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Norse Mythology Masculine Names

The names listed here occur in Norse mythologies and legends.

ALF (1)   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Derived from Old Norse alfr "elf"... [more]

ALVIS   m   Norse Mythology
Means "all wise" in Old Norse... [more]

BALDER   m   Norse Mythology
Means "prince" from Old Norse... [more]

FREY   m   Norse Mythology
Variant of FREYR

FREYR   m   Norse Mythology
Means "lord" in Old Norse... [more]

GANDALF   m   Norse Mythology, Literature
Means "wand elf" in Old Norse, from the elements gandr "wand, staff, cane" and álfr "elf"... [more]

GUNNAR   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse name Gunnarr which was derived from the elements gunnr "war" and arr "warrior"... [more]

ING   m   Germanic Mythology, Norse Mythology
From old Germanic Ingwaz, which possibly means "he who is foremost"... [more]

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

LOKI   m   Norse Mythology
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from the Indo-European root *leug meaning "to break"... [more]

NJORD   m   Norse Mythology, Scandinavian
From the Old Norse Njörðr, which was possibly derived from the Indo-European root *ner meaning "strong, vigourous"... [more]

ODEN   m   Norse Mythology
Swedish form of ODIN

ODIN   m   Norse Mythology
Anglicized form of Old Norse Óðinn which was derived from óðr "inspiration, rage, frenzy"... [more]

SIGURD   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse name Sigurðr, which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and vörðr "guardian"... [more]

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

THOR   m   Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse Þórr meaning "thunder", ultimately from the early Germanic *Þunraz... [more]

ÞÓRR   m   Norse Mythology
Original Old Norse form of THOR

TYR   m   Norse Mythology
Old Norse form of the name of the Germanic god Tiwaz, related to Indo-European dyeus (see ZEUS)... [more]

VIDAR   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse Víðarr, which is possibly derived from víðr "forest" and arr "warrior"... [more]

VÖLUND   m   Norse Mythology
Old Norse cognate of WIELAND

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