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 judgeTrygve Bjørgo (1916-1997), Norwegian poet and educatorTrygve Bornø (born 1942), Norwegian footballerTrygve Braarud (1903-1985), Norwegian botanistTrygve Bratteli (1910-1984), former Norwegian Prime MinisterTrygve Brodahl (1905-1996), Norwegian cross-country skierTrygve Brudevold (born 1920), Norwegian bobsledderTrygve Bruvik (born 1952), Norwegian engineerTrygve Bull (1905-1999), Norwegian lecturer and politicianTrygve Bøyesen (1886-1963), Norwegian gymnastTrygve Dalseg (1898-1987), Norwegian marketing agentTrygve Allister Diesen (born 1967), Norwegian film producer and directorTrygve Gulbranssen (1894-1962), Norwegian novelistTrygve Haavelmo (1911-1999), Norwegian economist and Nobel Prize laureateTrygve Haugeland (1914-1998), Norwegian politicianTrygve Helgaker (born 1953), Norwegian professorTrygve Hoff (1895-1982), Norwegian businessman and magazine editorTrygve Johannessen (born 1953), Norwegian footballerV. Trygve Jordahl (1898-1984), American bishopTrygve Knudsen (1897-1968), Norwegian philologistTrygve de Lange (1918-1981), Norwegian lawyerTrygve Lie (1896-1968), Norwegian politician and first United Nations Secretary GeneralTrygve Moe (born 1927), Norwegian journalistTrygve Moe (1920-1998), Norwegian politicianTrygve Nagell (1895-1988), Norwegian mathematicianTrygve Nilsen (1893-1973), Norwegian politicianTrygve Nygaard (born 1975), Norwegian footballerTrygve Olsen (1921-1979), Norwegian politicianTrygve Owren (1912-1987), Norwegian politicianTrygve Pedersen (1884-1967), Norwegian sailorTrygve Reenskaug (born 1930), Norwegian computer scientist and professorTrygve Rovelstad (1903-1990), American sculptorTrygve Røed-Larsen (born 1939), Norwegian physicistTrygve Schjøtt (1882-1960), Norwegian sailorTrygve Seim, Norwegian jazz saxophonistTrygve Simonsen (born 1937), Norwegian politicianTrygve Stangeland (born 1934), Norwegian businessmanTrygve Stokstad (1902-1979), Norwegian boxerTrygve Utheim (1884-1952), Norwegian politicianTrygve Slagsvold Vedum (born 1978), Norwegian politicianTrygve Wiese (born 1985), Norwegian singerTrygve Wyller (born 1950), Norwegian theologian