Göran

See also: Goran and Gøran

Swedish

Etymology

From Late Old Swedish Iø̄rian, from Early Old Swedish Iø̄ran or from Middle Low German Jurian. Related to modern German Jürgen and English George. First recorded in Sweden as Jöran in 1509.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjøːˌran/
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Proper noun

Göran c (genitive Görans)

  1. a male given name

Descendants

  • → Norwegian: Gøran

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 86 227 males with the given name Göran living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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