Sven - The Name
Sven is an old Nordic (Scandinavian) word for young man (also:
youthful, juvenile, young, boy).
It is not only popular in Sweden, Norway or Denmark, but also in the
Netherlands and Germany. Another source even mentions an Arabic heritage.
Did you know...
- The ASCII values of s v e n (115, 118, 101, 110) summed up equal 444
(magic number)
- The ASCII values of S V E N (83, 86, 69, 78) summed up are 316, which equals the rounded square root of 100,000
- Also: the 316th day in 2000 (and in every leap year) is 11/11 (November 11th, also beginning of German carnival)
- The letters in SVEN 4 U can be shifted to VENUS
(I just discovered these facts on 09/26/99 while playing with numbers
- let me know if you figure out something else)
What is a Sven like? Although I dont believe in horoscopes, especially ones relating to a single name,
this one describes me in a quite accurate way.
Check out the list of Svens across the World.
A great source for popular first names in Germany including their meaning and famous people bearing the name is
the DUDEN Vornamen Lexikon.
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