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Scandinavian Names

Scandinavian names are used in Scandinavia. For more specific lists, see Swedish names, Danish names and Norwegian names. See also about Scandinavian names.
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ØYVIND   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Eyvindr, which was derived from ey meaning "island" and vindr possibly meaning "victory" or "wind".
PÅL   m   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian form of PAUL
PALLE   m   Danish
Danish diminutive of PAUL
PATRIK   m   Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Hungarian, Swedish
Form of Patricius (see PATRICK).
PAUL   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Romanian, Biblical
From the Roman family name Paulus, which meant "small" or "humble" in Latin... [more]
PAULINA   f   Spanish, Polish, Swedish, English, Croatian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).
PAULINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian
French feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).
PEDER   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of PETER
PEER   m   Scandinavian
Variant of PER... [more]
PEHR   m   Swedish
Swedish variant of PER
PELLE   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of PER
PER   m   Scandinavian, Breton
Scandinavian and Breton form of PETER
PERNILLA   f   Swedish
Swedish short form of PETRONILLA
PERNILLE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian short form of PETRONILLA
PETER   m   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovene, Slovak, Biblical
Derived from the Greek Πετρος (Petros) meaning "stone"... [more]
PETRONELLA   f   Dutch, German, Swedish
Dutch, German and Swedish form of PETRONILLA
PETTER   m   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian form of PETER
PHILIP   m   English, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical
From the Greek name Φιλιππος (Philippos) which means "friend of horses", composed of the elements φιλος (philos) "friend" and ‘ιππος (hippos) "horse"... [more]
PONTUS   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of PONTIUS
POUL   m   Danish
Danish form of PAUL
PREBEN   m   Danish
Modern Danish form of the name Pridbjørn, which was a medieval Scandinavian form of the Slavic name Pritbor, which was derived from Slavic prid "first" and bor "battle".
RAGNA   f   Scandinavian, Ancient Scandinavian
Short form of Old Norse names beginning with the element regin "advice, counsel".
RAGNAR   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian cognate of RAYNER
RAGNHILD   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ragnhildr, composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel" and hildr "battle".
RAGNVALD   m   Scandinavian
Modern Scandinavian form of RAGNVALDR
RAKEL   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of RACHEL
RALPH   m   English, Scandinavian, German
Contracted form of the Old Norse name RÁÐÚLFR (or its Norman form Radulf)... [more]
RASMUS   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ERASMUS
REBECCA   f   English, Italian, Swedish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name רִבְקָה (Rivqah), possibly meaning "a snare" in Hebrew, or perhaps derived from an Aramaic name... [more]
REBECKA   f   Swedish
Swedish variant of REBECCA
REBEKKA   f   German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Biblical Greek
German, Dutch, Danish and Norwegian form of REBECCA... [more]
REGINA   f   English, Italian, Polish, German, Scandinavian, Lithuanian, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "queen"... [more]
REGINE   f   German, Norwegian
German and Norwegian form of REGINA
RENATE   f   German, Dutch, Norwegian
German, Dutch and Norwegian feminine form of RENATUS
RIKA   f   Swedish, Dutch
Short form of FREDRIKA, HENRIKA, and other names ending in rika.
RIKARD   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of RICHARD
RIKKE   f   Danish
Danish short form of FREDERIKKE
RITA   f   Italian, English, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of MARGHERITA or other names ending in rita... [more]
ROALD   m   Norwegian
Modern form of the Old Norse name Hróðvaldr or Hróaldr, composed of the elements hróðr "fame" and valdr "ruler"... [more]
ROAR   m   Norwegian
Newer Scandinavian form of HRÓARR
ROBERT   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Romanian, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Hrodebert meaning "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright"... [more]
ROBIN   m & f   English, Dutch, Swedish
Medieval diminutive of ROBERT... [more]
ROFFE   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of ROLF
ROGER   m   English, French, German, Swedish
Means "famous spear" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and ger "spear"... [more]
ROLF   m   German, Scandinavian, English
From the Germanic name Hrolf (or its Old Norse cognate Hrólfr), a contracted form of Hrodulf (see RUDOLF)... [more]
RONJA   f   Swedish
Invented by Swedish children's author Astrid Lindgren, who based it on the middle portion of Juronjaure, the name of a lake in Sweden... [more]
ROSA (1)   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Dutch, German, English
Generally this can be considered a Latin form of ROSE, though originally it may have come from the Germanic name ROZA (2)... [more]
ROSEMARIE   f   German, Scandinavian
Combination of ROSE and MARIE
RUBEN   m   Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical Latin
Scandinavian and Dutch form of REUBEN
RUDOLF   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Russian, Armenian
From the Germanic name Hrodulf, which was derived from the elements hrod "fame" and wulf "wolf"... [more]
RUNA   f   Scandinavian
Feminine form of RUNE
RUNE   m   Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse rún meaning "secret lore".
RUTH (1)   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From a Hebrew name which was derived from the Hebrew word רְעוּת (re'ut) meaning "friend"... [more]
SAGA   f   Norse Mythology, Swedish
Possibly means "seeing one" in Old Norse... [more]
SALOMON   m   French, Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
French, Scandinavian, Finnish and Polish form of SOLOMON
SAMUEL   m   English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Scandinavian, Finnish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name שְׁמוּאֵל (Shemu'el) which could mean either "name of God" or "God has heard"... [more]
SANDER   m   Dutch, Scandinavian
Dutch and Scandinavian short form of ALEXANDER
SANNA   f   Swedish
Swedish short form of SUSANNA... [more]
SANNE   f   Dutch, Danish
Dutch and Danish short form of SUSANNA
SASSA   f   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of ASTRID, ALEXANDRA or SARAH
SEBASTIAN   m   German, English, Scandinavian, Polish, Finnish, Romanian
From the Latin name Sebastianus which meant "from Sebaste"... [more]
SELMA   f   English, German, Scandinavian
Meaning unknown, possibly a short form of ANSELMA... [more]
SEVERIN   m   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of SEVERINUS
SIBYLLA   f   Greek, German, Swedish, Late Roman, Late Greek
Greek and Latinate form of SIBYL
SIGFRID (1)   m   Swedish
Swedish form of SIEGFRIED
SIGFRID (2)   f   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of SIGRID
SIGGE   m   Swedish
Diminutive of SIGMUND, SIGFRID (1), and other Germanic names beginning with the element sigu which means "victory".
SIGMUND   m   German, Scandinavian, English
Derived from the Germanic elements sigu "victory" and mund "protector" (or in the case of the Scandinavian cognate, from the Old Norse elements sigr "victory" and mundr "protector")... [more]
SIGNE   f   Scandinavian
Variant of SIGNY
SIGNY   f   Scandinavian
Modern Scandinavian form of SIGNÝ
SIGRID   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
From the Old Norse name Sigríðr, which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and fríðr "beautiful, fair".
SIGRUN   f   Scandinavian
Modern form of SIGRÚN
SIGURD   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse name Sigurðr, which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and varðr "guardian"... [more]
SIGVARD   m   Swedish
Swedish form of SIGURD
SILJE   f   Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish diminutive of CECILIA
SILLE   f   Danish
Danish diminutive of CECILIA
SIMEN   m   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of SIMON
SIMON   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Romanian, Macedonian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From Σιμων (Simon), the New Testament Greek form of the Hebrew name שִׁמְעוֹן (Shim'on) which meant "he has heard"... [more]
SINDRE   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of SINDRI
SIRI   f   Scandinavian
Short form of SIGRID
SIV   f   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Means "bride" in Old Norse... [more]
SIXTEN   m   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Sigsteinn, which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and steinn "stone".
SJURD   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of SIGURD
SNORRE   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of SNORRI
SOFIE   f   German, Danish, Dutch, Czech
Form of SOPHIE
SOLVEIG   f   Norwegian, Swedish
From an Old Norse name which was derived from the elements sól "sun" and veig "strength"... [more]
SOLVEJ   f   Danish
Danish form of SOLVEIG
SØLVI   f   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of SOLVEIG
SOLVIG   f   Swedish
Swedish variant form of SOLVEIG
SÖREN   m   Swedish, German
Swedish and German form of SØREN
SØREN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish form of SEVERINUS... [more]
STAFFAN   m   Swedish
Swedish form of STEPHEN
STEEN   m   Danish
Danish cognate of STEN
STEFANIE   f   German, Dutch, Danish
Variant of STEPHANIE
STEFFEN   m   German, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch
Low German form of STEPHEN
STEIN   m   Norwegian
Norwegian cognate of STEN
STELLAN   m   Swedish
Meaning unknown, perhaps related to Old Norse stilling "calm", or perhaps of German origin.
STEN   m   Scandinavian, Dutch
Derived from the Old Norse name Steinn meaning "stone".
STIAN   m   Scandinavian
Modern form of STÍGANDR
STIG   m   Scandinavian
Modern form of STIGR
STINA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of CHRISTINA and other names ending in stina.
STINE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian short form of CHRISTINE and other names ending in stine.
STURE   m   Swedish, Medieval Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse stura "to be contrary"... [more]
SUNNIVA   f   Norwegian
Scandinavian form of the Old English name Sunngifu, which meant "sun gift" from the Old English elements sunne "sun" and giefu "gift"... [more]
SUSANN   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian short form of SUSANNE
SUSANNA   f   Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
From Σουσαννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshannah)... [more]
SUSANNE   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of SUSANNA
SVANHILD   f   Norwegian, Norse Mythology
Scandinavian cognate of SWANHILD... [more]
SVANTE   m   Scandinavian
Swedish short form of SVANTEPOLK
SVEA   f   Swedish
From a personification of the country of Sweden, in use since the 17th century... [more]
SVEIN   m   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of SVEN
SVEN   m   Scandinavian, German, Dutch
From the Old Norse byname Sveinn which meant "boy".
SVEND   m   Danish
Danish form of SVEN
SVERRE   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Sverrir which meant "wild, swinging, spinning".
SYLVI   f   Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish
Norwegian and Swedish variant of SOLVEIG... [more]
SYNNÖVE   f   Swedish
Swedish form of SUNNIVA
SYNNØVE   f   Norwegian
Variant of SUNNIVA
TALLAK   m   Norwegian
Variant of TOLLAK
TARBEN   m   Danish
Danish form of TORBJÖRN
TEKLA   f   Scandinavian, Russian, Polish
Scandinavian, Russian and Polish form of THEKLA
TEODORA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Romanian, Polish, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Theodoros (see THEODORE).
TERESIA   f   Swedish
Swedish variant of THERESA
TERJE (1)   m   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of TORGEIR
TESSAN   f   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of TERESA
THEA   f   German, Scandinavian, English
Short form of DOROTHEA or THEODORA
THEODOR   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Romanian
German form of THEODORE, as well as a Scandinavian, Czech and Romanian variant of TEODOR... [more]
THERESA   f   English, German, Scandinavian
From the Spanish and Portuguese name Teresa... [more]
THERESE   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian variant of THERESA
THERESIA   f   German, Dutch, Swedish
German, Dutch and Swedish form of THERESA
THOMAS   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Greek form of the Aramaic name תָּאוֹמָא (Ta'oma') which meant "twin"... [more]
THOR   m   Norse Mythology, Scandinavian
From the Old Norse Þórr meaning "thunder", ultimately from the early Germanic *Þunraz... [more]
THORA   f   Scandinavian, German
Modern form of ÞÓRA
THORBEN   m   Danish, German
Variant of TORBEN
THORBJÖRN   m   Swedish
Variant of TORBJÖRN
THORBJØRN   m   Norwegian
Variant of TORBJØRN
THORBORG   f   Swedish
Variant of ÞÓRBJÖRG
THORE   m   Scandinavian
Variant of TORE (1)
THORSTEIN   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of TORSTEN
THORSTEN   m   Swedish, Danish, German
Variant of TORSTEN
THORVALD   m   Scandinavian
Variant of TORVALD
THYRA   f   Scandinavian
Variant of TYRA
TILDA   f   English, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of MATILDA
TINE   f   Norwegian, Danish
Short form of KRISTINE
TOLLAK   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórleikr, which meant "Thor's play" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with leikr "play, game (involving weapons)".
TOMAS   m   Swedish, Norwegian, Lithuanian
Swedish, Norwegian and Lithuanian form of THOMAS
TONE (2)   f   Norwegian
Variant of TORNY
TOR   m   Scandinavian
Modern Scandinavian form of Þórr (see THOR)... [more]
TORA   f   Scandinavian
Modern form of ÞÓRA
TORBEN   m   Danish, German
Danish form of TORBJÖRN
TORBJØRG   f   Norwegian
Norwegian form of ÞÓRBJÖRG
TORBJÖRN   m   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Þórbjörn, which meant "Thor's bear" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with björn "bear".
TORBJØRN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of TORBJÖRN
TORBORG   f   Scandinavian
Modern form of ÞÓRBJÖRG
TORDIS   f   Scandinavian
Modern form of ÞÓRDÍS
TORE (1)   m   Scandinavian
Probably from the Old Norse name ÞÓRIR
TORGEIR   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórgeirr, which meant "Thor's spear" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with geirr "spear".
TORGER   m   Norwegian
Variant of TORGEIR
TORGILS   m   Norwegian
Modern form of ÞÓRGÍSL
TORGNY   m   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Þórgnýr meaning "Thor's noise" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with gnýr "noise, grumble, murmur".
TORHILD   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórhildr, which meant "Thor's battle" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with hildr "battle".
TORIL   f   Norwegian
Variant of TORHILD
TORKEL   m   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Þórketill meaning "Thor's cauldron" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with ketill "cauldron".
TORLEIF   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórleifr meaning "Thor's descendent" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with leifr "descendent, heir".
TORMOD   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórmóðr, which meant "Thor's mind" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with móðr "mind, mood".
TORNY   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórný which was derived from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with nýr "new".
TORØ   f   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of TORA
TORSTEIN   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of TORSTEN
TORSTEN   m   Swedish, Danish, German
From the Old Norse name Þórsteinn, which meant "Thor's stone" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with steinn "stone".
TORVALD   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Þórvaldr, which meant "Thor's ruler" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with valdr "ruler".
TOVA (2)   f   Swedish
Swedish variant of TOVE
TOVE   f   Scandinavian
Modern form of the Old Norse name Tófa, a short form of ÞÓRFRÍÐR.
TRINE   f   Danish
Danish short form of KATRINE
TROELS   m   Danish
Danish form of ÞÓRGÍSL
TRULS   m   Norwegian, Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish form of ÞÓRGÍSL
TRYGGVE   m   Swedish
Variant of TRYGVE
TRYGVE   m   Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse tryggr meaning "trustworthy".
TUE   m   Danish
Danish form of TÓFI
TURE   m   Swedish
Variant of TORE (1)
TURID   f   Scandinavian
Modern form of ÞÓRFRÍÐR
TUVA   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian variant of TOVE
TYGE   m   Danish
Danish form of TYCHO
TYKO   m   Swedish
Swedish form of TYCHO
TYRA   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Þýri, which was derived from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with an unknown second element, possibly víg "war".
UFFE   m   Danish
Variant of ULF
ULF   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse byname Úlfr meaning "wolf".
ULLA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Diminutive of ULRIKA
ULRICA   f   Swedish
Feminine form of ULRIC
ULRIK   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ULRICH
ULRIKA   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish
German and Scandinavian feminine form of ULRICH... [more]
ULRIKE   f   German, Danish
German and Danish feminine form of ULRICH
URBAN   m   Danish, Swedish, Polish, Slovene, Biblical, History
From the Latin name Urbanus which meant "city dweller"... [more]
URSULA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Finnish, Late Roman
Means "little bear", derived from a diminutive form of the Latin word ursa "she-bear"... [more]
VALDEMAR   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian form of WALDEMAR... [more]
VALTER   m   Scandinavian, Portuguese, Slovene
Scandinavian, Portuguese and Slovene form of WALTER
VANJA   m & f   Croatian, Serbian, Scandinavian
Croatian and Serbian (masculine and feminine) form of VANYA... [more]
VARG   m   Norwegian
Means "wolf" in Old Norse.
VENDELA   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of WENDEL
VERA (1)   f   Russian, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Portuguese
Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true"... [more]
VERNER   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of WERNER
VESLEMØY   f   Norwegian
Means "little girl" from Norwegian vesle "little" and møy "girl"... [more]
VIBEKE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of WIEBKE
VIDAR   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse Víðarr, which is possibly derived from víðr "forest" and arr "warrior"... [more]
VIGGO   m   Scandinavian
Short form of names containing the Old Norse element víg "war".
VIKTORIA   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of VICTORIA (1)
VILFRED   m   Danish
Danish form of WILFRED
VILHELM   m   Scandinavian, Hungarian
Scandinavian and Hungarian form of WILLIAM
VILHELMINA   f   Swedish, Finnish, Lithuanian
Swedish, Finnish and Lithuanian feminine form of WILLIAM
VILMAR   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of WILLAMAR
VINCENT   m   English, French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Slovak
From the Roman name Vincentius, which was from Latin vincere "to conquer"... [more]
VIOLA   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian
Means "violet" in Latin... [more]
VIRGINIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Verginius or Virginius which is of unknown meaning, but long associated with Latin virgo "maid, virgin"... [more]
VITA   f   Ancient Roman, Danish
Feminine form of VITUS
VIVEKA   f   Swedish
Swedish form of WIEBKE
VIVI   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian diminutive of names beginning with Vi, as well as OLIVIA and SOFIA.
VIVIAN   m & f   English, Scandinavian
From the Latin name Vivianus which was derived from Latin vivus "alive"... [more]
WALDEMAR   m   German, Scandinavian, Polish
Germanic derivative of the Slavic name VLADIMIR (or perhaps a cognate composed of the Germanic elements wald "rule" and meri "famous")... [more]
WALTER   m   English, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Italian, Ancient Germanic
From a Germanic name meaning "ruler of the army", composed of the elements wald "rule" and hari "army"... [more]
WERNER   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian
From a Germanic name derived from warin "guard" combined with hari "army".
YLVA   f   Scandinavian
Means "she-wolf", a derivative of Old Norse úlfr "wolf".
YNGVAR   m   Norwegian
Variant of INGVAR
YNGVE   m   Scandinavian
Modern form of YNGVI


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