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Danish Masculine Names

The names listed here are used in Denmark. See also about Scandinavian names.

KELD   m   Danish
Danish form of KETTIL

KENNET   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of KENNETH

KEVIN   m   English, Irish, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian
Anglicized form of the Irish name Caoimhín, derived from the older Irish Cóemgein, composed of the Old Irish elements cóem "kind, gentle, handsome" and gein "birth"... [more]

KIM (2)   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of JOACHIM

KJELD   m   Danish
Danish form of KETTIL

KLAUS   m   German, Danish
German short form of NICHOLAS

KLEMENS   m   German, Danish, Swedish, Polish
German, Danish, Swedish and Polish form of Clemens (see CLEMENT)... [more]

KNUD   m   Danish
Danish form of KNUT

KNUT   m   Scandinavian, German
Derived from Old Norse knútr meaning "knot"... [more]

KONRAD   m   German, Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene
German, Scandinavian, Polish and Slovene form of CONRAD

KRESTEN   m   Danish
Danish variant of CHRISTIAN

KRIS   m & f   English, Danish
Short form of KRISTIAN, KRISTOFFER, and other names beginning with Kris.

KRISTEN (1)   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of CHRISTIAN

KRISTIAN   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of CHRISTIAN

KRISTOFFER   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of CHRISTOPHER

LARS   m   Scandinavian, Dutch
Scandinavian form of LAURENCE (1)

LASSE   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of LAURENCE (1)

LAURITS   m   Danish
Danish form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LAURITZ   m   Danish
Danish form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LEIF   m   Scandinavian
Short form of names containing the Old Norse element leifr meaning "descendent, heir"... [more]

LENNART   m   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian form of LEONARD

LINUS   m   Greek Mythology (Latinized), German, Scandinavian
From the Greek name Λινος (Linos) meaning "flax"... [more]

LORENS   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of LAURENCE (1)

LUDVIG   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of LUDWIG

LUKAS   m   German, Scandinavian, Lithuanian
German, Scandinavian and Lithuanian form of LUKE

MADS   m   Danish
Danish short form of MATTHIAS

MAGNUS   m   Scandinavian, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "great"... [more]

MALTE   m   Danish, Swedish, German
Short form of the Germanic name Helmold, which was derived from the elements helm "helmet" and wald "rule".

MALTHE   m   Danish, German
Variant of MALTE

MARIA   f & m   Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Frisian, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY)... [more]

MARIUS   m   Ancient Roman, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, French, Romanian
Roman family name which was derived either from MARS, the name of the Roman god of War, or else from the Latin root mas, maris meaning "male"... [more]

MARTIN   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Hungarian, Bulgarian
From the Roman name Martinus, which was derived from Martis, the genitive case of the name of the Roman god MARS... [more]

MATHIAS   m   French, German, Scandinavian
Variant of MATTHIAS

MATTHIAS   m   Greek, German, Scandinavian, French, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Variant of Matthaios (see MATTHEW) which appears in the New Testament as the name of the apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot... [more]

MAX   m   German, English, Scandinavian, Dutch
Short form of MAXIMILIAN (or sometimes of MAXWELL in English).

MAXIMILIAN   m   German, English, Scandinavian
From the Roman name Maximilianus, which was derived from MAXIMUS... [more]

MIKAEL   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of MICHAEL

MIKKEL   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of MICHAEL... [more]

MOGENS   m   Danish
Danish form of MAGNUS

MORTEN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of MARTIN

NIELS (1)   m   Danish
Danish form of NICHOLAS... [more]

NIKOLAJ   m   Danish, Slovene
Danish and Slovene form of NICHOLAS

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

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]

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

PETER   m   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovene, Slovak, Biblical
Derived from the Greek Πετρος (Petros) meaning "stone"... [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]

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".

RAGNAR   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian cognate of RAYNER

RAGNVALD   m   Scandinavian
Modern Scandinavian form of RAGNVALDR

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

RIKARD   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian form of RICHARD

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]

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]

RUNE   m   Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse rún meaning "secret lore".

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

SEBASTIAN   m   German, English, Scandinavian, Polish, Finnish, Romanian
From the Latin name Sebastianus which meant "from Sebaste"... [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]

SIGURD   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse name Sigurðr, which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and varðr "guardian"... [more]

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]

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.

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

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

SVEND   m   Danish
Danish form of SVEN

TARBEN   m   Danish
Danish form of TORBJÖRN

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

THEODOR   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Romanian
German form of THEODORE, as well as a Scandinavian, Czech and Romanian variant of TEODOR.

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]

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

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]

TORBEN   m   Danish, German
Danish form of TORBJÖRN

TORBJØRN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of TORBJÖRN

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".

TROELS   m   Danish
Danish form of ÞÓRGÍSL

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

TUE   m   Danish
Danish variant of THOR

TYGE   m   Danish
Danish form of TYCHO

UFFE   m   Danish
Variant of ULF

ULF   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse byname Úlfr meaning "wolf".

ULRIK   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ULRICH

URBAN   m   Danish, Swedish, Polish, Slovene, Biblical, History
From the Latin name Urbanus which meant "city dweller"... [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

VERNER   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of WERNER

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

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]

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".

YNGVE   m   Scandinavian
Modern form of YNGVI

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