Ylva

Ylva
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameSwedish
MeaningShe-wolf
Other names
Related namesUlf

Ylva (She-wolf, female Wolf) is an old Swedish female given name. It is the female form of the masculine given name Ulf and is one of the earliest names to appear in documents.[1] The name has increased in popularity and become internationally known because of the mother of Vicky the Viking. Ylva is also a character in The Long Ships or Red Orm (original Swedish: Röde Orm) by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson[citation needed] and Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura.


Women bearing the name include:

References

  1. ^ "Namnens ursprung och betydelse" [The origin and meaning of the name] (in Swedish). Swedish Academy. Retrieved 2023-09-09.

This article is based on a translation of the German Wikipedia article.

See also