Sunniva (given name)

Sunniva is in use as a feminine given name in Norway.

Sunniva is the Latinized form from Acta sanctorum in Selio. The Old Icelandic form is Sunnifa (manuscript spelling Sunniuæ). All are renditions of the Old English name Sunngifu, Sunnigifu, from sunne, 'sun', and gifu, 'gift'. The Old English name is on record in the Yorkshire Domesday Book, as Sonneuæ.[1]

Modern forms of the name include Synnøve, Synøve, Sønneva, Sønneve, Sunneva, Synneva, Synneve, all given in Norway, but Synnøve being the most widespread (also adopted as Synnöve in Sweden), with 5021 Norwegian women called Synnøve recorded in 2015. The popularity of the name surged in the early 20th century, with a peak of close to 0.7% of given girls' names during the 1920s. Since the 1920s, its popularity has declined steadily, falling below 0.1% by the 2000s. The original name Sunniva and the short form Synne, however, has instead become the most popularly given forms of this name. Sunniva has been in use since medieval times, but was unusual in the period 1900-1970, while Synne originated in the 1960s. Both started to become more popular in the 1970s and peaked around year 2000; in that year, Sunniva was the 33rd and Synne the 36th most popular names for newborn girls (each at ca. 0.6% of girl's names). They have since then has declined to around 0.2%.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Olof von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis: Nomina Germanica, Almqvist & Wiksell, 1937, p. 378.
  2. ^ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
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