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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse Sif.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Siv f
- (Norse mythology) Sif.
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Siv: Sivjarson
- daughter of Siv: Sivjardóttir
Declension
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Siv
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Sivjar
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Norwegian Nynorsk
- Siw (alternative spelling of the given name)
Etymology
From Old Norse Sif, from sif (“kindred, kinswoman”), from Proto-Germanic *sibjō.
Proper noun
Siv f
- (Norse mythology) Sif, the wife of Thor.
- a female given name from Old Norse, used since early 20th century
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse Sif. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1871 as Sif.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Siv c (genitive Sivs)
- (Norse mythology) Sif.
- a female given name
- SIV (“mnemonic, acid in water”)
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 39 855 females with the given name siv living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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