Girl · Old English, through Norwegian
Sunniva
Say it: SOON-ni-vah
Meaning
From Old English Sunngifu: sunne 'sun' and giefu 'gift'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Spread through the cult of Saint Sunniva, patron of Bergen, and very popular in Norway since the late 20th century.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 72 babies given this name since 2005
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 145,300 girls
- 11 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Synnøve, Synne
| Old English | Sunngifu |
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Famous bearers
- Saint Sunniva, legendary princess venerated at Selje and Bergen
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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