The names listed here were used by the peoples of ancient Scandinavia. See also about Germanic names.

ALFSIGR   f   Ancient Scandinavian
Derived from the Old Norse elements alfr "elf" and sigr "victory".

ARI (2)   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Means "eagle" in Old Norse.

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

ÁSTRÍÐR   f   Ancient Scandinavian
Derived from the Old Norse elements áss "god" and fríðr "beautiful".

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".

BJÖRN   m   Swedish, German, Ancient Scandinavian
From an Old Norse name meaning "bear".

BRYNHILDR   f   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of BRUNHILD

EIRÍKR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of 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".

GRÍMHILDR   f   Norse Mythology, Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse cognate of KRIEMHILD

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

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".

HERLEIF   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Derived from the Old Norse elements herr "army" and leifr "descendent".

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

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

INGVARR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of INGVAR

RAGNBJÖRG   f   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse name derived from the elements regin "advice, counsel" and björg "protection, help".

RAGNFRÍÐR   f   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse name which meant "beautiful advice" from regin "advice, counsel" and fríðr "beautiful".

RAÐÚLFR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Derived from the Norse elements rað meaning "counsel" and úlfr meaning "wolf".

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

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

STÍGANDR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Means "wanderer" in Old Norse.

ÞÓRBJÖRN   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of TORBJÖRN

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".

ÞÓRFRÍÐR   f   Ancient Scandinavian
Derived from the Old Norse elements Þórr (see THOR) and fríðr "beautiful".

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".

ÞÓRSTEINN   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of TORSTEN

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".