Description
Svala
Old Norse Svala (f.)
Svala comes from the Old Norse bird-name ‘swallow’. A few instances of the name are recorded in Norway. There is also an attestation in the Lincolnshire Domesday Book, but its form may reflect the earlier Scandinavian *Swalwa or is due to association with the Old English cognate swealwe.
Old Norse Name
- Svala
Anglicised Name
- Svala
Gender
- Female
Ascribed Culture
Collection
- Viking Names
Keywords
- bird, female_name, personal-name
Further information
References
Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), p. 273.
E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1915), col. 982-983.