Trygve
Boy · TRIG-veh · Old Norse
Trygve is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “trustworthy, true”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Trygve mean?
Old Norse: Norwegian name, from Old Norse tryggr
“trustworthy, true”
Trygve Lie of Norway was the first Secretary-General of the United Nations, serving from 1946 to 1952.
- Say it
- TRIG-veh
Is Trygve a girl's or a boy's name?
Trygve is a boys' name.
How popular is Trygve in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1907.
Half of all the boys named Trygve in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Trygve in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
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