Entry № 10099 · Old Norse origin

Sunniva Sunniva — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ soon-NEE-vah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Norse
Meaning
"Gift of the sun"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "gift of the sun".

Sunniva means sun-gift, and is the name of a beloved Norwegian saint. It carries warmth, light and grace.

It reads bright and blessed, a gift of sunlight.

Gift of the sun — a Old Norse name of grace and heritage.

The name in its native script.

Sunniva
Transliteration
Sunniva
Pronunciation
/ sʊˈniː.va /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sunniva stands.

Sunniva does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Sunnivas before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Sunniva.

The number behind Sunniva.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sunniva reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.