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.

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

KRISTOFFER   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of CHRISTOPHER

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

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

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

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

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

LORENS   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of LAURENCE (1)

LOVE (1)   m   Swedish
Swedish form of LOUIS

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

MADS   m   Danish
Danish short form of MATTHIAS

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

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

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]

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]

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

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]

MATHIAS   m   French, German, Scandinavian
Variant of MATTHIAS

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]

MIKAEL   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of MICHAEL

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

MOGENS   m   Danish
Danish form of MAGNUS

MORTEN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of MARTIN

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)

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

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]

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

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

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]

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".

RAGNAR   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian cognate of RAYNER

RAGNVALD   m   Scandinavian
Modern Scandinavian form of RAGNVALDR

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

RIKARD   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian form of RICHARD

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

ROAR   m   Norwegian
Newer Scandinavian form of HRÓARR

ROBERT   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Romanian, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Hrodebert meaning "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ROFFE   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of ROLF

ROGER   m   English, French, German, Swedish
Means "famous spear" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and ger "spear"... [more]

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

RUBEN   m   Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical Latin
Scandinavian and Dutch form of REUBEN

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

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

SALOMON   m   French, Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
French, Scandinavian, Finnish and Polish form of SOLOMON

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

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

SEVERIN   m   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of SEVERINUS

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]

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

SIGVARD   m   Swedish
Swedish form of SIGURD

SIMEN   m   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of SIMON

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

SINDRE   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of SINDRI

SJURD   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of SIGURD

SNORRE   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of SNORRI

SÖREN   m   Swedish, German
Swedish and German form of SØREN

SØREN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish form of SEVERINUS... [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.

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

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

SVEIN   m   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of SVEN

SVEN   m   Scandinavian, German, Dutch
From the Old Norse byname Sveinn which meant "boy".

SVEND   m   Danish
Danish form of SVEN

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

TALLAK   m   Norwegian
Variant of TOLLAK

TARBEN   m   Danish
Danish form of TORBJÖRN

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

TERJE (1)   m   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of TORGEIR

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

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

THORBEN   m   Danish, German
Variant of TORBEN

THORBJÖRN   m   Swedish
Variant of TORBJÖRN

THORBJØRN   m   Norwegian
Variant of TORBJØRN

THORE   m   Scandinavian
Variant of TORE (1)

THORSTEIN   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of TORSTEN

THORSTEN   m   Swedish, Danish, German
Variant of TORSTEN

THORVALD   m   Scandinavian
Variant of TORVALD

TOBIAS   m   Biblical, German, Scandinavian, English, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
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

TOR   m   Scandinavian
Modern Scandinavian form of Þórr (see THOR)... [more]

TORBEN   m   Danish, German
Danish form of TORBJÖRN

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

TORE (1)   m   Scandinavian
Probably from the Old Norse name ÞÓRIR

TORGEIR   m   Norwegian
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
Variant of TORGEIR

TORGILS   m   Norwegian
Modern form of ÞÓRGÍSL

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".

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".

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".

TROELS   m   Danish
Danish form of ÞÓRGÍSL

TRULS   m   Norwegian, Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish form of ÞÓRGÍSL

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)

TYGE   m   Danish
Danish form of TYCHO

TYKO   m   Swedish
Swedish form of TYCHO

UFFE   m   Danish
Variant of ULF

ULF   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse byname Úlfr meaning "wolf".

ULRIK   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ULRICH

URBAN   m   Danish, Swedish, Polish, Slovene, Biblical, History
From the Latin name Urbanus which meant "city dweller"... [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

VARG   m   Norwegian
Means "wolf" in Old Norse.

VERNER   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of WERNER

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 víg "war".

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

VILFRED   m   Danish
Danish form of WILFRED

VILHELM   m   Scandinavian, Hungarian
Scandinavian and Hungarian form of WILLIAM

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]

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, Ancient Germanic
From a Germanic name meaning "ruler of the army", composed of the elements wald "rule" and hari "army"... [more]

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

YNGVAR   m   Norwegian
Variant of INGVAR

YNGVE   m   Scandinavian
Modern form of YNGVI