Sveinsdóttir is an Icelandic feminine patronymic, meaning daughter of Sveinn. In Icelandic names, a patronymic is not a surname. Notable people with this name include: Anna María Sveinsdóttir (born 1969), Icelandic basketball player Ásta Kristjana Sveinsdóttir (born 1969), Icelandic philosopher Auður Sveinsdóttir Laxness (1918–2012), Icelandic writer and craftswoman Edda Sveinsdottir (1936–2022), Icelandic/Danish computer scientist Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir (died c. 1050), Queen consort or consorts of Sweden and Denmark Herdís Sveinsdóttir (born 1956), Icelandic professor of nursing Jóhanna Björk Sveinsdóttir (born 1989), Icelandic basketball player Júlíana Sveinsdóttir (1889–1966), Icelandic painter and textile artist Lára Sveinsdóttir (born 1955), Icelandic track and field athlete Steinunn Sveinsdóttir (1767–1805), Icelandic murderer Þorbjörg Sveinsdóttir (1827–1903), Icelandic midwife and feminist
See also Sveinsdóttir (crater), named after Júlíana Sveinsdóttir Sveinsson, the equivalent masculine patronymic