Boy · Old Norse
Sverre
Say it: SVER-reh
Meaning
From Old Norse Sverrir, of uncertain origin, perhaps from a verb meaning 'to swing, whirl'.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Borne by the 12th-century King Sverre and revived in modern Norway.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 12 babies given this name since 1913
- At its height in 1913, about 1 in 73,200 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year 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
| Icelandic | Sverrir |
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Famous bearers
- Sverre Sigurdsson, king of Norway
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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