Sverre
Norwegian
Etymology
From Old Norse Sverrir, name of a medieval king, possibly related to modern Norwegian sverra (“to spin, reel”), as a byname for a wild person.
Proper noun
Sverre
- A male given name.
See also
- Sverri ( Faroese )
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 331 males with the given name Sverre living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.