Sven Forename

3,613th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 290,697 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sven Forename User-submission:

The Sven surnames comes from the Old Norse sveinn, meaning 'boy'.

Sven Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany
100%
134,2641:720183
Sweden
100%
97,1771:10111
Belgium
100%
12,2641:937220
Netherlands
100%
9,8861:1,710357
Norway
100%
6,7531:760191
Denmark-4,7001:1,202236
United States
100%
4,3941:82,5073,896
Switzerland
100%
3,5261:2,329442
Estonia
100%
2,5561:515114
Finland
100%
1,5411:3,558492
Thailand
100%
1,4571:48,0895,232
England
100%
1,0341:53,7752,488
South Africa
99%
 
9841:55,4195,524
Austria
100%
9481:8,981589
Poland
100%
9421:40,3681,154
Croatia
100%
7641:5,520583
Canada
100%
7281:45,5133,097
France
100%
5651:117,6472,422
Australia-5481:24,9231,607
Slovenia
100%
5131:4,793605
Brazil
100%
3841:557,90717,635
Spain
100%
2961:157,1963,622
Saudi Arabia-2911:105,88510,050
Sri Lanka-2861:72,7246,418
Iraq
100%
2701:129,6962,763
Luxembourg
100%
2391:2,360344
Namibia-2261:10,6381,267
Suriname
83%
 
2141:2,583601
New Zealand-1981:22,9091,713
Dominican Republic-1911:54,6143,526
Russia
95%
 
1871:771,3037,257
China-1711:7,988,63059,454
Portugal-1381:75,4412,229
Chile
100%
1371:128,5202,915
Morocco-1091:315,1256,796
Japan-981:1,305,98016,716
Czechia
100%
961:111,0021,203
Egypt
100%
871:1,056,33318,582
Philippines
99%
 
871:1,218,50031,300
Greece
100%
821:133,3483,227
Mexico
98%
 
811:1,532,64710,247
Italy
99%
 
661:925,1838,207
Malaysia
96%
 
651:468,46120,872
Malta-621:6,925809
Peru
100%
611:521,1719,138
Scotland
100%
611:87,7112,176
Slovakia
100%
561:94,823968
United Arab Emirates-541:132,4449,305
Ireland
100%
531:87,6142,302
Singapore
100%
521:120,9057,686
India
87%
 
481:25,309,958550,886
Guatemala-471:342,7333,797
Ecuador-431:412,2544,884
Greenland-411:1,375278
Hong Kong-291:267,3353,524
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
Israel
84%
 
261:323,1897,892
Guyana
100%
231:33,1853,507
Aruba-211:4,942942
Palestine
100%
201:227,5032,447
Venezuela
100%
191:1,589,57329,905
Argentina
100%
181:2,376,2918,279
Cambodia
60%
 
181:904,07414,944
Indonesia-151:17,197,578460,669
Gibraltar-141:2,438470
Iceland
100%
141:26,1441,689
Lebanon
100%
141:401,9695,774
Wales
100%
141:221,0223,846
Belarus
100%
131:729,4144,213
Liechtenstein-131:2,912381
Antigua and Barbuda-121:8,2831,404
Faroe Islands
100%
121:4,094700
Jordan
 
86%
111:802,4344,728
South Korea-111:504,03812,654
Bulgaria
100%
91:776,7109,666
Taiwan
100%
91:2,641,07657,947
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
91:151,2699,102
Costa Rica
100%
81:595,9948,229
Jamaica-81:360,40310,541
Turkey
100%
71:11,114,53034,230
Ukraine
100%
71:6,499,98710,516
Vietnam-71:13,231,8734,411
Honduras-61:1,469,57813,832
Monaco
100%
61:6,411917
Paraguay
100%
61:1,206,1347,440
Tanzania
100%
61:8,798,05338,955
Congo
100%
51:1,001,84116,039
Hungary
64%
 
51:1,958,3544,174
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
Zambia-51:3,170,95926,788
Bahrain-41:337,1684,986
DR Congo
100%
41:18,456,90195,891
Ethiopia-41:24,390,03319,296
Gabon
100%
41:470,8342,822
Mozambique-41:6,810,8393,114
Romania-41:5,012,99431,756
Sudan-41:9,451,7446,661
Togo-41:1,809,8105,654
Bolivia-31:3,533,8015,917
Colombia
100%
31:15,926,30951,235
El Salvador-31:2,113,9299,538
Jersey-31:33,3271,495
Kenya-31:15,435,70351,312
Maldives-31:144,6343,056
Panama-31:1,302,18625,104
Algeria-21:19,088,36022,377
Bosnia and Herzegovina
100%
21:1,762,2296,852
Cape Verde
100%
21:264,5764,841
Kosovo-21:930,72016,593
Kyrgyzstan
100%
21:2,986,63834,954
Liberia-21:2,206,03027,695
Oman-21:2,054,3348,531
Uganda-21:20,478,46091,660
Uruguay-21:1,713,81810,870
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Albania
100%
11:3,046,57049,159
Andorra-11:82,8871,356
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Anguilla-11:13,2551,687
Armenia-11:2,918,75314,910
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Burundi-11:9,906,5592,558
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Comoros-11:761,339901
Cook Islands-11:18,1531,349
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Georgia
100%
11:3,738,46629,095
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Isle of Man-11:85,023723
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
Macau-11:608,2092,350
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Malawi-11:17,112,31024,110
Micronesia-11:106,5001,462
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Montenegro
100%
11:634,5764,914
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
New Caledonia
100%
11:270,1643,221
Nicaragua
100%
11:6,018,33634,175
Pakistan-11:194,357,680303,535
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
San Marino-11:32,920787
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
11:191,9975,295
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Somalia-11:13,525,8677,760
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
Tajikistan
100%
11:8,374,9227,831
Tonga-11:107,436779
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731

Sven (1,120) may also be a surname.

Sven Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Sven surnames comes from the Old Norse sveinn, meaning 'boy'.

- deefno

Sven Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Svein8938,270/
Svend8924,414/
Svenn892,143/
Svent8937/
Sveen8923/
Shven8915/
Sveng899/
Svien897/
Svene896/
Jsven891/
Scven891/
S'ven891/
Sveyn891/
Svemn891/
Ssven891/
Sveinn801,518/
Svetin80277/
Svenne80140/
Sveten805/
Sveann803/
Sviten802/
Saèven801/
Schven801/
Shvetn801/
Shveen801/
Sventh801/
Svenht801/
Sveinc801/
Sveijn801/
Svin75259/
Svem7520/
Jven7515/
Zven7512/
Cven7512/
Svän758/
Svyn753/
Sveanne732/
Soviaen731/
Schvenn731/
Sveynne731/
Suene672,037/
Svina67208/
Swene6738/
Shvem6732/
Swein6729/
Sweyn6728/
Chven6718/
Shvin6712/
Sving6712/
Swean6710/
Svain678/
Sbhen673/
Jvenn672/
Svoin672/
Svyng672/
Svind672/
Svine672/
Svisn671/
Sveim671/
Svesingh671/
Svgin671/
Svimn671/
Sbene671/
Svnyo671/
Svnno671/
Suejn671/
Svayn671/
Jvent671/
Jvein671/
Hsvin671/
Zvenn671/
Zveen671/
Svint671/
Sbein671/
Swenh671/
Swgen671/
Swetn671/
Svyon671/
Svitn671/
Svissent671/
Dsvyn671/

Sven Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sven in the Russian language
Свенsven-

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