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Soffi f Old Swedish, Swedish (Archaic), Danish (Rare), Welsh
Nordic variant and Welsh form of Sophie as well as a Danish diminutive of Sofia.

Solborg f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
From an Old Norse name derived from the elements sól meaning "the sun" (or sölr "sun-coloured, yellow, sallow"; according to NordicNames.de, this name element's original meaning of "house with one room, big room, hall" (compare Salabert) has been displaced by the later interpretation "sun") and björg "protection, help".

Solbritt f Swedish
Combination of Swedish sol "sun" and Britt.

Solgärd f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish variant of Solgerd.

Solgerd f Swedish, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Younger form of Salgerðr.

Solgerdh f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Solgerd.

Solgun f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Solgunn.

Solgund f Swedish
Variant of Solgun.

Solstråle f & m Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Means "ray of sunshine" in Swedish (a combination of Swedish sol "sun" and stråle "ray, beam"). It's also used as an affectionate term for a happy person, often a child.

Solvay f English (Modern, Rare), Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Anglicized form and modern Swedish form of Solveig.

Solveg f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Solveig.

Solvei f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Solveig.

Solveigh f Swedish
Variant of Solveig.

Sölvi f Swedish
Swedish form of Sølvi.

Solway f Swedish
Variant of Solveig.

Solweig f Swedish
Variant of Solveig.

Solweigh f Swedish
Variant of Solveig.

Solwey f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Solveig.

Solwig f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Solvig.

Sommar f & m Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Means "summer" in Swedish.

Sönne f Swedish (Rare)
Short form of Sönneva.

Sönneva f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Sønneva.

Sönni f Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Sönneva.

Stenborg f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Stæinborg.

Stinta f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
From a northern Swedish dialectal word meaning "girl".

Stjärna f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Stjarna as well as a direct adoption of Swedish stjärna "star".

Stjärnstråle m & f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Swedish combination of stjärna "star" and stråle "ray, beam".

Storma f Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Storm.

Suna f Danish, Swedish, Finnish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Feminine form of Sune.

Sunneva f Icelandic, Faroese, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Sunniva.

Sunni f Norwegian, Swedish
Short form of Sunniva.

Sus f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Spanish
Danish and Swedish short form of Susanna as well as a Spanish short form of Jesusa and Susana.

Sussa f Finnish, Swedish (Rare)
Short form of Susanna.

Sussi f Danish, Swedish
Diminutive of Susanne.

Sussie f Danish, Swedish
Variant of Sussi, a diminutive form of names beginning in Sus-, such as Susan and Susanna... [more]

Svala f Old Norse, Icelandic, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse svala "swallow (bird)". This name is also considered a short form of Svalaug.

Svanhilda f Swedish (Archaic)
Swedish form of Svanhild.

Svantea f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Svante.

Svantelina f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Svante.

Svava f Icelandic, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Younger form of Svafa.

Svenborg f Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse sveinn "young man" and bjǫrg "help, save, rescue". A known bearer of this name was Anna Svenborg Billing (1849-1927), a Swedish painter.

Svenda f Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Archaic)
Female form of Svend.

Svenhild f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish name with the combination of sveinn "boy" and hildr "battle, fight".

Svenna f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Svæina.

Svenny f & m Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Norwegian and Swedish form of Svenny and variant of Svenna.

Sylvian f Swedish, Norwegian
Variant of Silviana.

Sylviana f Indonesian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Silviana.

Synneve f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Sunniva.

Synnove f Swedish (Anglicized, Rare), Norwegian (Anglicized, Rare)
Form of Synnøve or Synnöve, mostly used outside of Scandinavia.

Synöve f Swedish
Variant of Synnöve.

Syster f Swedish (Archaic)
Derived from the Swedish noun syster meaning "sister". Also compare Sister, Suster and Zuster.... [more]

Taga f Swedish (Archaic)
Feminine form of Tage.

Tala f Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

Tamina f German, Swedish (Rare), Literature
Feminine form of Tamino. Tamina is a character in Milan Kundera's 'The Book of Laughter and Forgetting' (1979).

Tannia f English, Danish, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Tanja.

Täpp f Swedish
Old Swedish name meaning "part of a field or meadow". It is more often used as a prefix name rather than a standalone first name. It is also a common farm name in Dalarna.

Tehilla f Swedish
Variation of Tehila. There is Tehilla Blad, Swedish actress.

Tella f Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Diminutive of Otelie or Otelia. It may also be used as a diminutive of Tellervo.

Telli f & m Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish (Rare)
Norwegian dialectal pet form of Torleiv... [more]

Thessa f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant diminutive of Theresa.

Thilda f Swedish (Modern), Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
Variant of Tilda.

Thilde f Danish (Modern), Norwegian (Modern), Swedish (Modern)
Variant of Tilde.

Thina f Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
Variant of Tina.

Thindra f Swedish (Modern)
Variant of Tindra.

Thomasine f English (Rare), English (Puritan), Swedish (Rare), Danish (Archaic), French (Archaic)
Feminine form of Thomas.

Thordis f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Modern form of Þórdís.

Thorgerd f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Torgerd.

Thorgun f Old Danish, Old Swedish, Swedish
Old Danish and Old Swedish form of Þórgunnr or variant of Torgun.

Thorhild f Norwegian, Swedish, Finland Swedish (Rare), Old Danish
From the Old Norse name Þórhildr

Thorny f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Torny.

Tigerlilja f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Swedish cognate of Tigerlily.

Tilia f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Short form of Ottilia.

Tille f & m Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variation of Till or Tilla.

Tilma f Finnish, Swedish (Modern)
Perhaps a blend of Thelma with either Vilma, Hilma or Ilma 1.

Tinne f Flemish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish
Variant of Tinna.

Tintin m & f Swedish (Modern)
Possibly a pet form of names ending in -tin, -tine, -tina or similar sounds. The name was made popular for girls by actress Tintin Anderzon (whose birth name is Anna Catharina).

Tirsa f Dutch, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Galician
Cognate of Tirzah.

Titti f Swedish, Finnish
Diminutive of Tine 1 or Tina (compare Titta, Titine).

Tobia f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Tobias. In Norway, this name was recorded from the 18th century until about the 1920s.

Tobina f Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Tobias.

Tomina f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Tomine.

Tonny m & f Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, Central African
Variant of Toni 1 and Toni 2, which are short forms of Anton and Antonia respectively... [more]

Torgärd f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Þorgerðr.

Torgerd f Danish, Norwegian, Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare)
Danish form of Þorgerðr.

Torgun f Swedish, Norwegian
Modern Swedish form of Thorgun.

Torina f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Elaborated form of Tora.

Torun f Swedish, Norwegian
Variant of Torunn.

Torvi f Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Swedish form of the Old Norse name Þórví.

Totta f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Tutta.

Towa f Swedish
Variant of Tova 2.

Towe f Swedish
Variant of Tove.

Troja f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Swedish form of Troy, the name of the ancient city in Turkey that appears in Homer's 'Iliad'.

Trulsa f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Swedish feminine form of Truls.

Tua f Swedish, Finland Swedish, Danish (Rare)
Origin uncertain, possibly a variant of Tova 2, a feminine form of Tue or a short form of Perpetua... [more]

Tulla f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
From Swedish tulta and Norwegian tulle, both meaning "little girl".

Tullan f Swedish
Swedish variant of Tulla.

Tullia f Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Tullius; in former times, it was occasionally used as a Latinization of Tolla.

Turina f Swedish (Rare)

Tutta f Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish
Variant of Tutti, a diminutive of Dorothea. Swedish usage could possibly be from Swedish tutta "little girl" (compare Tulla and Stinta)... [more]

Tuttan f Swedish
Variant of Tutta.

Tuvali f Swedish (Modern)
Combination of Tuva and the popular name suffix li.

Tuvalie f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tuvali.

Tuvalisa f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Tuva and Lisa.

Tyre f Swedish (Archaic)
Younger form of Tyrvi traditionally found in Scania.

Tyri f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
From the Ancient Scandinavian name Þýri.

Ubbea f East Frisian (?), Swedish (?)
Possibly a variation of Ubbe.

Ullabell f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ullabella.

Ullabella f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Ulla and Bella.

Ullabeth f Swedish (Rare)
Rare combination of Ulla and Elisabeth.

Ullabrit f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Ullabritt.

Ullabritt f Swedish
Combination of Ulla and Britt.

Ullabritta f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Ullabritt.

Ullacarin f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Ullakarin.

Ullakarin f Swedish (Rare)
Rare Swedish combination of Ulla and Karin.

Ulla-Maj f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Ulla and Maj 2.

Ullavi f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish combination of Ulla and vé 'home, temple, sanctuary'.

Ullbritt f Swedish (Rare)
Rare variant of Ullabritt.

Ullevi f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Ullavi.

Ullis f Swedish
Diminutive of Ulrika.

Ullvi f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Ullavi.

Ulva f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Swedish and Norwegian form of Ulfva, an Old Swedish byname meaning "she-wolf".... [more]

Una f Old Norse, Old Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Latvian
Feminine form of UnR, Une and Uno.

Undina f Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Archaic)
Diminutive of Unda.

Undis f Norwegian, Swedish (Rare), Literature
Variant of Unndís. Used by Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren in her novel 'Ronia the Robber's daughter'.

Unna f Old Norse, Danish (Rare), Faroese, Icelandic (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse unna "to love" or unnr "wave".

Urselia f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Spanish (Caribbean), Swedish (Rare, Archaic), Dutch (Rare, Archaic)
Elaboration of Ursula.

Ursilla f Swedish (Archaic), Cornish (Archaic)
Variant of Ursula.

Vailet f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Swedish phonetic spelling of Violet reflecting the English pronunciation.

Vala f Icelandic, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Short form of names containing the Old Norse name element valr- "the slain (in Valhalla)" as well as a direct adoption of Swedish vala (or völva) "fortune teller; prophet" (ultimately from Old Norse vǫlva).

Valdine f Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Diminutive of names containing the element vald- as well as a feminine form of masculine names containing the element vald-, first and foremost Valdemar.

Valdis f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Faroese
Younger form of Valdís.

Valfrid m & f Swedish, Finnish
Swedish and Finnish form of Walafrid and Waldfrid, much more common as a male name. Valfrid Palmgren (1877-1967), a Swedish politician and teacher, was a famous female bearer of the name.

Valfrida f Finnish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Valfrid, though Valfrid has also occasionally been used as a feminine name.

Valgärd f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Valgerd.

Valgerd f Norwegian, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Modern form of Valgerðr.

Valhild f Swedish
Swedish form of Valhildur.

Vallmo f & m Swedish (Rare)
Means "poppy" in Swedish, thus making it a Swedish cognate of Poppy.

Vally f Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, German
Pet form of names beginning with Val-, Wal-.

Valny f Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian form of Valný.

Vänhild f Swedish (Archaic)
Combination of Swedish vän "fair, beautiful" and the Old Norse name element hildr "battle, fight".

Varga f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Varg.

Vårny f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish combination of vár "spring" and nýr "new, fresh".

Venche f Norwegian, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Venke.

Vendla f Swedish, Finland Swedish
Contracted form of Vendela.

Venny f Swedish, Finland Swedish, Finnish
Diminutive form of Vendela.

Veny f Norwegian, Swedish
Younger form of Véný.

Veronicka f English (Modern, Rare), German (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Veronica.

Vibeka f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Vibeke.

Vickan f Swedish
Diminutive of Viktoria.

Vicke m & f Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Viktor and Viktoria.

Vicktoria f English (Rare), Swedish
Variant of Victoria.

Vida f Swedish (Modern), Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
Feminine form of Vide or short form Arvida, Alvida, or other names ending with -vida.

Viktorina f Hungarian, Lithuanian, Finnish, Swedish (Rare)
Variant form of Victorina.

Vilda f Swedish, Finland Swedish
Originally a short form of Alvilda. Nowadays mostly associated with the Swedish vocabulary word meaning "wild".

Vilgjerd f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Younger form of Vilgerðr.

Vilhelma f Hungarian, Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare), Lithuanian
Hungarian, Lithuanian, Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian form of Wilhelma.

Villemo f Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Literature
This name was first used by the Swedish writer August Strindberg (1849-1912) for one of his poems. He may have based it on the names Vellamo or Wilhelma, or perhaps he combined the Old Norse name element vil, vili "will, desire" with Scandinavian mor "mother" (compare Lillemor, Moa).

Villgärd f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Villgerd.

Villgerd f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Modern form of Vilgerðr.

Villma f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Vilma.

Villy m & f Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Scandinavian form of Willy, predominantly used by men.

Vina f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Nordic form of Wina.

Vinifred f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish adoption of Winifred.

Vinter m & f Old Swedish, Swedish (Modern, Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Old Swedish form of Vetr meaning "winter" as well as the modern Scandinavian word for "winter" (see Winter).

Vinterny f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Swedish vinter "winter" and ny "new".

Vinther f Swedish (Modern, Rare), Danish (Modern, Rare)
Swedish and Danish variant of Vinter.

Violett f English (Modern), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Hungarian (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)
English variant and Swedish form of Violet as well as a Hungarian borrowing of French Violette. This name coincides with the Swedish word violett "purple (the color)".

Vira f Portuguese, Swedish, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Diminutive of Elvira.

Viran f Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Elvira.

Virvla f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Directly taken from the Swedish word virvla "to swirl; to whirl".

Vivan f Swedish
Diminutive of Viveka and Vivianne.

Vivica f English (Rare), Swedish (Rare), German (Modern, Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Viveca. A famous bearer is actress Vivica Fox.

Vivika f Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare), Estonian
Variant of Viveka.

Walborg f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Valborg.

Waldis f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Valdis.

Wally f Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Variant of Vally.

Wictorina f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Victorina.

Wilja f Swedish (Modern)
Variant of Vilja.

Winther f English (Modern, Rare), Swedish (Modern, Rare), Danish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Winter used in several languages.

Wynja f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Allegedly derived from the rune ᚹ (equivalent to Old English Ƿ (wynn) and Gothic � (winja)). The rune is associated with the words joy and bliss, probably because the name of the rune is ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *wunjō "joy, delight".

Yenni f Finnish, Swedish
Variant of Jenni.

Yesica f English (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Jessica.

Yessica f American (Hispanic), Dutch (Rare), Danish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Jessica, and unaccented form of Spanish Yéssica.

Ylvali f Swedish (Modern)
Combination of Ylva and the popular name suffix -li (compare Novalie).

Ylwa f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Ylva.

Yngva f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Faroese (Rare)
Feminine form of Yngve and Yngvar.

Yngvild f Faroese, Norwegian, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Archaic)
Younger form of Yngvildr.

Yngvor f Swedish
Modern Swedish form of Yngvǫr.

Yohanna f Amharic, Swedish (Rare), Nigerian (Rare), Various
Amharic form of Johanna as well as a variant in other languages. In Amharic, this makes it the feminine form of Yohannes.

Yrja f Icelandic, Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Yrjan and Yrjar as well as a variant of Irja as well as a derivation from Old Norse yrja "drizzling rain".

Yrla f Swedish (Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
Combination of Swedish yra "rave, to whirl" (ultimately from yr "lively, jolly") and virvla, also meaning "to whirl". The name was invented by Swedish screenwriter Christina Herrström for a character in the TV series 'Ebba och Didrik' (1990).

Yrsa f Old Norse, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese
Of unknown meaning. Theories include a derivation from an Ancient Norse word for "she-bear" with the same roots as Latin ursa (compare Ursula, which used to be used as a Latinization of Yrsa), even though this seems rather unlikely... [more]

Yrse f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Yrsa.

Yrsi f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Yrsa.

Ywonne f Swedish
Variant of Yvonne.

Zabine f Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Zabina.

Zaga f Swedish (Modern, Rare), Danish (Modern, Rare), Norwegian (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Saga.

Zanna f Swedish (Modern)
Variant of Sanna.

Zäta m & f Swedish (Rare)
From the Swedish name for the letter Z. Often a nickname for someone whose name (either first or last) start with Z, it is sometimes used as a given name in its own right.

Zavannah f Swedish (Modern, Rare), Danish (Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Savannah.

Zenna f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Swedish (Rare)

Zerny f & m Swedish
Unexplained.

Zissi f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Cissi.

Zuzetta f Danish, Swedish
Variant of Suzette.

Zuzette f Danish, Swedish
Variant of Suzette.