Faisal vs Sigve
Faisal and Sigvecompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Boys
In 2001, Faisal was ranked #540 and Sigve #156 among boys in Norway.
Faisal and Sigve over time
Faisal and Sigve appear together in 1 published list, across 25 years of shared records. Sigve held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Faisal in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Faisal reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Sigve in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
List by list
Norway · Boys25 shared years, 1971–2001
Faisal held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Sigve in 25.
Highest recorded here: Faisal #288 in 1981, Sigve #156 in 2001.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2001: Faisal #540, Sigve #156.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Faisal | Sigve |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Boys #1613 (2025) | Norway · Boys #230 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Faisal and Sigve both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Faisal
Popularity journey
First recorded1971
First recorded at #587 among boys in Norway in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1971–2001
Highest recorded position: #288 among boys in Norway, in 1981 (recorded 1971–2001).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1613 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys
Sigve
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #340 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #117 among boys in Norway, in 2002 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #230 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys