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A name. A world of connections.
“boy, young man, servant”
/sfɛnt/ · Danish
01 / Meaning & origin
Svend is a masculine given name documented in Swedish, Danish, Finnish and 3 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Sveinn. English Wiktionary gives the meaning “boy, young man, servant”.
4 source accounts
Meaning: “boy, young man, servant”
Inherited from Old Norse Sveinn. Cognate with Faroese Sveinur, Icelandic Sveinn, Norwegian Nynorsk Svein, Swedish Sven, English Sweyn, and Finnish Soini.
Afkomstig van Ouddeens "Swæn" ← Oudnoords sveinn en
Afkomstig van Oudnoords: sveinn zn
Afkomstig van Oudnoords sveinn en
02 / Across borders
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5 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, 1968: 5 boys (rank 4136).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Svend
Recorded category boys
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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 | 25 | 164 | observed |
| 1946 | 33 | 153 | observed |
| 1947 | 25 | 173 | observed |
| 1948 | 20 | 190 | observed |
| 1949 | 23 | 174 | observed |
| 1950 | 24 | 175 | observed |
| 1951 | 23 | 174 | observed |
| 1952 | 21 | 179 | observed |
| 1953 | 25 | 172 | observed |
| 1954 | 20 | 189 | observed |
| 1955 | 21 | 182 | observed |
| 1956 | 28 | 164 | observed |
| 1957 | 15 | 229 | observed |
| 1958 | 19 | 199 | observed |
| 1959 | 13 | 252 | observed |
| 1960 | 23 | 189 | observed |
| 1961 | 24 | 191 | observed |
| 1962 | 27 | 175 | observed |
| 1963 | 21 | 206 | observed |
| 1964 | 21 | 207 | observed |
| 1965 | 30 | 176 | observed |
| 1966 | 26 | 203 | observed |
| 1967 | 30 | 184 | observed |
| 1968 | 19 | 234 | observed |
| 1969 | 27 | 206 | observed |
| 1970 | 14 | 297 | observed |
| 1971 | 18 | 256 | observed |
| 1972 | 21 | 240 | observed |
| 1973 | 14 | 309 | observed |
| 1974 | 11 | 366 | observed |
| 1975 | 11 | 365 | observed |
| 1976 | 6 | 502 | observed |
| 1977 | 6 | 491 | observed |
| 1978 | 6 | 503 | observed |
| 1979 | 9 | 424 | observed |
| 1980 | 5 | 558 | observed |
| 1981 | 7 | 481 | observed |
| 1982 | 10 | 410 | observed |
| 1983 | 11 | 373 | observed |
| 1984 | 10 | 395 | observed |
| 1985 | 5 | 572 | observed |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | 9 | 421 | observed |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | 5 | 567 | observed |
| 1990 | 7 | 478 | observed |
| 1991 | 11 | 361 | observed |
| 1992 | 7 | 444 | observed |
| 1993 | 5 | 525 | observed |
| 1994 | 5 | 507 | observed |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | 4 | 554 | observed |
| 1997 | 4 | 549 | observed |
| 1998 | 4 | 539 | observed |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | 5 | 486 | observed |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Svend” 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.
Danish jazz violinist (1916-2017)
Folklorist, author (1824–1883)
Norwegian whaler (1809–1894)
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German association football player
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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
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
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
Denmark — grouped top baby names, 1985–2025
Statistics Denmark (Danmarks Statistik) · Statistics Denmark attribution terms (commercial and non-commercial reuse permitted) · 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.
