Ylva Explained

Ylva
Gender:	Female
Meaning:	She-wolf
Origin:	Swedish
Related Names:	Ulf

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 and Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura.

Women bearing the name include:

• Ylva Eggehorn (born 1950), Swedish poet and writer
• Ylva Ivarsson (born 1964), Swedish archer
• Ylva Johansson (born 1964), Swedish politician
• Ylva Lindberg (born 1976), Swedish ice hockey player
• Ylva Lööf (born 1958), Swedish actress
• Ylva Nowén (born 1970), Swedish former alpine skier
• Ylva Thörn (born 1954), Swedish politician and former trade unionist

References

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

See also

• Ingrid Ylva (c. 1180s–1250s), Swedish noblewoman

Notes and References

1. Web site: Namnens ursprung och betydelse . 2023-09-09 . . sv . The origin and meaning of the name.