Behind the Name: Danish Names

OLAF m Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Polish
From the Old Norse name Áleifr meaning "ancestor's descendent", derived from the elements anu "ancestor" and leifr "descendent"... [more]

OLAV m Norwegian, Danish
Variant of OLAF

OLE m Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of OLAF

OLGA f Russian, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Spanish
Russian form of HELGA... [more]

OLUF m Danish
Danish variant of OLAF

OSCAR m English, Irish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Scandinavian, Irish Mythology
Possibly means "deer lover", derived from Gaelic os "deer" and cara "lover"... [more]

OSKAR m Scandinavian, German, Polish, Slovene
Scandinavian, German, Polish and Slovene form of OSCAR

OSVALD m Scandinavian
Scandinavian cognate of OSWALD

OTTO m German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
Later German form of AUDO... [more]

OVE m Scandinavian
Short form of names that contain the Old Norse element ag "blade".

PALLE m Danish
Danish diminutive of PAUL

PAUL m English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Romanian, Biblical
From the Roman family name Paulus, which meant "small" or "humble" in Latin... [more]

PAULA f German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulus (see PAUL)... [more]

PAULINE f French, English, German, Scandinavian
French feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PEDER m Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of PETER

PEER m Scandinavian
Variant of PER... [more]

PER m Scandinavian, Breton
Scandinavian and Breton form of PETER

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]

PETRA f Greek, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, Bulgarian, Hungarian, English
Feminine form of PETER... [more]

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]

PIA f Italian, Scandinavian, German, Polish, Slovene, Late Roman
Feminine form of PIUS

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
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

RALF m German, Scandinavian, English (Rare)
Variant of RALPH

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

REBEKKA f German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Biblical Greek
German, Dutch, Danish and Norwegian form of REBECCA... [more]

REGINA f English, Italian, Polish, German, Scandinavian, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "queen"... [more]

RIKARD m Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian form of RICHARD

RIKKE f Danish
Danish short form of FREDERIKKE

RITA f English, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of MARGARITA and other names ending in rita... [more]

ROBERT m English, French, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Romanian, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Hrodebert meaning "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright"... [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]

ROSA (1) f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Dutch, German, English
Generally this is 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
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 f English, German, Scandinavian, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From a Hebrew name which was derived from the Hebrew word רְעוּת (re'ut) meaning "friend"... [more]

SALOMON m French, Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
French, Scandinavian, Finnish and Polish form of SOLOMON

SANDER m Dutch, Scandinavian
Dutch and Scandinavian short form of ALEXANDER

SANDRA f Italian, English, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene
Short form of ALESSANDRA... [more]

SANNA f Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of SUSANNA... [more]

SARA f Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Slovene, Polish, English, Arabic
Cognate of 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

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
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]

SILJE f Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish diminutive of CECILIA

SILLE f Danish
Danish diminutive of CECILIA

SIMON m English, French, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Slovene, Romanian, 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]

SIRI f Scandinavian
Short form of SIGRID

SIV f Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Means "bride" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology Siv was the wife of Thor.

SOFIE f German, Danish, Dutch
Variant of SOPHIE

SOLVEJ f Danish
Danish form of SOLVEIG

SONJA f German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene, Serbian
Cognate of SONYA

SØREN m Danish, Norwegian
Danish form of SEVERINUS... [more]

STEEN m Danish
Danish cognate of STEN

STEFAN m German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Cognate of STEPHEN, and a Romanian variant of ȘTEFAN.

STEFANIE f German, Dutch, Danish
Variant of STEPHANIE

STEFFEN m German, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch
Low German form of STEPHEN

STIAN m Scandinavian
Modern form of STÍGANDR

STIG m Scandinavian
From Stígr, a short form of STÍGANDR

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.

SUSANN f German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian short form of SUSANNE

SUSANNE f German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of SUSANNA

SVEN m Scandinavian, German, Dutch
From the Old Norse byname Sveinn which meant "boy".

SVEND m Danish
Danish form of SVEN

SYLVIA f English, Scandinavian, German
Variant of SILVIA... [more]

TARBEN m Danish
Danish form of TORBJÖRN

TEA f Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene
Short form of DOROTHEA or THEODORA

TEKLA f Scandinavian, Russian, Polish
Scandinavian, Russian and Polish form of THEKLA

TEODOR m Scandinavian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian, Bulgarian
Cognate of THEODORE

TERESA f Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Scandinavian, English
Cognate of THERESA... [more]

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.

THERESA f English, German, Scandinavian
From the Spanish and Portuguese name Teresa... [more]

THERESE f German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian variant 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]

THORA f Scandinavian, German
Modern form of ÞÓRA

THORBEN m Danish, German
Variant of TORBEN

THORE m Scandinavian
Variant of TORE (1)

THORSTEN m Swedish, Danish, German
Variant of TORSTEN

THORVALD m Scandinavian
Variant of TORVALD

THYRA f Scandinavian
Variant of TYRA

TINE f Norwegian, Danish
Short form of KRISTINE

TOBIAS m Biblical, German, Scandinavian, English, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Greek form of TOBIAH... [more]

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

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

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".

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

TRYGVE m Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse tryggr meaning "trustworthy".

TUE m Danish
Danish variant of THOR

TURID f Scandinavian
Modern form of ÞÓRFRÍÐR

TYGE m Danish
Danish 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

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
Scandinavian form of WALDEMAR... [more]

VALENTIN m Scandinavian, German, French, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Romanian
Cognate of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

VALTER m Scandinavian, Portuguese, Slovene
Scandinavian, Portuguese and Slovene form of WALTER

VANJA f Scandinavian
Scandinavian feminine form of VANYA

VERA (1) f Russian, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene, Portuguese
Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true"... [more]

VERNER m Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of WERNER

VERONIKA f Russian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Bulgarian, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of VERONICA

VIBEKE f Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of WIBEKE

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 Scandinavian element víg "war".

VIKTOR m Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Cognate of VICTOR

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

VILMAR m Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of WILMER

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, Danish, Swedish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Verginius which is of unknown meaning, but long associated with Latin virgo "maid, virgin"... [more]

VITA (2) f Danish
Danish feminine form of VITUS or WIDO

WALDEMAR m German, Scandinavian, Polish
Germanic cognate of the Slavic name VLADIMIR, composed of the Germanic elements wald "rule" and meri "famous".

WALTER m English, German, Scandinavian, Polish, 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 war "guard" combined with hari "army".

YLVA f Scandinavian
Means "she-wolf", a derivative of Old Norse úlfr "wolf".

YNGVE m Scandinavian
Modern form of YNGVI

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