Göran

See also: Goran and Gøran

Swedish

Etymology

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/

Proper noun

Göran c (genitive Görans)

A male given name.

Related terms

(male given names) Georg, Örjan
(surnames) Göransson

Descendants

→ Norwegian: Gøran

References

Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
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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