching spellings: Sunníva (Icelandic)
2 source accounts
Meaning: “sun” + “gift”
From Old English Sunnġifu, from sunne (“sun”) + ġifu (“gift”).
Old English sunne "sun" + gifu "gift". Name of a legendary ninth century saint, an Irish princess who sailed to Norway.
02 / Across borders
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6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Published statistics
United States, 2025: 25 girls (rank 5099).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Sunniva
Recorded category girls
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | 4 | 415 | observed |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | 6 | 361 | observed |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | 7 | 362 | observed |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | 5 | 433 | observed |
| 1963 | 6 | 409 | observed |
| 1964 | 5 | 451 | observed |
| 1965 | 6 | 438 | observed |
| 1966 | 4 | 499 | observed |
| 1967 | 6 | 439 | observed |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | 8 | 372 | observed |
| 1970 | 10 | 341 | observed |
| 1971 | 12 | 313 | observed |
| 1972 | 12 | 320 | observed |
| 1973 | 16 | 263 | observed |
| 1974 | 19 | 248 | observed |
| 1975 | 17 | 251 | observed |
| 1976 | 16 | 265 | observed |
| 1977 | 23 | 208 | observed |
| 1978 | 18 | 256 | observed |
| 1979 | 15 | 278 | observed |
| 1980 | 30 | 184 | observed |
| 1981 | 32 | 174 | observed |
| 1982 | 45 | 144 | observed |
| 1983 | 32 | 172 | observed |
| 1984 | 42 | 152 | observed |
| 1985 | 40 | 158 | observed |
| 1986 | 46 | 146 | observed |
| 1987 | 63 | 113 | observed |
| 1988 | 76 | 99 | observed |
| 1989 | 72 | 104 | observed |
| 1990 | 75 | 109 | observed |
| 1991 | 83 | 99 | observed |
| 1992 | 104 | 79 | observed |
| 1993 | 113 | 72 | observed |
| 1994 | 146 | 51 | observed |
| 1995 | 138 | 53 | observed |
| 1996 | 126 | 59 | observed |
| 1997 | 188 | 36 | observed |
| 1998 | 146 | 48 | observed |
| 1999 | 185 | 35 | observed |
| 2000 | 205 | 33 | observed |
| 2001 | 165 | 40 | observed |
| 2002 | 168 | 38 | observed |
| 2003 | 179 | 32 | observed |
| 2004 | 151 | 44 | observed |
| 2005 | 159 | 41 | observed |
| 2006 | 140 | 48 | observed |
| 2007 | 142 | 44 | observed |
| 2008 | 116 | 53 | observed |
| 2009 | 130 | 50 | observed |
| 2010 | 132 | 49 | observed |
| 2011 | 110 | 58 | observed |
| 2012 | 108 | 64 | observed |
| 2013 | 104 | 63 | observed |
| 2014 | 91 | 67 | observed |
| 2015 | 102 | 63 | observed |
| 2016 | 67 | 91 | observed |
| 2017 | 75 | 82 | observed |
| 2018 | 70 | 86 | observed |
| 2019 | 68 | 86 | observed |
| 2020 | 65 | 89 | observed |
| 2021 | 54 | 97 | observed |
| 2022 | 46 | 113 | observed |
| 2023 | 63 | 92 | observed |
| 2024 | 49 | 110 | observed |
| 2025 | 68 | 89 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Sunniva” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
