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Svensen.

a surname originating as a patronymic, originally meaning “son of Sven”

7 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

name/¹ˈsʋɛn.sən/[ˈsʋɛ̀n.sə̌n]
  1. a surname originating as a patronymic, originally meaning “son of Sven”

Where this word comes from

From Sven (“male given name”) + -sen (“patronymic suffix meaning “son of””), originally a patronymic meaning “son of Sven”. The given name Sven is ultimately from Old Norse Sveinn m, originally a byname based on sveinn (“boy, young man, servant”). Compare the parallel formations Danish Svensen, Swedish Svensson and Icelandic Sveinsson (“patronymic surname”).

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