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Scandinavian Feminine Names

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

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

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]

ALBERTE (2)   f   Danish
Danish feminine form of ALBERT

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

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

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

ALVILDA   f   Danish
Danish form of ALFHILD

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

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".

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

ÅSE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of ÅSA

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

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".

BARBRO   f   Swedish
Swedish form of BARBARA

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

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

BENGTA   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine 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

BINE   f   Danish
Short form of JACOBINE

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

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

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]

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).

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".

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

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.

CILLA   f   Swedish, Dutch
Diminutive of CECILIA

CILLE   f   Danish
Danish diminutive of CECILIA

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".

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.

EDITH   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
From the Old English name Eadgyð, derived from the elements ead "rich, blessed" and gyð "war"... [more]

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

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

ELSE   f   Danish, Norwegian, German
Diminutive of ELISABETH

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

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

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).

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

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

ERLE (1)   f   Norwegian
Feminine form of JARL

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]

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

FREDERIKKE   f   Danish
Danish feminine form of FREDERICK

FREDRIKA   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of FREDERICK

FREJA   f   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian and German form of FREYA

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

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

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, and other names ending in gina... [more]

GITTAN   f   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of BIRGITTA

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.

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

GUNILLA   f   Swedish
Swedish variant of GUNHILD

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".

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)

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

HEDVIG   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian cognate 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, 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

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]

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

HENRIKA   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of HENRY

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

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

HILDEGARD   f   German, Scandinavian
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

HJØRDIS   f   Danish, Norwegian
Modern form of HJÖRDÍS

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

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
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]

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 Norse 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 Norse god ING combined with garðr meaning "enclosure".

INGER   f   Swedish
Variant of INGRID or INGEGERD

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]

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

IRENE   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, 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]

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

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

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

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

JANNICKE   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian feminine diminutive of JAN (1)

JANNIKE   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian feminine diminutive of JAN (1)

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

JOHANNE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian feminine variant of Iohannes (see JOHN).

JONETTE   f   Norwegian
Feminine diminutive of JON (1)

JONNA   f   Danish, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of JOHANNA

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".

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
Latinate feminine form of JULIUS... [more]

JYTTE   f   Danish
Danish form of JUDITH

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

KAIA   f   Norwegian
Variant of KAJA (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

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

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

KATARINA   f   German, Swedish, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Lithuanian
Cognate 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

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