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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.

NEA   f   Swedish
Short form of LINNÉA

NELS   m   Swedish
Variant of NILS

NIELS (1)   m   Danish
Danish form of NICHOLAS... [more]

NIKLAS   m   Swedish, Finnish
Swedish and Finnish form of NICHOLAS

NIKOLAJ   m   Danish, Slovene
Danish and Slovene form of NICHOLAS

NILS   m   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian form of NICHOLAS

NJÅL   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of Niall (see NEIL).

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

NOAK   m   Swedish
Swedish form of NOAH (1)

NORA   f   Irish, English, Scandinavian, German
Diminutive of HONORA or ELEANOR... [more]

ODD   m   Norwegian
Possibly derived from Old Norse oddr meaning "point of a sword".

ODDMUND   m   Norwegian
Possibly derived from the Old Norse elements oddr "point of a sword" and mundr "protection".

OLA (1)   m   Norwegian, Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish variant of OLAF

OLAF   m   Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Polish
From the Old Norse name Áleifr meaning "ancestor's descendent", derived from the elements anu "ancestor" and leifr "descendent"... [more]

OLAV   m   Norwegian, Danish
Variant of OLAF

OLE   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of OLAF

OLGA   f   Russian, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Spanish
Russian form of HELGA... [more]

OLLE   m   Swedish
Swedish variant of OLAF

OLOF   m   Swedish
Swedish form of OLAF

OLOV   m   Swedish
Swedish form of OLAF

OLUF   m   Swedish
Danish variant of OLAF

ÖRJAN   m   Swedish
Swedish form of GEORGE

ORVAR   m   Swedish
Means "arrow" in Old Norse.

OSCAR   m   English, Irish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Scandinavian, Irish Mythology
Possibly means "deer lover", derived from Gaelic os "deer" and cara "lover"... [more]

OSKAR   m   Scandinavian, German, Polish, Slovene
Scandinavian, German, Polish and Slovene form of OSCAR

OSVALD   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian cognate of OSWALD

OTTO   m   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Finnish
Later German form of ODO... [more]

OVE   m   Scandinavian
Short form of names that contain the Old Norse element ag "blade".

ØYSTEIN   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of EYSTEINN

ØYVIND   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Eyvindr, which was derived from ey meaning "island" and vindr possibly meaning "victory" or "wind".

PÅL   m   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian form of PAUL

PALLE   m   Danish
Danish diminutive of PAUL

PATRIK   m   Czech, Hungarian, Swedish
Czech, Hungarian and Swedish form of Patricius (see PATRICK).

PAUL   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Romanian, Biblical
From the Roman family name Paulus, which meant "small" or "humble" in Latin... [more]

PAULA   f   German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulus (see PAUL)... [more]

PAULINA   f   Spanish, Polish, Swedish, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PAULINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian
French feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PEDER   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of PETER

PEER   m   Scandinavian
Variant of PER... [more]

PEHR   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of PETER

PELLE   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of PER

PER   m   Scandinavian, Breton
Scandinavian and Breton form of PETER

PERNILLA   f   Swedish
Swedish short form of PETRONILLA

PERNILLE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian short form of PETRONILLA

PETER   m   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovene, Slovak, Biblical
Derived from the Greek Πετρος (Petros) meaning "stone"... [more]

PETRA   f   Greek, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, Hungarian, English
Feminine form of PETER... [more]

PETRONELLA   f   Dutch, German, Swedish
Dutch, German and Swedish form of PETRONILLA

PETTER   m   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian form of PETER

PHILIP   m   English, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical
From the Greek name Φιλιππος (Philippos) which means "friend of horses", composed of the elements φιλος (philos) "friend" and ‘ιππος (hippos) "horse"... [more]

PIA   f   Italian, Scandinavian, German, Polish, Slovene, Late Roman
Feminine form of PIUS

PONTUS   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of PONTIUS

POUL   m   Danish
Danish form of PAUL

PREBEN   m   Danish
Modern Danish form of the name Pridbjørn, which was a medieval Scandinavian form of the Slavic name Pritbor, which was derived from Slavic prid "first" and bor "battle".

RAGNA   f   Scandinavian
Short form of Old Norse names beginning with the element regin "advice, counsel".

RAGNAR   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian cognate of RAYNER

RAGNHILD   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ragnhildr, composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel" and hildr "battle".

RAGNVALD   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ragnvaldr, a cognate of Reginwald (see REYNOLD).

RAKEL   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of RACHEL

RALF   m   German, Scandinavian, English (Rare)
Variant of RALPH

RALPH   m   English, Scandinavian, German
Contracted form of the Old Norse name RAÐÚLFR (or its Norman form Radulf)... [more]

RASMUS   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ERASMUS

REBECCA   f   English, Italian, Swedish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name רִבְקָה (Rivqah), possibly meaning "a snare" in Hebrew, or perhaps derived from an Aramaic name... [more]

REBECKA   f   Swedish
Swedish form of REBECCA

REBEKKA   f   German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
German, Dutch, Danish and Norwegian form of REBECCA

REGINA   f   English, Italian, Polish, German, Scandinavian, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "queen"... [more]

RIKA   f   Swedish, Dutch
Short form of FREDRIKA, HENRIKA, and other names ending in rika.

RIKARD   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of RICHARD

RIKKE   f   Danish
Danish diminutive of FREDERIKKE

RITA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of MARGARITA and other names ending in rita... [more]

ROALD   m   Norwegian
Means "famous ruler" from Germanic hrod "fame" and wald "rule"... [more]

ROAR   m   Norwegian
Scandinavian form of ROGER

ROBERT   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Romanian
Means "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ROFFE   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of ROLF

ROLF   m   German, Scandinavian, English
From the Germanic name Hrolf (or its Old Norse cognate Hrólfr), a contracted form of Hrodwulf (see RUDOLF)... [more]

RONJA   f   Swedish
Invented by Swedish children's author Astrid Lindgren, who based it on the middle portion of Juronjaure, the name of a lake in Sweden... [more]

ROSA (1)   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
Latinate form of ROSE... [more]

ROSEMARIE   f   German, Scandinavian
Combination of ROSE and MARIE

RUBEN   m   Scandinavian, Dutch
Scandinavian and Dutch form of REUBEN

RUDOLF   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Slovene
From the Germanic name Hrodwulf, which was derived from the elements hrod "fame" and wulf "wolf"... [more]

RUNA   f   Scandinavian
Feminine form of RUNE

RUNE   m   Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse rún meaning "secret lore".

RUT   f   Swedish, German, Italian, Spanish
Cognate of RUTH

RUTH   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Biblical
From a Hebrew name which was derived from the Hebrew word רְעוּת (re'ut) meaning "friend"... [more]

SALOMON   m   French, Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish
French, Scandinavian, Finnish and Polish form of SOLOMON

SANDER   m   Dutch, Scandinavian
Dutch and Scandinavian short form of ALEXANDER

SANDRA   f   Italian, English, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene
Short form of ALESSANDRA... [more]

SANNA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of SUSANNA... [more]

SARA   f   Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Slovene, Polish, English, Arabic
Cognate of SARAH

SASSA   f   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of ASTRID or SARAH

SEBASTIAN   m   German, English, Scandinavian, Polish, Finnish, Romanian
From the Roman name Sebastianus which meant "from Sebaste" in Latin... [more]

SELMA   f   English, German, Scandinavian
Meaning unknown, possibly a short form of ANSELMA... [more]

SEVERIN   m   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of Severinus (see SEVERINO).

SIBYLLA   f   Greek, German, Swedish
Greek and Latinate form of SIBYL

SIGFRID   m   Swedish
Swedish form of SIEGFRIED

SIGMUND   m   German, Scandinavian, English
Derived from the Germanic elements sigu "victory" and mund "protector" (or in the case of the Scandinavian cognate, from the Old Norse elements sigr "victory" and mundr "protector")... [more]

SIGNE   f   Scandinavian
Variant of SIGNY

SIGNY   f   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse name Signý, which was derived from the element sigr "victory" combined with "new"... [more]

SIGRID   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Sigríðr, which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and fríðr "beautiful, fair".

SIGRUN   f   Scandinavian
Modern form of SIGRÚN

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

SIGVARD   m   Swedish
Swedish form of SIGURD

SILJE   f   Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish diminutive of CECILIA

SILLE   f   Danish
Danish diminutive of CECILIA

SIMEN   m   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of SIMON

SIMON   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Slovene, Biblical
From the Greek form of the Hebrew name שִׁמְעוֹן (Shim'on) which meant "he has heard"... [more]

SINDRE   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of SINDRI

SIRI   f   Scandinavian
Short form of SIGRID

SIV   f   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Means "bride" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology Siv was the wife of Thor.

SJURD   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of SIGURD

SNORRE   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of SNORRI

SOFIA   f   Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish
Variant of SOPHIA

SOFIE   f   German, Danish, Dutch
Variant of SOPHIE

SOLVEIG   f   Norwegian
Derived from the Old Norse elements sól "sun" and veig "strength"... [more]

SOLVEJ   f   Danish
Danish form of SOLVEIG

SOLVIG   f   Swedish
Swedish form of SOLVEIG

SONJA   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene, Serbian
Cognate of SONYA

SÖREN   m   Swedish, German
Swedish and German form of SØREN

SØREN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish form of SEVERINO... [more]

STAFFAN   m   Swedish
Swedish form of STEPHEN

STEEN   m   Danish
Danish cognate of STEN

STEFAN   m   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Cognate of STEPHEN, and a Romanian variant of ȘTEFAN.

STEFANIE   f   German, Dutch, Danish
Variant of STEPHANIE

STEFFEN   m   German, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch
Low German form of STEPHEN

STEIN   m   Norwegian
Norwegian cognate of STEN

STELLAN   m   Swedish
Meaning unknown, perhaps related to Old Norse stilling "calm".

STEN   m   Swedish
Derived from Old Norse steinn meaning "stone".

STIAN   m   Scandinavian
Modern form of STÍGANDR

STIG   m   Scandinavian
From Stígr, a short form of STÍGANDR

STINA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of CHRISTINA and other names ending in stina.

STINE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian short form of CHRISTINE and other names ending in stine.

STURE   m   Swedish
Derived from Old Norse stura "to be contrary"... [more]

SUNNIVA   f   Norwegian
Scandinavian form of the Old English name Sunngifu, which meant "sun gift" from the Old English elements sunne "sun" and giefu "gift"... [more]

SUSANN   f   German, Swedish
German and Swedish variant of SUSANNA

SUSANNA   f   Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical
From Σουσαννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshannah)... [more]

SUSANNE   f   German, Scandinavian
German form of SUSANNA

SVANHILD   f   Norwegian, Norse Mythology
Scandinavian cognate of SWANHILD... [more]

SVEA   f   Swedish
Means "Sweden" in Swedish... [more]

SVEIN   m   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of SVEN

SVEN   m   Swedish, German, Dutch
From the Old Norse name Sveinn which meant "boy".

SVEND   m   Danish
Danish variant of SVEN

SVERRE   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Sverrir which meant "wild, swinging, spinning".

SYLVIA   f   English, Scandinavian, German
Variant of SILVIA... [more]

SYNNÖVE   f   Swedish
Swedish form of SUNNIVA

SYNNØVE   f   Norwegian
Variant of SUNNIVA

TALLAK   m   Norwegian
Variant of TOLLAK

TARBEN   m   Danish
Danish form of TORBJÖRN

TEA   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene
Short form of THEODORA or DOROTHEA

TEKLA   f   Scandinavian, Russian, Polish
Scandinavian, Russian and Polish form of THEKLA

TEODOR   m   Scandinavian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian, Bulgarian
Cognate of THEODORE

TEODORA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Romanian, Polish, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Theodoros (see THEODORE).

TERESA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Scandinavian, English
Cognate of THERESA... [more]

TERESIA   f   Swedish
Swedish variant of THERESA

TERJE (1)   m   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of TORGEIR

TESSAN   f   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of THERESA

THEA   f   German, Scandinavian, English
Short form of THEODORA or DOROTHEA

THEODOR   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Romanian
German form of THEODORE, as well as a Scandinavian, Czech and Romanian variant of TEODOR.

THERESA   f   English, German, Scandinavian
From the Spanish and Portuguese name Teresa... [more]

THERESE   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian variant of THERESA

THERESIA   f   German, Dutch, Swedish
German, Dutch and Swedish form of THERESA

THOMAS   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical
Greek form of the Aramaic name Te'oma which meant "twin"... [more]

THORA   f   Scandinavian, German
Feminine form of Þórr (see THOR)... [more]

THORBJÖRN   m   Swedish
Variant of TORBJÖRN

THORBJØRN   m   Norwegian, Danish
Variant of TORBJØRN

THORBORG   f   Danish
Danish variant of TORBORG

THORSTEIN   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of TORSTEN

THORSTEN   m   Swedish, Danish, German
Variant of TORSTEN

THORVALD   m   Scandinavian
Variant of TORVALD

THYRA   f   Scandinavian
Variant of TYRA

TILDA   f   English, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of MATILDA

TINE   f   Norwegian, Danish
Short form of KRISTINE

TOBIAS   m   Biblical, German, Scandinavian, English
Greek form of TOBIAH... [more]

TOLLAK   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórleikr, which meant "Thor's play" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with leikr "play, game (involving weapons)".

TOMAS   m   Swedish, Norwegian, Lithuanian
Swedish, Norwegian and Lithuanian form of THOMAS

TONE (2)   f   Norwegian
Variant of TORNY

TOR   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Þórr (see THOR).

TORA   f   Scandinavian
Feminine form of TORE (1)

TORBEN   m   Danish, German
Danish form of TORBJÖRN

TORBJØRG   f   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of TORBORG

TORBJÖRN   m   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Þórbjörn, which meant "Thor's bear" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with björn "bear".

TORBJØRN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of TORBJÖRN

TORBORG   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Þórbjörg, which meant "Thor's protection" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with björg "protection, help".

TORDIS   f   Norwegian, Danish
Modern form of ÞÓRDÍS

TORE (1)   m   Scandinavian
Old Norse short form of names beginning with the element Þórr (see THOR).

TORGEIR   m   Norwegian, Danish
From the Old Norse name Þórgeirr, which meant "Thor's spear" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with geirr "spear".

TORGER   m   Norwegian, Danish
Variant of TORGEIR

TORGILS   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórgísl (see TROELS).

TORGNY   m   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Þórgnýr meaning "Thor's noise" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with gnýr "noise, grumble, murmur".

TORHILD   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórhildr, which meant "Thor's battle" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with hildr "battle".

TORIL   f   Norwegian
Variant of TORHILD

TORKEL   m   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Þórketill meaning "Thor's cauldron" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with ketill "cauldron".

TORMOD   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórmóðr, which meant "Thor's mind" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with móðr "mind, mood".

TORNY   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórnýr which was derived from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with nýr "new".

TORØ   f   Norwegian
Feminine form of TORE (1)

TORSTEIN   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of TORSTEN

TORSTEN   m   Swedish, Danish, German
From the Old Norse name Þórsteinn, which meant "Thor's stone" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with steinn "stone".

TORVALD   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Þórvaldr, which meant "Thor's ruler" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with valdr "ruler".

TOVA (2)   f   Swedish
Swedish variant of TOVE

TOVE   f   Scandinavian
Modern form of the Old Norse name Tófa, a short form of ÞÓRFRÍÐR.

TRINE   f   Danish
Danish short form of KATRINE

TROELS   m   Danish
Danish form of the Old Norse name Þórgísl meaning "Thor's shaft" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with gísl "shaft, arrow".

TRULS   m   Norwegian, Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish form of Þórgísl (see TROELS).

TRYGGVE   m   Swedish
Variant of TRYGVE

TRYGVE   m   Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse tryggr meaning "trustworthy".

TUE   m   Danish
Danish variant of THOR

TURE   m   Swedish
Variant of TORE (1)

TURID   f   Scandinavian
Modern form of ÞÓRFRÍÐR

TUVA   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian variant of TOVE

TYGE   m   Danish
Danish form of TYCHO

TYKO   m   Swedish
Swedish form of TYCHO

TYRA   f   Scandinavian
Feminine form of TYR

UFFE   m   Danish
Variant of ULF

ULF   m   Danish, Swedish
Derived from Old Norse úlfr meaning "wolf".

ULLA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Diminutive of ULRIKA

ULRICA   f   Swedish
Feminine form of ULRIC

ULRIK   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ULRICH

ULRIKA   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish
German and Scandinavian feminine form of ULRICH... [more]

ULRIKE   f   German, Danish
German and Danish feminine form of ULRICH

URBAN   m   Danish, Swedish, Polish, Slovene
From the Roman name Urbanus which meant "city dweller" in Latin... [more]

URSULA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Finnish
Means "little bear", derived from a diminutive form of the Latin word ursa "she-bear"... [more]

VALDEMAR   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of WALDEMAR... [more]

VALENTIN   m   Scandinavian, German, French, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Romanian
Cognate of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

VALTER   m   Scandinavian, Portuguese, Slovene
Scandinavian, Portuguese and Slovene form of WALTER

VANJA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian feminine form of VANYA

VARG   m   Norwegian
Means "wolf" in Old Norse.

VENDELA   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of WENDEL

VERA (1)   f   Russian, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene, Portuguese
Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true"... [more]

VERNER   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of WERNER

VERONIKA   f   Russian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Bulgarian, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of VERONICA

VESLEMØY   f   Norwegian
Means "little girl" from Norwegian vesle "little" and møy "girl"... [more]

VIBEKE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of WIBEKE

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

VIGGO   m   Scandinavian
Short form of names containing the Scandinavian element vig "war".

VIKTOR   m   Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Cognate of VICTOR

VIKTORIA   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of VICTORIA (1)

VILFRED   m   Danish
Danish form of WILFRED

VILHELM   m   Scandinavian, Hungarian
Scandinavian and Hungarian form of WILLIAM

VILHELMINA   f   Swedish, Finnish
Swedish and Finnish feminine form of WILLIAM

VILMA   f   Spanish, Hungarian, German, Swedish, Czech, Slovak
Cognate of WILMA

VILMAR   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of WILMER

VINCENT   m   English, French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Slovak
From the Roman name Vincentius, which was from Latin vincere "to conquer"... [more]

VIOLA   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian
Means "violet" in Latin... [more]

VIRGINIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Verginius which is of unknown meaning, but long associated with Latin virgo "maid, virgin"... [more]

VITA (2)   f   Danish
Danish feminine form of VITUS or WIDO

VIVEKA   f   Swedish
Swedish form of WIBEKE

WALDEMAR   m   German, Scandinavian, Polish
Germanic cognate of the Slavic name VLADIMIR, composed of the Germanic elements wald "rule" and meri "famous".

WALTER   m   English, German, Scandinavian, Polish
From a Germanic name meaning "ruler of the army", composed of the elements wald "rule" and heri "army"... [more]

WERNER   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian
From a Germanic name derived from war "guard" combined with heri "army".

YLVA   f   Scandinavian
Means "she-wolf", a derivative of Old Norse úlfr "wolf".

YNGVAR   m   Danish, Norwegian
Variant of INGVAR

YNGVE   m   Scandinavian
Derived from the name of the Norse god ING.

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