The names listed here are used throughout Scandinavia. For more specific lists, see Swedish names, Danish names and Norwegian names. See also about Scandinavian names.

AGNES   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian
Latinized form of the Greek name ‘Αγνη (Hagne), derived from Greek ‘αγνος (hagnos) meaning "chaste"... [more]

AGNETHA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian variant of AGNES

AINA (1)   f   Finnish, Scandinavian
Variant of AINO... [more]

ALBIN   m   Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene
From the Roman cognomen Albinus, which was derived from Latin albus "white, bright"... [more]

ALEXANDRA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Ancient Greek
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]

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

ALFRED   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Polish
Derived from the Old English element ælf "elf" combined with ræd "counsel"... [more]

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

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

ANDERS   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ANDREW... [more]

ANDREA (2)   f   English, German, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Scandinavian
Feminine form of ANDREW

ANDREAS   m   German, Greek, Scandinavian, Welsh, Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek and Latin form of ANDREW... [more]

ANJA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene
Scandinavian, Finnish and Slovene pet form of ANNA

ANNA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Breton, Biblical
Latinate form of HANNAH... [more]

ANNE (1)   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Basque
French form of HANNAH... [more]

ANNELIE   f   German, Scandinavian
Short form of ANNELIESE

ANSGAR   m   German, Scandinavian
Derived from the Germanic elements ans "god" and gar "spear"... [more]

ANTON   m   German, Russian, Scandinavian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Romanian
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

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

ARNE (1)   m   Scandinavian
Originally an Old Norse short form of names beginning with the element arn meaning "eagle".

ARON   m   Polish, Scandinavian
Polish and Scandinavian form of AARON

ARVID   m   Scandinavian
Means "eagle tree" from Scandinavian arn "eagle" and vidhr "tree".

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

ASTA   f   Scandinavian
Short form of ÁSTRÍÐR

ASTRID   f   Scandinavian
Modern form of ÁSTRÍÐR... [more]

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".

AXEL   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ABSALOM

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

BEATA   f   Polish, German, Scandinavian
Derived from Latin beatus meaning "blessed"... [more]

BERIT   f   Scandinavian
Variant of BIRGIT

BERNT   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of BERNARD

BERTIL   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of BERTHOLD

BIRGER   m   Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse bjarga meaning "to help, to save, to protect".

BIRGIT   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of BRIDGET

BIRGITTA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of BRIDGET... [more]

BJARNE   m   Scandinavian
Variant of BJÖRN

BJOERN   m   Scandinavian
Variant of BJÖRN or BJØRN

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

BODIL   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Bóthildr, derived from bót "remedy" and hildr "battle".

BORGHILD   f   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Derived from the Old Norse elements borg "fortification" and hildr "battle"... [more]

BRITA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Pet form of BIRGITTA

BRITT   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of BIRGITTA

BRITTA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of BIRGITTA

BRYNHILDR   f   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse cognate of BRUNHILD

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

CAJ   m   Scandinavian
Variant of KAI (1)

CARINA   f   Scandinavian, German, English
Pet form of CARA... [more]

CARL   m   German, Scandinavian, English
German form of CHARLES... [more]

CATHRINE   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of KATHERINE

CHARLOTTE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian
French feminine pet form of CHARLES... [more]

CHRISTIN   f   Scandinavian, German
Variant of KRISTIN

CHRISTINA   f   English, German, Scandinavian
Feminine form of CHRISTIAN... [more]

CHRISTINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian
French form and English, German and Scandinavian variant of CHRISTINA

CHRISTOFFER   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian variant of CHRISTOPHER

DAG   m   Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse dagr meaning "day".

DAGMAR   f   Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Dagmær, derived from the elements dagr "day" and mær "maid".

DAGNY   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Dagný, which was derived from the elements dagr "day" and ný "new".

DANIEL   m   English, Jewish, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Biblical
From the Hebrew name דָנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]

DAVID   m   English, Jewish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Biblical
Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

EBBE   m   German, Scandinavian
Short form of EBERHARD and other names beginning with the Germanic element eber meaning "wild boar".

EDITH   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
Derived from the Old English element ead "rich, blessed" combined with gyæ "war"... [more]

EDVARD   m   Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene, Czech
Cognate of EDWARD

EDVIN   m   Scandinavian, Finnish, Hungarian
Scandinavian, Finish and Hungarian form of EDWIN

EGIL   m   Scandinavian
Old Norse pet form of names that began with the element eg, which means "edge of a sword"... [more]

EILERT   m   Frisian, Scandinavian
Frisian and Scandinavian form of ECKHARD

EINAR   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Einarr, derived from the elements ein "one" and arr "warrior"... [more]

EIR   f   Norse Mythology
Means "mercy" in Old Norse... [more]

EIRÍKR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of ERIC

ELIAS   m   Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Finnish
Cognate of ELIJAH

ELIN   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of HELEN

ELISABET   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of ELIZABETH

ELISABETH   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Biblical (Variant)
German and Dutch form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ELLINOR   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ELEANOR

EMANUEL   m   Scandinavian, German, Romanian
Scandinavian, German and Romanian form of EMMANUEL

EMIL   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, English
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".

EMILIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Scandinavian
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIE   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

ENOK   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ENOCH

ERIK   m   Scandinavian, Czech, Slovene, German
Cognate of ERIC... [more]

ERIKA   f   German, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene
Cognate of ERICA

ESTER   f   Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Finnish
Cognate of ESTHER

EVA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Russian
Latinate form of EVE, and a variant Russian transcription of YEVA.

EYDÍS   f   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements ey "island" and dís "goddess".

EYSTEINN   m   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements ey "island" and steinn "stone".

FILIP   m   Scandinavian, Dutch, Czech, Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Hungarian, Romanian
Cognate of PHILIP

FINN (2)   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Finnr which meant "person from Finland".

FOLKE   m   Scandinavian
Short form of various Old Norse names that contain the element folk meaning "people".

FRANS   m   Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish
Dutch, Scandinavian and Finnish form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

FREA   f   Norse Mythology
Variant of FREYA

FREJ   m   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian and German form of FREYR

FREJA   f   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian and German form of FREYA

FREY   m   Norse Mythology
Variant of FREYR

FREYA   f   Norse Mythology
From Old Norse Freyja meaning "lady"... [more]

FREYJA   f   Norse Mythology
Older form of FREYA

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

FRIDA   f   Scandinavian, Hungarian
Scandinavian and Hungarian form of FRIEDE... [more]

FRIDTJOF   m   Scandinavian
Variant of FRITJOF

FRIGG   f   Norse Mythology
Means "beloved" in Old Norse, ultimately derived from Indo-European *pri "to love"... [more]

FRITJOF   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name friðþjófr meaning "thief of peace", derived from the elements friðr "peace" and þjófr "thief".

GABRIEL   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) which meant "strong man of God"... [more]

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

GEORG   m   German, Scandinavian, Estonian
German form of GEORGE... [more]

GERD (2)   f   Norse Mythology, Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse garðr meaning "enclosure"... [more]

GERDA (2)   f   Scandinavian
Latinized form of GERD (2)

GINA   f   Italian, English, Scandinavian
Short form of GEORGINA, REGINA, LUIGINA or other names ending in gina.

GRID   f   Norse Mythology
Means "peace" in Old Norse... [more]

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

GUDMUND   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Guðmundr which was derived from the elements guð "god" and mundr "protection".

GUDRUN   f   Norse Mythology, Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Guðrún meaning "god's secret lore", derived from the elements guð "god" and rún "secret lore"... [more]

GULL   f   Scandinavian
Short form of various Scandinavian names beginning with the Old Norse element guð meaning "god".

GUNDA   f   German, Scandinavian
Short form of names containing the Germanic element gund which means "war".

GUNHILD   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Gunnhildr, derived from the elements gunnr "war" and hildr "battle".

GUNHILDA   f   Scandinavian
Variant of GUNHILD

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

GUNNE   m   Scandinavian
Short form of GUNNAR

GUNVOR   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Gunnvor meaning "cautious in war" from gunnr "war" combined with vor "vigilant, cautious".

GUSTAV   m   Scandinavian, German
Means "staff of the Goths", derived from the Old Norse elements Gautr "Goth" and stafr "staff"... [more]

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

HÁKAN   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".

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

HANNA (2)   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch
Short form of JOHANNA

HANNE (2)   f   German, Scandinavian
Variant of HANNA (1)

HANS   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian
German, Dutch and Scandinavian short form of JOHANNES... [more]

HARALD   m   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian and German cognate of HAROLD... [more]

HEDVIG   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian cognate of HEDWIG

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

HEIDRUN   f   Norse Mythology
Derived from Old Norse heiðr meaning "heath"... [more]

HEL   f   Norse Mythology
In Norse mythology this was the name of the daughter of Loki... [more]

HELENA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Slovene, English
Latinate form of HELEN

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

HELGA   f   Scandinavian, German
Feminine form of HELGE

HELGE   m   Scandinavian, German
Derived from Old Norse 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.

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

HILDA   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian
Originally a short form of names containing the Germanic element hild "battle".

HILDEGARD   f   German, Scandinavian
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".

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

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

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

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

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

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

INGA   f   Scandinavian, German, Russian
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 Norse god ING... [more]

INGEBORG   f   Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Ingibjörg, which was derived from the name of the Norse 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 Norse god ING combined with garðr meaning "enclosure".

INGEMAR   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ingimárr, derived from the name of the Norse 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 Norse 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 Norse god ING combined with fríðr "beautiful"... [more]

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

INGVARR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of INGVAR

IRENE   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Ειρηνη (Eirene) which meant "peace"... [more]

IVAR   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of IVOR

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

JAKOB   m   German, Scandinavian, Slovene
German, Scandinavian and Slovene form of JACOB

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

JANNICKE   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian feminine pet form of JAN (1)

JANNIKE   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian feminine pet form of JAN (1)

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

JENS   m   Scandinavian
Danish form of JOHN

JOAKIM   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian form of JOACHIM

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

JOHANNA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian
Latinate feminine form of Johannes (see JOHN).

JOHANNES   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Ancient 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
Greek form of JONAH

JONATAN   m   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian and German variant of JONATHAN

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

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