Behind the Name: Old Norse Origin Names

Old Norse Origin Names

This is a list of names in which the origin is Old Norse. Old Norse was the North Germanic language spoken by the peoples of ancient Scandinavia.

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VIGGO m Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Short form of names containing the Old Norse element víg "war".

VÍGI m Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of VIGGO

VÍÐARR m Norse Mythology
Old Norse form of VIDAR

VIVI f Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Scandinavian diminutive of names beginning with Vi, as well as OLIVIA and SOFIA.

WODAN m Germanic Mythology
Ancient German cognate of Óðinn (see ODIN).

WODEN m Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Anglo-Saxon cognate of Óðinn (see ODIN).

WOTAN m Germanic Mythology
Variant of WODAN

YLVA f Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Means "she-wolf", a derivative of Old Norse úlfr "wolf".

YNGVAR m Norwegian
Variant of INGVAR

YNGVARR m Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of INGVAR

YNGVILDR f Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of INGVILD

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NAVIGATION
  Aage ⇔ Inge
  Ingebjørg ⇔ Vigdís
  Viggo ⇔ Yngvildr

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