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.

KELD   m   Danish
Danish form of KETTIL

KENNET   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of KENNETH

KERSTIN   f   German, Swedish
Low German and Swedish form of CHRISTINA

KETTIL   m   Swedish
Derived from Old Norse ketill meaning "kettle, cauldron" (later also acquiring the meaning "helmet")... [more]

KEVIN   m   English, Irish, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian
Anglicized form of the Irish name Caoimhín, derived from the older Irish Cóemgein, composed of the Old Irish elements cóem "kind, gentle, handsome" and gein "birth"... [more]

KIA   f   Swedish
Diminutive of KRISTINA

KIM (2)   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of JOACHIM

KIRSTEN   f   Danish, Norwegian, English
Danish and Norwegian form of CHRISTINA

KIRSTINE   f   Danish
Danish form of CHRISTINA

KJELD   m   Danish
Danish form of KETTIL

KJELL   m   Swedish, Norwegian
Contracted form of KETTIL

KJELLFRID   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Ketilriðr, derived from the elements ketill meaning "kettle" and fríðr meaning "beautiful".

KJERSTI   f   Norwegian
Norwegian form of CHRISTINA

KJERSTIN   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian form of CHRISTINA

KJETIL   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of KETTIL

KLARA   f   Scandinavian, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovene, Latvian
Cognate of CLARA

KLAUS   m   German, Danish
German short form of NICHOLAS

KLEMENS   m   German, Danish, Swedish, Polish
German, Danish, Swedish and Polish form of Clemens (see CLEMENT)... [more]

KNUD   m   Danish
Danish form of KNUT

KNUT   m   Scandinavian, German
Derived from Old Norse knútr meaning "knot"... [more]

KNUTE   m   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of KNUT

KONRAD   m   German, Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene
German, Scandinavian, Polish and Slovene form of CONRAD

KRESTEN   m   Danish
Danish variant of CHRISTIAN

KRIS   m & f   English, Danish
Short form of KRISTIAN, KRISTOFFER, and other names beginning with Kris.

KRISTEN (1)   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of CHRISTIAN

KRISTER   m   Swedish
Swedish variant of CHRISTER

KRISTIAN   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of CHRISTIAN

KRISTIN   f   Scandinavian, German, English
Scandinavian and German form of CHRISTINA

KRISTINA   f   Scandinavian, Russian, German, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Serbian, Croatian, English, Bulgarian
Cognate of CHRISTINA, and a Bulgarian variant of HRISTINA.

KRISTINE   f   Scandinavian, German, Latvian
Cognate of CHRISTINE

KRISTOFFER   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of CHRISTOPHER

LÆRKE   f   Danish
Means "lark" in Danish.

LARS   m   Scandinavian, Dutch
Scandinavian form of LAURENCE (1)

LASSE   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of LAURENCE (1)

LAURA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel"... [more]

LAURITS   m   Danish
Danish form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LAURITZ   m   Danish
Danish form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LEIF   m   Scandinavian
Short form of names containing the Old Norse element leifr meaning "descendent, heir"... [more]

LEIV   m   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of LEIF

LENA   f   Scandinavian, German, Russian, English
Scandinavian, German and English short form of HELENA or MAGDALENA, and a Russian short form of YELENA.

LENE   f   German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish and Norwegian short form of HELENE or MAGDALENE

LENNART   m   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian form of LEONARD

LENNIE   m & f   English, Swedish
Diminutive of LEONARD, LENNART or LENA

LENNY   m   English, Swedish
Diminutive of LEONARD or LENNART

LINA (2)   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian
Short form of names ending in lina.

LINDA   f   English, Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian
Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element linde meaning "soft, tender"... [more]

LINE   f   Scandinavian
Short form of names ending in line.

LINN   f   Swedish
Short form of LINNÉA

LINNÉA   f   Swedish
From the name of a flower, also known as the twinflower... [more]

LINUS   m   Greek Mythology (Latinized), German, Scandinavian
From the Greek name Λινος (Linos) meaning "flax"... [more]

LIS   f   Scandinavian
Short form of ELISABET

LISA   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Italian
Short form of ELIZABETH, ELISABETH, ELISABET or ELISABETTA... [more]

LISBET   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of ELISABET

LISE   f   French, Scandinavian, English
Short form of ELISABETH or ELIZABETH

LISELOTTE   f   German, Danish
Contraction of LISA and CHARLOTTE

LIV   f   Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse hlif meaning "protection"... [more]

LONE   f   Danish
Short form of ABELONE or MAGDALONE

LORENS   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of LAURENCE (1)

LOTTA   f   Swedish, Finnish
Short form of CHARLOTTA

LOTTE   f   German, Dutch, Danish
Short form of LISELOTTE or CHARLOTTE

LOVE (1)   m   Swedish
Swedish form of LOUIS

LOVISA   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of LOUIS

LOVISE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian feminine form of LOUIS

LUCIA   f   Italian, German, English, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LUCIUS... [more]

LUDDE   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of LUDVIG

LUDVIG   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of LUDWIG

LUKAS   m   German, Scandinavian, Lithuanian
German, Scandinavian and Lithuanian form of LUKE

LYKKE   f   Danish
Means "good fortune, happiness" in Danish.

MADS   m   Danish
Danish short form of MATTHIAS

MAGDA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Portuguese
Short form of MAGDALENA

MAGDALENA   f   German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Slovene, Czech, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian, English
Latinate form of MAGDALENE

MAGDALENE   f   German, Danish, English, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
From a title which meant "of Magdala"... [more]

MAGDALONE   f   Danish
Danish form of MAGDALENE

MAGNHILD   f   Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse magn "mighty, strong" and hildr "battle"... [more]

MAGNUS   m   Scandinavian, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "great"... [more]

MAIKEN   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian diminutive of MARIA

MAJA (1)   f   German, Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Cognate of MAIA (1)

MAJA (2)   f   German, Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Diminutive of MARIA

MAJKEN   f   Danish, Swedish
Variant of MAIKEN

MALENA   f   Swedish, Spanish
Swedish and Spanish short form of MAGDALENA

MALENE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish short form of MAGDALENE

MALIN   f   Swedish
Swedish short form of MAGDALENE

MALTE   m   Danish, Swedish, German
Short form of the Germanic name Helmold, which was derived from the elements helm "helmet" and wald "rule".

MALTHE   m   Danish, German
Variant of MALTE

MAREN   f   Danish
Danish form of MARINA

MARGARETA   f   German, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovene, Dutch, Finnish
Cognate of MARGARET

MARGARETHE   f   German, Danish
German and Danish form of MARGARET

MARGIT   f   Hungarian, Scandinavian
Hungarian and Scandinavian form of MARGARET

MARGRETHE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of MARGARET

MARI   f   Welsh, Breton, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Scandinavian
Welsh, Breton, Estonian and Finnish form of MARY, as well as a Hungarian diminutive of MÁRIA... [more]

MARIA   f & m   Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Frisian, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY)... [more]

MARIANNE   f   French, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish
Originally a French diminutive of MARIE... [more]

MARIE   f   French, Czech, German, English, Scandinavian
French and Czech form of Maria (see MARY)... [more]

MARINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Greek, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARINUS

MARIT   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian form of MARGARET

MARITA (2)   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Scandinavian form of MARGARET

MARIUS   m   Ancient Roman, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, French, Romanian
Roman family name which was derived either from MARS, the name of the Roman god of War, or else from the Latin root mas, maris meaning "male"... [more]

MARNA   f   Danish
Danish short form of MARINA

MÄRTA   f   Swedish
Swedish short form of MARGARETA

MARTA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Polish, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Slovak
Cognate of MARTHA

MARTE   f   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of MARTHA

MÅRTEN   m   Swedish
Swedish form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTHA   f   English, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From Aramaic מרתא (marta') meaning "lady, mistress"... [more]

MARTIN   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Hungarian, Bulgarian
From the Roman name Martinus, which was derived from Martis, the genitive case of the name of the Roman god MARS... [more]

MARTINA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Czech, Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN)... [more]

MATHIAS   m   French, German, Scandinavian
Variant of MATTHIAS

MATHILDA   f   English, Swedish, Ancient Germanic
Variant of MATILDA

MATHILDE   f   French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish
Cognate of MATILDA

MATILDA   f   English, Swedish, Finnish, Slovak
From the Germanic name Mahthildis meaning "strength in battle", from the elements maht "might, strength" and hild "battle"... [more]

MATS   m   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian short form of MATTHIAS

MATTEUS   m   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian form of MATTHEW, used to refer to the evangelist and apostle also known as Levi.

MATTHIAS   m   Greek, German, Scandinavian, French, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Variant of Matthaios (see MATTHEW) which appears in the New Testament as the name of the apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot... [more]

MATTIAS   m   German, Swedish
Variant of MATTHIAS

MAX   m   German, English, Scandinavian, Dutch
Short form of MAXIMILIAN (or sometimes of MAXWELL in English).

MAXIMILIAN   m   German, English, Scandinavian
From the Roman name Maximilianus, which was derived from MAXIMUS... [more]

MERETE   f   Danish
Danish form of MARGARET

MERIT (2)   f   Swedish
Variant of MARIT

META   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian short form of MARGARET

METTE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian diminutive of MARGARET

MIA   f   Scandinavian, Dutch, German, English
Scandinavian, Dutch and German diminutive of MARIA

MICHAELA   f   German, Swedish, English, Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of MICHAEL

MIKAEL   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of MICHAEL

MIKAELA   f   Scandinavian
Feminine form of MICHAEL

MIKKEL   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of MICHAEL... [more]

MILLA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Short form of CAMILLA and other names that end in milla.

MILLY   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian diminutive of EMILIE

MOA   f   Swedish
Possibly derived from Swedish moder meaning "mother"... [more]

MOGENS   m   Danish
Danish form of MAGNUS

MONA (2)   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of MONIKA

MONIKA   f   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of MONICA

MORTEN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of MARTIN

MY   f   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of MARIA

NANNA   f   Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse nenna meaning "brave"... [more]

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).

NOAK   m   Swedish
Swedish form of NOAH (1)

NORA   f   Irish, English, Scandinavian, German
Short form 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 short form 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   Danish
Danish variant of OLAF

ÖRJAN   m   Swedish
Medieval Swedish form of JURIAN

ØRJAN   m   Norwegian
Medieval Norwegian form of JURIAN

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, Ancient Germanic
Later German form of AUDO... [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, Bulgarian, 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
Modern Scandinavian form of RAGNVALDR

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 RÁÐÚLFR (or its Norman form Radulf)... [more]

RASMUS   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ERASMUS