Trygve is a given name for males and most common in Norway. Trygve is derived from the Old Norse tryggr, meaning "true, trustworthy", cognate with Old English treowe, Old High German triuwe. Gothic has triggws "πιστός". The Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse form of the name is Tryggvi, e.g. Tryggvi Óláfsson (d. 963).
There are 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:
Trygve Bendiksby (1907-1992), Norwegian judge
Trygve Bjørgo (1916-1997), Norwegian poet and educator
Trygve Bornø (born 1942), Norwegian footballer
Trygve Braarud (1903-1985), Norwegian botanist
Trygve Bratteli (1910-1984), former Norwegian Prime Minister
Trygve Brodahl (1905-1996), Norwegian cross-country skier
Trygve Brudevold (born 1920), Norwegian bobsledder
Trygve Bruvik (born 1952), Norwegian engineer
Trygve Bull (1905-1999), Norwegian lecturer and politician
Trygve Bøyesen (1886-1963), Norwegian gymnast
Trygve Dalseg (1898-1987), Norwegian marketing agent
Trygve Allister Diesen (born 1967), Norwegian film producer and director
Trygve Gulbranssen (1894-1962), Norwegian novelist
Trygve Haavelmo (1911-1999), Norwegian economist and Nobel Prize laureate
Trygve Haugeland (1914-1998), Norwegian politician
Trygve Helgaker (born 1953), Norwegian professor
Trygve Hoff (1895-1982), Norwegian businessman and magazine editor
Trygve Johannessen (born 1953), Norwegian footballer
V. Trygve Jordahl (1898-1984), American bishop
Trygve Knudsen (1897-1968), Norwegian philologist
Trygve de Lange (1918-1981), Norwegian lawyer
Trygve Lie (1896-1968), Norwegian politician and first United Nations Secretary General
Trygve Moe (born 1927), Norwegian journalist
Trygve Moe (1920-1998), Norwegian politician
Trygve Nagell (1895-1988), Norwegian mathematician
Trygve Nilsen (1893-1973), Norwegian politician
Trygve Nygaard (born 1975), Norwegian footballer
Trygve Olsen (1921-1979), Norwegian politician
Trygve Owren (1912-1987), Norwegian politician
Trygve Pedersen (1884-1967), Norwegian sailor
Trygve Reenskaug (born 1930), Norwegian computer scientist and professor
Trygve Rovelstad (1903-1990), American sculptor
Trygve Røed-Larsen (born 1939), Norwegian physicist
Trygve Schjøtt (1882-1960), Norwegian sailor
Trygve Seim, Norwegian jazz saxophonist
Trygve Simonsen (born 1937), Norwegian politician
Trygve Stangeland (born 1934), Norwegian businessman
Trygve Stokstad (1902-1979), Norwegian boxer
Trygve Utheim (1884-1952), Norwegian politician
Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (born 1978), Norwegian politician
Trygve Wiese (born 1985), Norwegian singer
Trygve Wyller (born 1950), Norwegian theologian
