From a personification of the country of Sweden, in use since the 17th century. It is a derivative of Svear , the Swedish name for the ancient Germanic tribe the Swedes. The Swedish name of the country of Sweden is Sverige , a newer form of Svear rike meaning "the realm of the Svear".
We use a combination of data from the internet, and our own Machine Learning models to make these predictions.
In a gist, we use a Machine Learning model trained on a diverse global dataset of 100m+ names, and use it to predict different traits for a person based on first name!
NameGuessr guesses a person's nationality, age, and gender based on their name. We also try to give insightful info around the name's origin, name meaning, and name pronounciation.