Re: German/French/Czech? or Other?
by Ålefeskarn (guest)
8/24/2002, 2:46 PM
A misreading of Synnøve / Synnöve perhaps?
Female scandinavian name (mostly norwegian).
ON form Sunngifu, OE form Sunniva.
Compound name from the words for 'sun' and 'gift'.
Present figures:
2087 Synnöve, 95 Sunniva in Sweden.
7616 Synnøve, 2408 Sunniva in Norway.