# Svend (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/svend/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 37 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 37 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 5 | 4,910 |
| 1924 | 5 | 4,872 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,637 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,590 |
| 1962 | 6 | 3,992 |
| 1963 | 5 | 4,559 |
| 1968 | 5 | 4,670 |

## People named Svend

- Svend Asmussen, Danish jazz violinist (1916-2017)
- Svend Grundtvig, Folklorist, author (1824–1883)
- Svend Wad, Danish boxer (1928–2004)
- Svend Ove Pedersen, Danish rower
- Svend Brodersen, German association football player
- Svend Olsen, Danish weightlifter (1908-1980)
- Svend Åge Madsen, Danish writer
- Svend Aage Rask, Danish footballer (1935-2020)
- Svend Madsen, Danish gymnast (1897-1990)
- Svend Auken, Danish politician (1943-2009)
- Svend Robinson, Canadian politician
- Svend Aage Castella, Danish footballer (1890-1938)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.