The baby name Svante is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Swedish IPA: [ˈsvanːtɛ]; approximate English respelling: SVAHN-teh or SVAN-teh.
Svante is Swedish in Origin.
The baby name Svante is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Swedish IPA: [ˈsvanːtɛ]; approximate English respelling: SVAHN-teh or SVAN-teh.
Svante is Swedish in Origin.
Svante is a Swedish masculine given name, a contracted form of medieval Svantepolk, itself borrowed from the Slavic royal name Sviatopolk/Polish Świętopełk. The elements are Slavic sviat-/święt- “holy, blessed” and polk/pełk “host, people; army,” yielding the sense “holy host” or “blessed army.” Cognate or closely related forms include East Slavic Sviatopolk, Polish Świętopełk, and Czech/Slovak Svatopluk/Svätopluk, which share the -pluk/-polk “host” element.
In Sweden the name is attested from the late Middle Ages among the nobility, notably the regent Svante Nilsson (Sture) and later counts in the Sture family; it saw a cultured revival in the 19th–20th centuries and remains moderately used in Sweden and in Swedish-speaking Finland. Notable modern bearers include Nobel laureates Svante Arrhenius and Svante Pääbo. Variants/related forms: the archaic full form Svantepolk; Slavic Sviatopolk/Świętopełk; Czech/Slovak Svatopluk/Svätopluk. Meaning-focused nicknames are uncommon; pronunciation in Swedish is roughly SVAHN-teh.
| Svante Thuresson Svante Thuresson was a well-known Swedish jazz and pop singer, famous for his participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1966 with the song 'Nygammal Vals'. He was also part of the popular group Gals and Pals. Throughout his career, he released several albums and was a beloved figure in the Swedish music scene. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | Boys | 2022 | #84 | 115 | 1,509 |
| DK | 0 | #205 | 2 | 5,198 | |
| Finland | 0 | #297 | 11 | 830 | |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #327 | 6 | 7,401 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #364 | 1 | 5,096 |
| Finland | Boys | 0 | #381 | 47 | 2,041 |
| CL | 0 | #434 | 1 | 6,867 | |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #445 | 283 | 3,552 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #925 | 2 | 14,506 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
Svante is popular in 9 countries — most recent births per country:
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