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3/15/2023, 11:06 PM SeaHorse15
5/16/2016, 8:45 AM lilolaf
5/16/2016, 8:40 AM lilolaf

Name Gottsveinn
Gender Masculine
Usage Icelandic (Rare)
Other Forms FormsGuðsveinn
Edit Status Status2a. listed usages are verified

Meaning & History

Possibly from Old Norse guð "god" (cognate with Old High German, Old Dutch got) and sveinn "boy". Alternatively it may be derived from a medieval Dutch form of Goswin, as borne by Gozewijn Comhaer, a Dutch clergyman who served as Bishop of Skálholt in Iceland from 1437 until his death in 1447.
Added 5/16/2016 by lilolaf