Swanhild - Meaning of Swanhild

What does Swanhild mean?

[ syll. swan-hil(d), sw-anhi-ld ] The baby girl name Swanhild is pronounced as SWAENHHAYLD †. Swanhild is of Germanic origin and it is used mainly in the German language. It is a two-element name derived from hild meaning 'battle, fight'. Svanhildr (Old Norse) is an original form of Swanhild. The name was borne in Norse mythology by Svanhildr, the daughter of Sigurd and Gudrun who married the king of the Goths.

Variation transcriptions of Swanhild include Schwanhild (German), Svanhild (Scandinavian), Swanhilda (English and German), and Swanhilde (German).

Other variant transcriptions of Swanhild include the diminutives Swaantje (Frisian) and Swantje (Frisian).

See also the related categories, daughter, fight (sword), battle, and german.

Swanhild is unusual as a baby girl name. It is not listed in the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Swanhild include Schwanhild, Signild, Signilde, Sunhild, and Swanhilde.

† approx English pronunciation for Swanhild: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)"



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