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

ABELONE   f   Danish
Danish form of APOLLONIA

ACKE   m   Swedish
Swedish short form of AXEL

AGATA   f   Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian
Cognate of AGATHA

AGATHE   f   French, German, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Ancient Greek
Cognate of AGATHA

AGDA   f   Swedish
Swedish form of AGATHA

ÅGE   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of ÅKE

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

AGNETA   f   Swedish
Swedish variant of AGNES

AGNETE   f   Danish
Danish variant of AGNES

AGNETHA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian variant of AGNES

AGNETHE   f   Danish
Danish variant of AGNES

ÅGOT   f   Norwegian
Norwegian form of AGATHA

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

ÅKE   m   Swedish
Possibly from the medieval Germanic name Anicho which was derived from ano "ancestor".

AKSEL   m   Danish, Norwegian
Variant of AXEL

ALBERTE (2)   f   Danish
Danish feminine form of ALBERT

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, Greek Mythology
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]

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

ALFHILD   f   Norwegian, Swedish
From the Old Norse name Alfhildr which was composed of the elements alfr "elf" and hildr "battle"... [more]

ALFRED   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Polish, Dutch
Derived from the Old English name Ælfræd, composed of the elements ælf "elf" and ræd "counsel"... [more]

ALVA (1)   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Feminine form of ALF (1)

ALVAR   m   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Alfarr meaning "elf army", formed of the elements alfr "elf" and arr "warrior".

ALVILDA   f   Danish
Danish form of ALFHILD

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

ANDOR (1)   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Arnþórr, derived from the element arn "eagle" combined with the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR).

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

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

ANE (1)   f   Danish
Danish diminutive of ANNA

ANIKA   f   German, Dutch, Danish
German, Dutch and Danish diminutive of ANNA

ANJA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene
Scandinavian, Finnish and Slovene diminutive 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]

ANNBJØRG   f   Norwegian
Variant of ARNBJØRG

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

ANNELIE   f   German, Scandinavian
Short form of ANNELIESE

ANNELISE   f   Danish
Danish form of ANNELIESE

ANNIKA   f   Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, German, English (Modern)
Swedish diminutive of ANNA

ANNIKEN   f   Norwegian
Norwegian diminutive of ANNA

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

ARNBJØRG   f   Norwegian
Norwegian form of ARNBORG

ARNBORG   f   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Arnbjörg, which was derived from the elements arn meaning "eagle" and björg meaning "protection, help".

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".

ÅSA   f   Swedish
Short form of Old Norse feminine names beginning with the element áss "god".

ASBJÖRN   m   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Ásbjörn, derived from the elements áss "god" and björn "bear"... [more]

ASBJØRN   m   Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish form of ASBJÖRN

ÅSE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of ÅSA

ASGEIR   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of ASGER

ASGER   m   Danish
From the Old Norse name Ásgeirr, derived from the elements áss meaning "god" and geirr meaning "spear".

ASLAUG   f   Norwegian, Danish
Derived from the Old Norse elements áss meaning "god" and laug possibly meaning "betrothed woman".

ASLÖG   f   Swedish
Swedish form of ASLAUG

ASLØG   f   Danish
Danish form of ASLAUG

ÅSMUND   m   Norwegian, Danish
From the Old Norse name Ásmundr, cognate of OSMOND.

ASTA   f   Scandinavian
Short form of ÁSTRÍÐR

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

AUDHILD   f   Norwegian
Derived from the Old Norse elements auðr "wealth, fortune" and hildr "battle".

AUGUST   m   German, Polish, Scandinavian, English
German, Polish and Scandinavian form of AUGUSTUS

AXEL   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ABSALOM

BARBRO   f   Swedish
Swedish form of BARBARA

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

BENDT   m   Danish
Danish form of BENEDICT

BENEDIKTE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian feminine form of BENEDICT

BENGT   m   Swedish
Swedish form of BENEDICT

BENGTA   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of BENEDICT

BENT (1)   m   Danish
Danish form of BENEDICT

BENTE   f   Danish
Danish feminine form of BENEDICT

BERGLIOT   f   Norwegian
Variant of BERGLJOT

BERGLJOT   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Bergljót, which was composed of the elements berg "help, save" and ljótr "light".

BERIT   f   Scandinavian
Variant of BIRGIT

BERNT   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of BERNARD

BERTIL   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of BERTHOLD

BINE   f   Danish
Short form of JACOBINE

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

BIRGIT   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian variant of BIRGITTA

BIRGITTA   f   Swedish
Usually explained as a Scandinavian form of BRIDGET, though it may in fact be a feminine derivative of BIRGER... [more]

BIRGITTE   f   Danish
Danish form of BIRGITTA

BIRTE   f   Danish
Danish diminutive of BIRGITTA

BIRTHE   f   Danish
Danish diminutive of BIRGITTA

BJARKE   m   Danish
Danish diminutive of BJØRN

BJARNE   m   Scandinavian
Variant of BJÖRN

BJARTE   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Bjartr, which meant "bright".

BJOERN   m   Scandinavian
Variant of BJÖRN or BJØRN

BJØRG   f   Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse björg meaning "protection, help".

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

BJØRN   m   Norwegian, Danish
Danish and Norwegian form of BJÖRN

BJORNE   m   Swedish
Variant of BJÖRN

BO (1)   m   Swedish, Danish
From a nickname derived from Old Norse bua "to live".

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]

BÖRJE   m   Swedish
Variant of BIRGER

BOSSE   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of BO (1)

BRIT   f   Norwegian
Norwegian short form of BIRGITTA

BRITA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Diminutive of BIRGITTA

BRITT   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of BIRGITTA

BRITTA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of BIRGITTA

BRYNHILD   f   Norwegian
Norwegian form of Brynhildr (see BRUNHILD).

BRYNJAR   m   Norwegian, Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse brynja "armour" and arr "warrior".

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

CAJ   m   Scandinavian
Variant of KAI (1)

CAJA   f   Danish
Variant of KAJA (1)

CAJSA   f   Swedish
Variant of KAJSA

CAMILLA   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of CAMILLUS... [more]

CARIN   f   Swedish
Variant of KARIN

CARINA (2)   f   Scandinavian, German
Variant of KARINA

CARITA   f   Swedish
Derived from Latin caritas meaning "dearness, esteem, love".

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

CATHARINA   f   Dutch, Swedish
Dutch and Swedish form of KATHARINE

CATHRINE   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of KATHERINE

CATRINE   f   Swedish
Swedish variant of KATRINE

CECILIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind"... [more]

CECILIE   f   Norwegian, Danish, Czech
Norwegian, Danish and Czech form of CECILIA

CHARLOTTA   f   Swedish
Swedish variant of CHARLOTTE

CHARLOTTE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French feminine diminutive of CHARLES... [more]

CHRISTA   f   German, Danish, English
Short form of CHRISTINA

CHRISTEN   m   Danish
Variant of KRISTEN (1)

CHRISTER   m   Swedish, Danish
Swedish and Danish diminutive of CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIAN   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian
From the Medieval Latin name Christianus meaning "a Christian" (see CHRISTOS)... [more]

CHRISTIN   f   Scandinavian, German
Variant of KRISTIN

CHRISTINA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
From Christiana, the Latin feminine form of CHRISTIAN... [more]

CHRISTINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French form of CHRISTINA, used as a variant in other languages.

CHRISTOFFER   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian variant of KRISTOFFER

CILLA   f   Swedish, Dutch
Diminutive of CECILIA

CILLE   f   Danish
Danish diminutive of CECILIA

CLAUS   m   German, Danish
German short form of NICHOLAS

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

DAGFINN   m   Norwegian, Danish
From the Old Norse name Dagfinnr, which was composed of the elements dagr "day" and Finnr "person from Finland".

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 "new".

DAGRUN   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Dagrún, which was derived from the Old Norse elements dagr "day" and rún "secret lore".

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, Dutch, Biblical
Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DITTE   f   Danish
Danish diminutive of EDITH or DOROTHEA

DORETE   f   Danish
Danish form of DOROTHEA

DORIT (2)   f   Danish
Danish diminutive of DOROTHEA

DOROTHEA   f   German, Dutch, Danish, English
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Dorotheus, from the Greek Δωροθεος (Dorotheos), which meant "gift of God" from Greek δωρον (doron) "gift" and θεος (theos) "god"... [more]

DORTHE   f   Danish
Danish form of DOROTHY

EA (2)   f   Scandinavian
Short form of names ending in ea.

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
From the Old English name Eadgyð, derived from the elements ead "rich, blessed" and gyð "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 diminutive 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]

EIRIK   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of Eiríkr (see ERIC).

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

ELIN   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of HELEN

ELINA   f   Finnish, Swedish
Finnish and Swedish 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]

ELISE   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
Short form of ELIZABETH

ELLA (2)   f   English, Scandinavian
Diminutive of ELEANOR, ELLEN (1), and other names beginning with El... [more]

ELLINOR   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ELEANOR

ELOF   m   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Eileifr, which was derived from the elements ei "ever" and leifr "heir".

ELOV   m   Swedish
Variant of ELOF

ELSA   f   English, German, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of ELISABETH

ELSE   f   Danish, Norwegian, German
Diminutive of ELISABETH

ELUF   m   Danish
Danish form of ELOF

ELVA (2)   f   Swedish, Danish
Feminine form of ALF (1)

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

EMELIE   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

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, 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

ERIC   m   English, French, Swedish
From the Old Norse name Eiríkr, derived from the elements ei "ever" and ríkr "ruler"... [more]

ERICA   f   English, Swedish
Feminine form of ERIC... [more]

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

ERIKA   f   Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, English
Feminine form of ERIK

ERLAND   m   Swedish, Danish
Derived from Old Norse örlendr meaning "foreigner".

ERLE (1)   f   Norwegian
Feminine form of JARL

ERLEND   m   Norwegian, Danish
Variant of ERLAND

ESBEN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Variant of ASBJØRN

ESPEN   m   Norwegian, Danish
Variant of ASBJØRN

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... [more]

EVELINA   f   English, Italian, Swedish
Latinate form of AVELINE... [more]

FELICIA   f   Ancient Roman, English, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish
Feminine form of the Roman name Felicius, a derivative of FELIX... [more]

FELIX   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin... [more]

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

FILIPPA   f   Russian, Greek, Swedish
Russian, Greek and Swedish feminine form of PHILIP

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

FLEMMING   m   Danish
From a medieval Danish nickname meaning "from Flanders".

FOLKE   m   Scandinavian
Short form of various Old Norse names that contain the element folk meaning "people", and thus a cognate of FULK.

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

FREDERIK   m   Danish, Dutch
Danish and Dutch form of FREDERICK... [more]

FREDERIKKE   f   Danish
Danish feminine form of FREDERICK

FREDRIK   m   Swedish, Finnish
Swedish form of FREDERICK... [more]

FREDRIKA   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of FREDERICK

FREJ   m   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian and German form of FREYR

FREJA   f   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian and German form of FREYA

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

FRIDTJOF   m   Scandinavian
Variant of FRITJOF

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

FRODE   m   Danish, Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse fróðr meaning "learned, wise".

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

GABRIELLA   f   Italian, Hungarian, English, Swedish
Feminine form of GABRIEL

GEIR   m   Norwegian
Short form of Old Norse names containing the element geirr meaning "spear".

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)

GERHARD   m   German, Dutch, Swedish
German, Dutch and Swedish form of GERARD

GINA   f   Italian, English, Scandinavian
Short form of GEORGINA, REGINA, LUIGINA, and other names ending in gina... [more]

GITTAN   f   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of BIRGITTA

GJORD   m   Swedish
Contracted form of Guðfriðr, the Old Norse cognate of GODFRIED.

GJURD   m   Norwegian
Norwegian cognate of GJORD

GÖRAN   m   Swedish
Swedish form of GEORGE

GÖSTA   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of GUSTAV

GOTTFRID   m   Swedish
Swedish form of GODFREY

GREGER   m   Swedish
Swedish form of GREGORY

GREGERS   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of GREGORY

GRETA   f   Swedish, German, English
Diminutive of MARGARETA... [more]

GRETE   f   German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish and Norwegian short form of MARGARET

GRETHE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Short form of MARGRETHE

GRO   f   Norwegian
Possibly from Old Norse gróa "to grow".

GRY   f   Norwegian, Danish
Means "dawn" in Old Norse.

GUDBRAND   m   Norwegian, Danish
From the Old Norse name Guðbrandr meaning "god's sword", derived from the elements guð "god" and brandr "sword".

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]

GULBRAND   m   Norwegian, Danish
From the Old Norse name Gulbrandr, a variant of Guðbrandr (see GUDBRAND).

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

GUNILLA   f   Swedish
Swedish 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

GUNNHILD   f   Norwegian
Variant of GUNHILD

GUNNVOR   f   Norwegian
Variant of GUNVOR

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

GUSTAF   m   Swedish, German
Swedish form and German variant of GUSTAV

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

HAAKON   m   Norwegian
Variant of HÅKON

HAGEN   m   Danish
Danish form of HÅKON

HÅKAN   m   Swedish
Swedish form of Hákon (see HÅKON).

HÅKON   m   Norwegian
Modern Norwegian form of the Old Norse name Hákon, which meant "high son" from "high" and konr "son"... [more]

HALDOR   m   Danish, Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Hallþórr, which meant "Thor's rock" from hallr "rock" combined with the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR).

HALLDOR   m   Danish, Norwegian
Variant of HALDOR

HALLE (1)   m   Norwegian
Short form of names beginning with the Old Norse element hallr meaning "rock".

HALLVARD   m   Norwegian
Variant of HALVARD

HALSTEIN   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Hallsteinn, derived from the elements hallr "rock" and steinn "stone".

HALSTEN   m   Swedish
Old Swedish form of Hallsteinn (see HALSTEIN).

HALVAR   m   Swedish
Swedish form of HALVARD

HALVARD   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Hallvarðr, which meant "rock guardian" from hallr "rock" combined with varðr "guardian, defender".

HALVDAN   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Hálfdan, composed of the elements hálfr "half" and Danr "Dane", originally a nickname for a person who was half Danish.

HALVOR   m   Norwegian, Danish
Variant of HALVARD

HAMPUS   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of HANS

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 (1)   f   Danish, Norwegian, German
Danish and Norwegian short form of JOHANNE, or a German 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]

HASSE   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of HANS

HÅVARD   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Hávarðr, which meant "high guardian" from "high" and varðr "guardian, defender".

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