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.

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

FELIX   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical, Biblical Latin
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   Danish, Swedish, German
Danish, Swedish and German form of FREYR

FREJA   f   Danish, Swedish, German
Danish, Swedish and German form of FREYA

FRIDA   f   Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
Germanic name, originally a short form of other feminine names containing the Germanic element frid meaning "peace"... [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".

FRØYA   f   Norwegian
Norwegian form of FREYA

GABRIEL   m   French, German, Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
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]

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

GERHARD   m   German, Dutch, Swedish, Ancient Germanic
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

GJURD   m   Norwegian
Contracted form of GUÐFRIÐR

GODTFRED   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of GODFREY

GÖRAN   m   Swedish
Medieval Swedish form of GEORGE

GØRAN   m   Norwegian
Medieval Norwegian form of GEORGE

GÖSTA   m   Swedish
Swedish variant of GUSTAV

GÖSTAV   m   Swedish (Archaic)
Swedish variant 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".

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 (Rare)
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" (making it a cognate of GÜNTHER)... [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 Gunnvör meaning "cautious in war" from gunnr "war" combined with vor "vigilant, cautious".

GUSTAF   m   Swedish, German
Swedish and German variant of GUSTAV

GUSTAV   m   Scandinavian, German
Possibly 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 há "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 há "high" and varðr "guardian, defender".

HEDDA   f   Norwegian, Swedish
Diminutive of HEDVIG... [more]

HEDVIG   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of HEDWIG

HEGE   f   Norwegian, Danish
Diminutive of HELGA

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

HELENA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Slovene, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinate form of HELEN

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

HELGA   f   Scandinavian, German, Ancient Scandinavian
Feminine form of HELGE

HELGE   m   Scandinavian, German
From the from Old Norse name Helgi, derived from heilagr meaning "holy, blessed".

HELLA   f   Scandinavian, German
Variant of HELGA

HELLE (1)   f   Danish
Danish variant of HELGA

HELMI   f   Finnish, Swedish
Diminutive of VILHELMIINA or VILHELMINA... [more]

HEMMING   m   Scandinavian
Perhaps derived from Old Norse hamr "shape", originally a nickname for a person believed to be a shape changer.

HENNING   m   German, Danish, Norwegian
Diminutive of HENRIK

HENRIETTE   f   French, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
French feminine diminutive of HENRY

HENRIK   m   Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Slovene
Scandinavian, Low German, Hungarian and Slovene form of HENRY

HENRIKA   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of HENRY

HENRIKE   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian feminine form of HENRY

HERLEIF   m   Norwegian
Modern Scandinavian form of HERLEIFR

HERMAN   m   English, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovene, Ancient Germanic
Means "army man", derived from the Germanic elements hari "army" and man "man"... [more]

HILDA   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Anglo-Saxon (Latinized), Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of names containing the Germanic element hild "battle"... [more]

HILDEGARD   f   German, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements hild "battle" and gard "enclosure"... [more]

HILDEGARDE   f   German, Scandinavian
Variant of HILDEGARD

HILLEVI   f   Swedish, Finnish
Swedish and Finnish form of HEILWIG

HJALMAR   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Hjálmarr meaning "helmeted warrior" from the element hjalmr "helmet" combined with arr "warrior".

HJØRDIS   f   Danish, Norwegian
Modern form of HJÖRDÍS

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

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

IB   m   Danish
Danish diminutive of JAKOB

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

INA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
Short form of names ending with ina.

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

INGEBJØRG   f   Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish variant of INGEBORG

INGEBORG   f   Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Ingibjörg, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with björg meaning "protection, help".

INGEGÄRD   f   Swedish
Swedish form of INGEGERD

INGEGERD   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ingigerðr, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with garðr meaning "enclosure".

INGEMAR   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ingimárr, derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with mærr "famous".

INGER   f   Swedish
Variant of INGRID or INGEGERD

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 Germanic 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 Germanic god ING combined with fríðr "beautiful"... [more]

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

INGVILD   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Ingvildr, derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with vald "might, power".

IRENE   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek Ειρηνη (Eirene), derived from a word meaning "peace"... [more]

ISABELLA   f   Italian, Spanish, German, English, Scandinavian, Dutch, Romanian
Latinate form of ISABEL... [more]

ISAK   m   Swedish
Swedish form of ISAAC

IVAR   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of IVOR

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

JACOBINE   f   Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Norwegian, Danish and Dutch feminine form of JACOB (or JAMES).

JAKOB   m   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene, Estonian
Cognate of JACOB (or JAMES).

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

JANINA   f   Polish, Finnish, German, Swedish, Lithuanian
Latinate form of JEANNINE

JANNA   f   Dutch, Swedish, English
Feminine form of JAN (1)... [more]

JANNE (1)   m   Finnish, Swedish
Finnish form of JOHN, as well as a Swedish diminutive of JAN (1).

JANNE (2)   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian diminutive of JOHANNA

JANNICK   m   Danish
Danish diminutive of JAN (1)

JANNICKE   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian feminine diminutive of JAN (1)

JANNIK   m   Danish
Danish diminutive of JAN (1)

JANNIKE   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian feminine diminutive of JAN (1)

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

JARLE   m   Scandinavian
Variant of JARL

JENS   m   Scandinavian
Danish form of JOHN

JEPPE   m   Danish
Diminutive of JAKOB

JERK   m   Swedish
Old Swedish variant of ERIK

JERKER   m   Swedish
Old Swedish variant of ERIK

JERRIK   m   Danish
Danish variant of ERIK

JESPER   m   Danish
Danish form of JASPER

JOAKIM   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian form of JOACHIM

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

JOHANNA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Latinate form of Ioanna (see JOANNA).

JOHANNE   f   Danish, Norwegian, Medieval French
Danish and Norwegian feminine form of Iohanna (see JOHN).

JOHANNES   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Latin form of Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

JOKUM   m   Danish
Danish form of JOACHIM

JON (1)   m   Scandinavian, Basque
Scandinavian and Basque form of JOHN

JONAS (2)   m   Biblical (Variant), Scandinavian, German
From Ιωνας (Ionas), the Greek form of JONAH, which is used in some translations of the New Testament.

JONATAN   m   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian and German variant of JONATHAN

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

JONNA   f   Danish, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of JOHANNA

JÖRAN   m   Swedish
Variant of GÖRAN

JØRG   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian short form of JØRGEN

JÖRGEN   m   Swedish
Swedish form of JÜRGEN

JØRGEN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of JÜRGEN

JØRN   m   Danish
Short form of JØRGEN

JORUN   f   Norwegian
Variant of JORUNN

JORUNN   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Jórunnr, derived from the elements jór "stallion" and unna "to love".

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

JOSEFINA   f   Spanish, Swedish
Spanish and Swedish feminine form of JOSEPH

JUDIT   f   Hungarian, Spanish, Scandinavian
Hungarian, Spanish and Scandinavian form of JUDITH

JULIA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Biblical
Feminine form of JULIUS... [more]

JYTTE   f   Danish
Danish form of JUDITH

KAI (1)   m   Frisian, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch
Meaning uncertain, possibly a Frisian diminutive of GERHARD, NICOLAAS, CORNELIS or GAIUS.

KAI (2)   f   Swedish
Variant of KAJA (1)

KAIA   f   Norwegian
Variant of KAJA (1)

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

KAJ (2)   f   Swedish
Variant of KAJA (1)

KAJA (1)   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian diminutive of KATARINA... [more]

KAJSA   f   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of KATARINA

KALLE   m   Swedish, Finnish
Swedish and Finnish diminutive of KARL

KÅRE   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Kári meaning "curly, curved".

KAREN (1)   f   Danish, Norwegian, German, English
Danish short form of KATHERINE... [more]

KARI (1)   f   Norwegian
Norwegian form of KATHERINE

KARIN   f   Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Finnish, English
Swedish short form of KATHERINE

KARINA   f   Scandinavian, Polish, German, Russian, English
Elaborated form of KARIN

KARITA   f   Swedish
Variant of CARITA

KARL   m   German, Scandinavian, English, Ancient Germanic
German and Scandinavian form of CHARLES... [more]

KARLA   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian feminine form of CHARLES

KAROLINA   f   Polish, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Slovene, German
Feminine form of CAROLUS

KAROLINE   f   German, Danish, Norwegian
Feminine form of CAROLUS

KASPER   m   Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian
Polish, Dutch and Scandinavian cognate of JASPER

KATARINA   f   German, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Lithuanian
Cognate of KATHERINE

KATHARINA   f   German, Scandinavian
German form of KATHERINE

KATHRINE   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of KATHERINE

KATRIN   f   German, Swedish
German and Swedish short form of KATHERINE

KATRINA   f   English, German, Swedish, Dutch
Variant of CATRIONA... [more]

KATRINE   f   Scandinavian, Dutch
Scandinavian and Dutch contracted form of KATHERINE

KAY (3)   m   Frisian, German, Scandinavian
Variant of KAI (1)