The baby name Svava is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SVAH-vah (IPA: English approx. /ˈsvɑːvə/; Icelandic approx. /ˈsvaːva/).
Svava is Icelandic, Norse, Scandinavian in Origin.
The baby name Svava is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SVAH-vah (IPA: English approx. /ˈsvɑːvə/; Icelandic approx. /ˈsvaːva/).
Svava is Icelandic, Norse, Scandinavian in Origin.
Svava is the modern Icelandic form of Old Norse Sváva, a feminine name recorded in the Poetic Edda, where Sváva appears as a valkyrie and princess in Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar and later reappears through reincarnation motifs. The name survived in medieval sources but largely faded before being revived in the Nordic world with 19th–20th-century interest in Old Norse literature. Today it is chiefly used in Iceland and the Faroe Islands, with rarer occurrence in Denmark and Norway; Icelandic author Svava Jakobsdóttir is a prominent bearer.
Its etymology is uncertain: many scholars connect it to the place-name Sváfaland - often equated with Swabia - yielding the sense “Swabian woman.” Others relate it to the ethnonym of the Suebian/Suebic peoples; folk explanations linking it to “sleep” are not linguistically supported. Variants include Sváva (Old Norse/Faroese), Svava (Icelandic, Danish/Norwegian), and related masculine Svafar; diminutives are uncommon.
Svava is seldom given. We count 33 recorded uses of it across 8 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | Girls | 0 | #39 | 25 | 132 |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #153 | 1 | 3,773 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #328 | 2 | 7,429 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Svava is popular in 8 countries — most recent births per country:
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