Trygve is a masculine given name most common in Norway. Trygve is derived from the Old Norse tryggr, meaning "true, trustworthy",[1][2] cognate with Old English treowe, Old High German triuwe. Gothic has triggws. The Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse form of the name is Tryggvi, e.g. Tryggve Olafsson.

Trygve
PronunciationTRIG-vee
GenderMale
Language(s)Norwegian
Origin
Word/nameOld Norse
MeaningTrustworthy
Other names
Related namesTryggve, Tryggvi, Trigby

There were 5,951 people with the forename Trygve in Norway in 2009, declining to 5,432 in November 2015.

The following people share the forename Trygve:

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