This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is masculine; and the usage is Icelandic.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Muggur m Icelandic (Rare)Diminutive of
Guðmundur. A famous bearer of this name was Icelandic artist Guðmundur Pétursson Thorsteinsson (1891-1924), known simply as Muggur.
Narfi m Icelandic (Rare), Norse MythologyDerived from Proto-Norse
*nǫrr "narrow", possibly as in "close minded, oppressive". Narfi is the name of two characters in Norse Mythology: a son of
Loki and a jötunn (the father of
Nótt).
Ómar m IcelandicIcelandic form of the Hebrew name
Omar 2 and the Arabic name
Omar 1. It can also be interpreted as a compound of Old Norse name elements, such as the negative prefix
Ó- (found in
Ómundi and
Óblauðr) and
mærr meaning "famous".
Örn m Icelandic, SwedishFrom an Old Norse name and byname derived from
ǫrn meaning "eagle". It coincides with the modern Icelandic and Swedish noun
örn, also denoting the bird.
Orri m Old Norse, IcelandicOld West Norse byname meaning "black grouse", a type of game bird (Lyrurus tetrix).
Ósvífr m IcelandicOld Norse variant form of
Úsvífr, a combination of
svífr = "to swerve, drift" with the negative prefix U.
Reykdal m Icelandic (Modern, Rare)From an Icelandic surname that was probably derived from a place name composed of Old Norse
reykr meaning "smoke" and
dalr meaning "dale, valley".
Reynir m IcelandicTaken directly from Icelandic and Old Norse
reynir meaning "rowan, mountain ash".
Reyr m IcelandicDerived from Old Norse
reyrr, a type of plant, known as the common reed in English (genus Arundo). This also coincides with the Icelandic word for a type of grass known as "sweet vernal grass" in English (Anthoxanthum odoratum).
Röðull m Icelandic (Rare)Derived from Old Norse
rǫðull meaning "glory, halo" (poetic for "sun"). This is also a poetic word for "sun" in Icelandic.
Sævar m IcelandicMeaning "sea warrior", derived from the Old Norse elements
sær "sea" and
arr "warrior".
Salmann m Icelandic (Rare)Derived from Old Norse
salr "hall, house" and
maðr "person, man" (genitive
manns). Alternatively this could be an Icelandic form of a German name in which the first element is derived from Old High German
salo "dirty gray" (related to English
sallow and Old Norse
sölr "dirty yellow").... [
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Sigurhans m IcelandicCombination of Old Norse
sigr "victory" and the name
Hans. This was borne by Icelandic photographer Sigurhans Vignir (1894-1975).
Sigurörn m Icelandic (Modern, Rare), PetDerived from Old Norse
sigr "victory" and
ǫrn "eagle". This was the name given to a white-tailed eagle that was rescued from drowning by a 12-year-old girl in Kirkjufellslón lagoon in Iceland in 2006 (the eagle was found to have damaged tail feathers, was rehabilitated and returned to the wild); the incident received some media coverage in Iceland.
Snæþór m IcelandicFrom Old Norse
snær "snow" combined with the name of the Norse god
Þórr (see
Thor).
Sporði m IcelandicIcelandic name deriving from Icelandic
sporður meaning "tail of a fish or whale".... [
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Sturla m Old Norse, Norwegian, IcelandicOld Norse byname meaning "the loon", from
sturla "to derange, disturb". Sturla Sigvatsson was a powerful Icelandic chieftain and the nephew of Snorri Sturluson, the author of the Prose Edda.
Þorri m Norse Mythology, IcelandicMeans "dry one". This was the name of an Old Norse month, lasting from the middle of January to the middle of February. In Norse mythology Þorri was King of Kvenland (modern-day Norrbotten in Sweden and Pohjanmaa in Finland), the son of
Snær and brother of
Mjǫll,
Fǫnn and
Drífa... [
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Þráinn m Icelandic, Old NorsePossibly derived from Old Norse
þrá meaning "obstinacy, stubbornness". Noted bearer is Þráinn Bertelsson, an Icelandic film director, writer, politician, journalist and newspaper editor.
Þyrill m Icelandic (Modern, Rare)From the name of a mountain in Iceland, which means "whirl" from Old Norse
þyrill (referring to wind gusts at the mountain peak). This is also the modern Icelandic word for "kingfisher (bird)".
Tinni m IcelandicMasculine form of
Tinna. In some cases it can be a diminutive of
Martin. This is also the name of
Tintin in the Icelandic version of
The Adventures of Tintin.
Úlftýr m Icelandic (Rare)Derived from Old Norse
ulfr meaning "wolf" and
týr meaning "god" (or the name of the Norse god
Týr, which is identical).
Valþór m IcelandicFrom Old Norse
valr "those slain in battle" (also found in the place name
Valhalla and the word
valkyrja) combined with the name of the Norse god
Þórr (see
Thor).
Valur m IcelandicIcelandic younger form of
Valr. Valur is also a modern Icelandic word for gyrfalcon.