Svavar
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Svavar is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Iceland. Recorded meaning: From Svafar, from Old Norse *Sváf (“Swabian”) + -ar (“forming masculine genitives and nouns”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᚨᛒᚨᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ (swabaharjaʀ /Swābaharjaz/), from Proto-Germanic *Swēbaz (“Swabian”).
- ISIceland
- DKDenmark
- ESSpain
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Old Norse*Sváf“Swabian”(measured from records)
- Proto-Norseᛊᚹᚨᛒᚨᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉswabaharjaʀ /Swābaharjaz/(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*Swēbaz“Swabian”(measured from records)
From Svafar, from Old Norse *Sváf (“Swabian”) + -ar (“forming masculine genitives and nouns”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᚨᛒᚨᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ (swabaharjaʀ /Swābaharjaz/), from Proto-Germanic *Swēbaz (“Swabian”).
Sources 2
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Svavar Guðnasonb. 1909ISIcelandic artist (1909-1988)
- Svavar Gestsb. 1926ISIcelandic drummer, music executive
- Svavar Lárussonb. 1930ISIcelandic singer
- Svavar Markússonb. 1935ISIcelandic athletics competitor
- Svavar Gestssonb. 1944ISIcelandic politician (1944–2021)
- Svavar Hrafn Svavarssonb. 1965ISIcelandic philosopher
- Svavar Knúturb. 1976ISIcelandic singer-songwriter
- Svavar AustmannISIcelandic bass guitarist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IS Iceland | Hagstofa Íslands — Given-name frequency by population (2005) | 2005 | 368 | #103 |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 302 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 22 | #18,006 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 10 | #6,792 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 9 | #37,174 |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| IS Iceland | Mannanafnaskrá — official register of approved personal names | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Svavar mean, and where does it come from?
- From Svafar, from Old Norse *Sváf (“Swabian”) + -ar (“forming masculine genitives and nouns”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᚨᛒᚨᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ (swabaharjaʀ /Swābaharjaz/), from Proto-Germanic *Swēbaz (“Swabian”). Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- Is Svavar a male or female name?
- Svavar is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Svavar have the most bearers?
- Svavar is most frequently recorded in Iceland.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/svavarThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Svavar”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.