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[Facts] Svante (Swedish regent)
Svante is listed as the name of a Swedish regent, yet there is no other information available about this name. Could any more be said? (Gender, meaning, etc.).
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Hi Frank,See here for more information about Svante:http://www.nordicnames.de/pojk_s/Svante.html/ Satu
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Great site. Thanks a mill, Satu!
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I've read that Svante is a short form of Svantopolk, a Vendish (?) name. And it is definitely male!
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Thanks to you too, Ilva!
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It is probably a male name of Slavic origin meaning "holy". One of the main Slavic gods is called Svantevid ("holy ruler"). A famous person bearing that name is Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1903.
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Thanks for the response, Evaria. Very complete!Originally, I had wondered whether it was at all related to the Frisian woman's name Swantje (small swan/kleiner Schwan). I could not have been further from the truth!
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