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

HEDDA   f   Norwegian, Swedish
Diminutive of HEDVIG... [more]

HEDVIG   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of HEDWIG

HEGE   f   Norwegian, Danish
Diminutive of HELGA

HEIDI   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, English
German diminutive of ADELHEID... [more]

HELENA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Slovene, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinate form of HELEN

HELENE   f   German, Scandinavian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Ancient Greek form of HELEN, as well as the modern German and Scandinavian form.

HELGA   f   Scandinavian, German, Ancient Scandinavian
Feminine form of HELGE

HELGE   m   Scandinavian, German
From the from Old Norse name Helgi, derived from heilagr meaning "holy, blessed".

HELLA   f   Scandinavian, German
Variant of HELGA

HEMMING   m   Scandinavian
Perhaps derived from Old Norse hamr "shape", originally a nickname for a person believed to be a shape changer.

HENNING   m   German, Danish, Norwegian
Diminutive of HENRIK

HENRIETTE   f   French, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
French feminine diminutive of HENRY

HENRIK   m   Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Slovene
Scandinavian, Low German, Hungarian and Slovene form of HENRY

HENRIKE   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian feminine form of HENRY

HERLEIF   m   Norwegian
Modern Scandinavian form of HERLEIFR

HERMAN   m   English, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovene, Ancient Germanic
Means "army man", derived from the Germanic elements hari "army" and man "man"... [more]

HILDA   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Anglo-Saxon (Latinized), Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of names containing the Germanic element hild "battle"... [more]

HILDEGARD   f   German, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements hild "battle" and gard "enclosure"... [more]

HILDEGARDE   f   German, Scandinavian
Variant of HILDEGARD

HJALMAR   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Hjálmarr meaning "helmeted warrior" from the element hjalmr "helmet" combined with arr "warrior".

HJØRDIS   f   Danish, Norwegian
Modern form of HJÖRDÍS

HOLGER   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Hólmgeirr, derived from the elements hólmr "island" and geirr "spear"... [more]

HULDA (1)   f   Scandinavian, German
Derived from archaic Swedish huld meaning "sweet, lovable".

IDA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene
Derived from the Germanic element id meaning "work, labour"... [more]

INA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
Short form of names ending with ina.

INGA   f   Scandinavian, German, Russian, Ancient Scandinavian
Strictly feminine form of INGE

INGE   m & f   Scandinavian, German, Dutch
Short form of Scandinavian and German names beginning with the element ing, which refers to the Germanic god ING... [more]

INGEBJØRG   f   Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish variant of INGEBORG

INGEBORG   f   Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Ingibjörg, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with björg meaning "protection, help".

INGEGERD   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ingigerðr, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with garðr meaning "enclosure".

INGEMAR   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ingimárr, derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with mærr "famous".

INGMAR   m   Scandinavian
Short form of INGEMAR... [more]

INGOLF   m   Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Ingólfr, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with úlfr meaning "wolf".

INGRID   f   Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Ingríðr meaning "Ing is beautiful", derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with fríðr "beautiful"... [more]

INGVAR   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ingvarr, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with arr meaning "warrior".

INGVILD   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Ingvildr, derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with vald "might, power".

IRENE   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek Ειρηνη (Eirene), derived from a word meaning "peace"... [more]

ISABELLA   f   Italian, Spanish, German, English, Scandinavian, Dutch, Romanian
Latinate form of ISABEL... [more]

IVAR   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of IVOR

JACOB   m   English, Dutch, Scandinavian, Biblical
From the Latin Iacobus, which was from the Greek Ιακωβος (Iakobos), which was from the Hebrew name יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov)... [more]

JACOBINE   f   Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Norwegian, Danish and Dutch feminine form of JACOB (or JAMES).

JAKOB   m   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene, Estonian
Cognate of JACOB (or JAMES).

JAN (1)   m   Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, German
Form of JOHANNES... [more]

JANNE (2)   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian diminutive of JOHANNA

JANNICKE   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian feminine diminutive of JAN (1)

JANNIKE   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian feminine diminutive of JAN (1)

JARL   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology, Ancient Scandinavian
Means "chieftain, nobleman, earl" in Old Norse... [more]

JARLE   m   Scandinavian
Variant of JARL

JENS   m   Scandinavian
Danish form of JOHN

JOAKIM   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian form of JOACHIM

JOHAN   m   Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Czech
Scandinavian, Low German and Czech form of Iohannes (see JOHN).

JOHANNA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Latinate form of Ioanna (see JOANNA).

JOHANNE   f   Danish, Norwegian, Medieval French
Danish and Norwegian feminine form of Iohanna (see JOHN).

JOHANNES   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Latin form of Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

JON (1)   m   Scandinavian, Basque
Scandinavian and Basque form of JOHN

JONAS (2)   m   Biblical (Variant), Scandinavian, German
From Ιωνας (Ionas), the Greek form of JONAH, which is used in some translations of the New Testament.

JONATAN   m   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian and German variant of JONATHAN

JONATHAN   m   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוֹנָתָן (Yehonatan) (contracted to יוֹנָתָן (Yonatan)) meaning "YAHWEH has given"... [more]

JØRG   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian short form of JØRGEN

JØRGEN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of JÜRGEN

JORUN   f   Norwegian
Variant of JORUNN

JORUNN   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Jórunnr, derived from the elements jór "stallion" and unna "to love".

JOSEF   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech
German, Scandinavian and Czech form of JOSEPH

JUDIT   f   Hungarian, Spanish, Scandinavian
Hungarian, Spanish and Scandinavian form of JUDITH

JULIA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Biblical
Feminine form of JULIUS... [more]

KAI (1)   m   Frisian, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch
Meaning uncertain, possibly a Frisian diminutive of GERHARD, NICOLAAS, CORNELIS or GAIUS.

KAIA   f   Norwegian
Variant of KAJA (1)

KAJ (1)   m   Scandinavian
Variant of KAI (1)

KAJA (1)   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian diminutive of KATARINA... [more]

KÅRE   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Kári meaning "curly, curved".

KAREN (1)   f   Danish, Norwegian, German, English
Danish short form of KATHERINE... [more]

KARI (1)   f   Norwegian
Norwegian form of KATHERINE

KARIN   f   Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Finnish, English
Swedish short form of KATHERINE

KARINA   f   Scandinavian, Polish, German, Russian, English
Elaborated form of KARIN

KARL   m   German, Scandinavian, English, Ancient Germanic
German and Scandinavian form of CHARLES... [more]

KARLA   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian feminine form of CHARLES

KAROLINA   f   Polish, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Slovene, German
Feminine form of CAROLUS

KAROLINE   f   German, Danish, Norwegian
Feminine form of CAROLUS

KASPER   m   Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian
Polish, Dutch and Scandinavian cognate of JASPER

KATARINA   f   German, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Lithuanian
Cognate of KATHERINE

KATHARINA   f   German, Scandinavian
German form of KATHERINE

KATHRINE   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of KATHERINE

KATRINE   f   Scandinavian, Dutch
Scandinavian and Dutch contracted form of KATHERINE

KAY (3)   m   Frisian, German, Scandinavian
Variant of KAI (1)

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

KIRSTEN   f   Danish, Norwegian, English
Danish and Norwegian form of CHRISTINA

KJELL   m   Swedish, Norwegian
Contracted form of KETTIL

KJELLFRID   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Ketilriðr, derived from the elements ketill meaning "kettle" and fríðr meaning "beautiful".

KJERSTI   f   Norwegian
Norwegian form of CHRISTINA

KJERSTIN   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian form of CHRISTINA

KJETIL   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of KETTIL

KLARA   f   Scandinavian, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovene, Latvian
Cognate of CLARA

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

KNUTE   m   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of KNUT

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

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

KRISTIAN   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of CHRISTIAN

KRISTIN   f   Scandinavian, German, English
Scandinavian and German form of CHRISTINA

KRISTINA   f   Scandinavian, Russian, German, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Serbian, Croatian, English, Bulgarian
Cognate of CHRISTINA, and a Bulgarian variant of HRISTINA.

KRISTINE   f   Scandinavian, German, Latvian
Cognate of CHRISTINE

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)

LAURA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel"... [more]

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

LEIV   m   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of LEIF

LENA   f   Scandinavian, German, Russian, English
Scandinavian, German and English short form of HELENA or MAGDALENA, and a Russian short form of YELENA.

LENE   f   German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish and Norwegian short form of HELENE or MAGDALENE

LENNART   m   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian form of LEONARD

LINA (2)   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian
Short form of names ending in lina.

LINDA   f   English, Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian
Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element linde meaning "soft, tender"... [more]

LINE   f   Scandinavian
Short form of names ending in line.

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

LIS   f   Scandinavian
Short form of ELISABET

LISA   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Italian
Short form of ELIZABETH, ELISABETH, ELISABET or ELISABETTA... [more]

LISBET   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of ELISABET

LISE   f   French, Scandinavian, English
Short form of ELISABETH or ELIZABETH

LIV   f   Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse hlif meaning "protection"... [more]

LORENS   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of LAURENCE (1)

LOVISE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian feminine form of LOUIS

LUCIA   f   Italian, German, English, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LUCIUS... [more]

LUDVIG   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of LUDWIG

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

MAGDA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Portuguese
Short form of MAGDALENA

MAGDALENA   f   German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Slovene, Czech, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian, English
Latinate form of MAGDALENE

MAGNHILD   f   Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse magn "mighty, strong" and hildr "battle"... [more]

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

MAIKEN   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian diminutive of MARIA

MAJA (1)   f   German, Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Cognate of MAIA (1)

MAJA (2)   f   German, Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Diminutive of MARIA

MALENE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish short form of MAGDALENE

MARGARETA   f   German, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovene, Dutch, Finnish
Cognate of MARGARET

MARGIT   f   Hungarian, Scandinavian
Hungarian and Scandinavian form of MARGARET

MARGRETHE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of MARGARET

MARI   f   Welsh, Breton, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Scandinavian
Welsh, Breton, Estonian and Finnish form of MARY, as well as a Hungarian diminutive of MÁRIA... [more]

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]

MARIANNE   f   French, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish
Originally a French diminutive of MARIE... [more]

MARIE   f   French, Czech, German, English, Scandinavian
French and Czech form of Maria (see MARY)... [more]

MARINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Greek, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARINUS

MARIT   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian form of MARGARET

MARITA (2)   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Scandinavian form of MARGARET

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]

MARTA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Polish, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Slovak
Cognate of MARTHA

MARTE   f   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of MARTHA

MARTHA   f   English, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From Aramaic מרתא (marta') meaning "lady, mistress"... [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]

MARTINA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Czech, Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN)... [more]

MATHIAS   m   French, German, Scandinavian
Variant of MATTHIAS

MATHILDE   f   French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish
Cognate of MATILDA

MATS   m   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian short form of MATTHIAS

MATTEUS   m   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian form of MATTHEW, used to refer to the evangelist and apostle also known as Levi.

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]

META   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian short form of MARGARET

METTE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian diminutive of MARGARET

MIA   f   Scandinavian, Dutch, German, English
Scandinavian, Dutch and German diminutive of MARIA

MIKAEL   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of MICHAEL

MIKAELA   f   Scandinavian
Feminine form of MICHAEL

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

MILLA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Short form of CAMILLA and other names that end in milla.

MILLY   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian diminutive of EMILIE