Ylva

YlvaGender| Female

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Origin
Word/name| Swedish
Meaning| She-wolf
Other names
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. The oldest written proof of the name's occurrence in Sweden was Ingrid Ylva, the mother of Birger Magnusson von Bjälbo from about 1200[citation needed].

## Women with the name[edit]

Given name

* Ylva, mononym of a Danish singer
* Ylva Eggehorn (born 1950), Swedish poet and writer
* Ylva Johansson (born 1964), Swedish politician
* Ylva Lindberg (born 1976), Swedish ice hockey player
* Ylva Lööf, Swedish actress
* Ingrid Ylva (c. 1180s-c. 1250), Swedish noblewoman

## Fiction[edit]

The name has increased in popularity and become internationally better 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].

## Other uses[edit]

Ylva is also a type of sailing ship (see Ylva)[citation needed].

## Sources[edit]

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

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