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.

ACKE   m   Swedish
Swedish short form of AXEL

ADOLF   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Adalwolf, which meant "noble wolf" from the Germanic elements adal "noble" and wulf... [more]

ÅGE   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of ÁKI

ÅKE   m   Swedish
Swedish form of ÁKI

AKSEL   m   Danish, Norwegian
Variant of AXEL

ALBERT   m   English, French, German, Slovene, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Adalberht, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ALBIN   m   Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene
Form of ALBINUS

ALEXANDER   m   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος)... [more]

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

ALF (3)   m   Scandinavian
Short form of ADOLF

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]

ALV   m   Norwegian
Variant of ALF (1)

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

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).

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

ANSGAR   m   German, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements ans "god" and gar "spear"... [more]

ANTON   m   German, Russian, Scandinavian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Romanian, Estonian
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

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
From the Old Norse name Arnviðr, derived from the elements arn "eagle" and viðr "tree".

ASBJÖRN   m   Swedish
Swedish form of ÁSBJÖRN

ASBJØRN   m   Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish form of ÁSBJÖRN

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".

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

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

AXEL   m   Scandinavian, German
Medieval Danish form of ABSALOM

BENDT   m   Danish
Danish form of BENEDICT

BENGT   m   Swedish
Swedish form of BENEDICT

BENT (1)   m   Danish
Danish form of BENEDICT

BERNHARD   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of BERNARD

BERNT   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of BERNARD

BERTIL   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of BERTHOLD

BIRGER   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Birgir, probably derived from bjarga meaning "to help, to save, to protect".

BJARKE   m   Danish
Danish diminutive of BJØRN

BJARNE   m   Scandinavian
Modern form of BJARNI

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

BJOERN   m   Scandinavian
Variant of BJÖRN or BJØRN

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

BJØRN   m   Norwegian, Danish
Danish and Norwegian form of BJÖRN

BJÖRNE   m   Swedish
Diminutive of BJÖRN

BO (1)   m   Swedish, Danish
From the Old Norse byname Búi which was derived from Old Norse bua meaning "to live".

BÖRJE   m   Swedish
Variant of BIRGER

BOSSE   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of BO (1)

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)

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

CHRISTEN   m   Danish, Norwegian
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]

CHRISTOFFER   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian variant of KRISTOFFER

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".

DANIEL   m   English, Hebrew, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Biblical, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]

DAVID   m   English, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

EBBE   m   German, Scandinavian
Short form of EBERHARD and other names beginning with the Germanic element eber meaning "wild boar"... [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
From the Old Norse name Egill, a diminutive of names that began with either of the elements egg "edge of a sword" or agi "discipline, awe, terror"... [more]

EILERT   m   Frisian, Scandinavian
Frisian and Scandinavian form of EGILHARD

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, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Cognate of ELIJAH... [more]

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

ELUF   m   Danish
Danish form of ELOF

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

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".

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]

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

ERLAND   m   Swedish, Danish
From the Old Norse byname Erlendr, which was derived from örlendr meaning "foreigner".

ERLEND   m   Norwegian, Danish
Variant of ERLAND

ERLING   m   Scandinavian
Means "descendent of the jarl", a derivative of the Old Norse word jarl meaning "chieftain, nobleman, earl".

ESBEN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Variant of ASBJØRN

ESBJÖRN   m   Swedish
Swedish variant form of ÁSBJÖRN

ESPEN   m   Norwegian, Danish
Variant of ASBJØRN

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

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]

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

FREJ   m   Danish, Swedish, German
Danish, Swedish and German form of FREYR

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, Czech, Slovak, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) meaning "strong man of God"... [more]

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]

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

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

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).

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

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

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".

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

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

HENRIK   m   Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Slovene
Scandinavian, Low German, Hungarian and Slovene 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]

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

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

IB   m   Danish
Danish diminutive of JAKOB

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]

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

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".

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".

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]

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]

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

JANNICK   m   Danish
Danish diminutive of JAN (1)

JANNIK   m   Danish
Danish 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).

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]

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

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

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

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

KALLE   m   Swedish, Finnish
Swedish and Finnish diminutive of KARL

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

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

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

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

KELD   m   Danish
Danish form of KETTIL

KENNET   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of KENNETH

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]

KIM (2)   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of JOACHIM

KJELD   m   Danish
Danish form of KETTIL

KJELL   m   Swedish, Norwegian
Contracted form of KETTIL

KJETIL   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of KETTIL