Behind the Name: Norwegian Feminine Names

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

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.

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]

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]

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]

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

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]

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

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

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

MIKAELA f Scandinavian
Feminine form of MICHAEL

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

MONA (2) f Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of MONIKA

MONIKA f German, Scandinavian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of MONICA

NANNA f Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse nenna meaning "brave"... [more]

NORA f Irish, English, Scandinavian, German
Short form of HONORA or ELEANOR... [more]

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

PERNILLE f Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian short form of PETRONILLA

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

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

RAGNA f Scandinavian
Short form of Old Norse names beginning with the element regin "advice, counsel".

RAGNHILD f Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ragnhildr, composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel" and hildr "battle".

RAKEL f Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of RACHEL

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]

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

RUNA f Scandinavian
Feminine form of RUNE

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]

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

SELMA f English, German, Scandinavian
Meaning unknown, possibly a short form of ANSELMA... [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

SILJE f Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish diminutive of CECILIA

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.

SOFIA f Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish
Variant of SOPHIA

SOLVEIG f Norwegian
From an Old Norse name which was derived from the elements sól "sun" and veig "strength"... [more]

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

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.

SUNNIVA f Norwegian
Scandinavian form of the Old English name Sunngifu, which meant "sun gift" from the Old English elements sunne "sun" and giefu "gift"... [more]

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

SUSANNE f German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of SUSANNA

SVANHILD f Norwegian, Norse Mythology
Scandinavian cognate of SWANHILD... [more]

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

SYNNØVE f Norwegian
Variant of SUNNIVA

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

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

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

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

THERESE f German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian variant of THERESA

THORA f Scandinavian, German
Modern form of ÞÓRA

THYRA f Scandinavian
Variant of TYRA

TINE f Norwegian, Danish
Short form of KRISTINE

TONE (2) f Norwegian
Variant of TORNY

TORA f Scandinavian
Modern form of ÞÓRA

TORBJØRG f Norwegian
Norwegian form of ÞÓRBJÖRG

TORBORG f Scandinavian
Modern form of ÞÓRBJÖRG

TORDIS f Scandinavian
Modern form of ÞÓRDÍS

TORHILD f Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórhildr, which meant "Thor's battle" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with hildr "battle".

TORIL f Norwegian
Variant of TORHILD

TORNY f Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórný which was derived from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with nýr "new".

TORØ f Norwegian
Norwegian variant of TORA

TOVE f Scandinavian
Modern form of the Old Norse name Tófa, a short form of ÞÓRFRÍÐR.

TURID f Scandinavian
Modern form of ÞÓRFRÍÐR

TUVA f Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian variant of TOVE

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".

ULLA f Scandinavian, Finnish
Diminutive of ULRIKA

ULRIKA f German, Scandinavian, Finnish
German and Scandinavian feminine form of ULRICH... [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]

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]

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

VESLEMØY f Norwegian
Means "little girl" from Norwegian vesle "little" and møy "girl"... [more]

VIBEKE f Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of WIBEKE

VIKTORIA f German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of VICTORIA (1)

VIOLA f English, Italian, Scandinavian
Means "violet" in Latin... [more]

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

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