Girls' names
|
Meaning
|
In Scandinavia today |
|
NO
|
SE
|
DK
|
|
Astrid |
ás - the word for God in old Norse / frid
- beautiful (woman) |
22000 |
43000 |
6900 |
|
Brynhild |
bryn - chain mail/ hild - fighter |
900 |
100 |
50 |
|
Freydis |
freyr - fertility goddess / dis - low
rank goddess |
1700 |
30 |
15 |
|
Gudrun |
gud - god / run - secret knowledge |
6650 |
19500 |
7650 |
|
Gunnhild |
gunnr - fight / hild - fight |
1300 |
75000 |
2500 |
|
Gunnvor |
gunnr - fight / vor - defend |
8000 |
25000 |
510 |
|
Hilde |
hild - fight |
18400 |
500 |
170 |
|
Ingrid |
ing - viking god / frid - beautiful
(woman) |
25600 |
131400 |
12200 |
|
Ragnhild |
regin - council / hild - fight |
17000 |
11600 |
1700 |
|
Ranveig |
rann - house / veig – unknown,
perhaps víg: fight |
1700 |
50 |
10 |
|
Sigrid |
sigr - victory / frid - beautiful
(woman) |
8000 |
15000 |
3550 |
|
Sigrunn |
sigr - victory / secret knowledge |
4000 |
220 |
185 |
|
Siv |
sif - a relation, an in-law |
7500 |
6200 |
950 |
|
Solveig |
sól - house, hall / veig – unknown,
perhaps víg: fight |
22500 |
21400 |
6000 |
|
Svanhild |
svan - swan / hild - fight |
3100 |
160 |
30 |
|
Torhild |
Tor - the mighty Thor / hild - fight |
9200 |
250 |
50 |
|
Torunn |
Tor - the mighty Thor / unn - love |
5300 |
400 |
55 |
|
Turid |
Tor - the mighty Thor / frid -
beautiful (woman) |
12700 |
400 |
200 |
|
Vigdis |
vig - fight / dis - low rank goddess |
6500 |
145 |
65 |
|
Yngvild |
yng - viking god / hild - fight |
6000 |
40 |
30 |
Boys' names
|
Meaning
|
In Scandinavia today |
|
NO
|
SE
|
DK
|
|
Arne |
orn - eagle |
32660 |
79830 |
18610 |
|
Bjørn |
bjørn - bear |
41900 |
60650 |
5360 |
|
Eirik |
ei - the unique one / rik - prince |
30630 |
315575 |
40210 |
|
Geir |
geirr - javlin |
23000 |
275 |
80 |
|
Gisle |
gísl - hostage, the handle of a javlin |
1275 |
45 |
45 |
|
Gunnar |
gunnr - fight / ar - worrier |
17990 |
134950 |
7490 |
|
Harald |
har - army / vald - prince |
18180 |
17565 |
2270 |
|
Håkon |
hár - a prominent person / konr -
family |
13500 |
210 |
210 |
|
Inge |
The viking god Yngve |
5500 |
21970 |
20 |
|
Ivar |
ýr - a coniferous tree / ar - worrier |
11560 |
22050 |
640 |
|
Knut |
knutr - a knot |
29520 |
19525 |
24670 |
|
Leif |
leif - property, inheritance |
17370 |
70720 |
20140 |
|
Magnus |
magnus - mighty, big |
11190 |
72370 |
6550 |
|
Olav |
from *Anu-laibaR. anu - ancestor / laibaR - inheritance |
60920 |
59275 |
29070 |
|
Rolf |
from Hródolf. rod - honour / ulfr - wolf |
17750 |
63700 |
2210 |
|
Sigurd |
sigr - victory / vard - guardian |
6520 |
7970 |
1240 |
|
Snorre |
snurre - the unruly one |
1360 |
40 |
100 |
|
Steinar |
steinn - stone / ar - worrier |
12410 |
250 |
50 |
|
Torstein |
Tor - the mighty Thor / steinn - stone |
4810 |
90 |
99 |
|
Trygve |
tryggr - the trustworthy one |
7280 |
1240 |
75 |
|
Ulf |
ulfr - wolf |
2601 |
66020 |
770 |
|
Valdemar |
valr - might / mar - famous |
200 |
18500 |
1320 |
|
Vidar |
The viking god Vidar |
9810 |
1820 |
50 |
|
Yngve |
The viking god Yngve |
2725 |
20075 |
65 |
