Further information about Swedish Names.

Sweden old female given names. English name derived from the flower name from the surname of Swedish botanist Anders Dahl meaning valley hence dahlia flower or valley flower EMELIE. New Sweden Settlers 1638-1664 by Dr. Is Agneta or maybe Ida.

Russian Merchants at River Ports of the Bay of Bothnia 1548 by Rebecca Lucas ffride wlffsdotter Names of Russian people recorded in Swedish documents. These kind of old school girls names are connected to tradition rather than modernity and gloss. That is the reason that we in Sweden have so many family names ending with -son Andersson Svensson Larsson Nilsson Olsson Johansson Persson Karlsson Gustafsson Eriksson and so on.

Al- names in general are popular right now in Sweden with Alice Alicia Alma Alva Albin. Liliana and Lillian are Latin names meaning lily as well as care free and innocent Lily is derived from the white flower signifying innocence. Is it Sven or even Thor.

The full Top 100 list for male names further below Top 100 Swedish Female Given Names Common Names for Swedish Women. A small bluish flower. This was a period which produced a myriad of two-word Swedish-language family names for the nobility.

Alvin m English Swedish From a medieval form of any of the Old English names Ælfwine Æðelwine or Ealdwine. CategorySwedish diminutives of female given names. Very favoured prefixes were Adler German for eagle Ehren German for honor Swedish ära Silfver silver and Gyllen or Gylden-golden or gilded.

Old lady names are cool by virtue of their very disdain for fashion. Along with Alice other top names for girls in Sweden include Maja Elsa Astrid and Wilma. So Elisabeth Svensdotter suddenly was changed to Elisabeth Svensson.