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Icelandic Feminine Names

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, Provençal, Breton, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Form of Channah (see HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament... [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".

BJÖRK   f   Icelandic
Means "birch tree" in Icelandic.

BRYNJA   f   Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Means "armour" in Old Norse.

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

FRÍÐA   f   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Old Norse cognate of FRIDA, also in part derived from Old Norse fríðr meaning "beautiful, fair".

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   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Old Norse form of GUDRUN, as well as the modern Icelandic form.

HALLDÓRA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of HALDOR

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

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

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

JÓHANNA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of JOHN

JÓNA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of JOHN

KRISTJANA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of CHRISTINA

LÁRA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of LAURA

LILJA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic cognate of LILY

MÆJA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of MAJA (2)

MARGRÉT   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of MARGARET

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]

PÁLA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of PAUL

RAGNHEIÐUR   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of RAGNHEIÐR

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]

SVANA   f   Icelandic
Short form of SVANHILDUR

SVANHILDUR   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of SVANHILD

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".

UNNUR   f   Icelandic
Means "wave" in Icelandic.

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

VIGDÍS   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of VÍGDÍS

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