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

ANNA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Breton, Biblical
Latinate form of HANNAH... [more]

ÁSDÍS   f   Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Derived from the Old Norse elements áss "god" and dís "goddess".

AÐALBJÖRG   f   Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Derived from the Old Norse elements aðal "noble" and björg "protection, help".

AÐALSTEINN   m   Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Derived from the Old Norse elements aðal "noble" and steinn "stone".

BALDUR   m   German, Icelandic
German and Icelandic form of BALDER

BJARTUR   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of Bjartr (see BJARTE).

BJÖRK   f   Icelandic
Means "birch tree" in Icelandic.

BRYNJA   f   Icelandic
Means "armour" in Old Norse.

BRYNJAR   m   Norwegian, Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse brynja "armour" and arr "warrior".

EIRÍKUR   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of Eiríkr (see ERIC).

EYDÍS   f   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements auja "good fortune" and dís "goddess".

EYSTEINN   m   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements ey "island" or auja "good fortune" and steinn "stone".

EYVINDUR   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of Eyvindr (see ØYVIND).

FRÍÐA   f   Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse fríðr "beautiful, fair".

FRIÐRIK   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of FREDERICK

FRIÐRIKA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of FREDERICA

GUÐLAUG   f   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements guð meaning "god" and laug possibly meaning "betrothed woman".

GUÐRÚN   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of GUDRUN

HÁKON   m   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Old Norse form of HÅKON, as well as the modern Icelandic form.

HALLBJÖRN   m   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements hallr "rock" and björn "bear".

HALLDÓR   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of HALDOR

HALLDÓRA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of HALDOR

HANNA (1)   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian, German, Dutch, Icelandic
Cognate of HANNAH

HARALDUR   m   Icelandic
Icelandic cognate of HAROLD

HILDUR   f   Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse hildr meaning "battle".

HINRIK   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of HENRY

HJÖRDÍS   f   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Means "sword goddess", derived from Old Norse hjörr "sword" and dís "goddess".

HJÖRTUR   m   Icelandic
Means "deer" in Icelandic.

HRAFN   m   Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Means "raven" in Old Norse.

JÓHANN   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of JOHN

JÓHANNA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of JOHN

JÓHANNES   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of JOHN

JÓN   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of JOHN

JÓNA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of JOHN

JÓNAS   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of JONAH

JÓNATAN   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of JONATHAN

KRISTJÁN   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of CHRISTIAN

KRISTJANA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of CHRISTINA

LÁRA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of LAURA

LÁRUS   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of LAURENCE (1)

LILJA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic cognate of LILY

LÚÐVÍK   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of LUDWIG

MÆJA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of MAJA (2)

MARGRÉT   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of MARGARET

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

ÓLAFUR   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of OLAF

ÓSKAR   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of OSCAR

PÁLA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of PAUL

PÁLL   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of PAUL

PÉTUR   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of PETER

RAGNHEIÐUR   f   Icelandic
From the Old Norse name Ragnheiðr, which meant "bright advice" from the elements regin "advice, counsel" and heiðr "brightness".

RAGNHILDUR   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of RAGNHILD

SIGRÚN   f   Ancient Scandinavian, Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements sigr "victory" and rún "secret"... [more]

SINDRI   m   Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Possibly means either "small, trivial" or else "sparkling" in Old Norse... [more]

SNORRI   m   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse snerra "attack, onslaught"... [more]

SVANA   f   Icelandic
Short form of SVANHILDUR

SVANHILDUR   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of SVANHILD

ÞÓR   m   Icelandic
Short form of Old Norse names beginning with the element Þór (which refers to the god THOR).

ÞÓRDÍS   f   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Means "Thor's goddess" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with Old Norse dís "goddess".

ÞÓRIR   m   Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Means "Thor's warrior" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with Old Norse verr "warrior, man".

TRYGGVI   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of TRYGVE

UNNUR   f   Icelandic
Means "wave" in Icelandic.

VALDÍS   f   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse valr "the dead" and dís "goddess".

VIGDÍS   f   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements vig "war" and dís "goddess".

VILHJÁLMUR   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of WILLIAM