Icelandic name from Sjöfn, an ásynja of Norse mythology who, according to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, turns the minds of women and men to love. Snorri connects the name with Old Norse sjafni "love", while modern scholars link it rather to sefi "mind, affection".
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How it ages.
Direct Norse mythological name expressing divine feminine love.
The cultural moment.
Rare but maintained in Norse and Scandinavian circles.