KOLBJØRNmNorwegian, Faroese, Danish (Rare) Younger form of Kolbjǫrn. The name was very popular in the Medieval Age of Norway. In modern age, the name was very popular in the 1900s in the Norwegian language.
KRISTMARfNorwegian (Rare) Combination of krist "Christ" and the Old Norse name element mėy "girl" or mær "daughter or mǣr# "little girl, virgin, unmarried girl".
LAGERTHAfHistory (?), Popular Culture, Norwegian Likely a latinization of Old Norse Hlaðgerðr. According to legend, Lagertha was a Viking shieldmaiden from what is now Norway and the first wife of the famous Viking Ragnar Lodbrok.
LEIKNYfNorwegian Combination of Old Norse leikr "game; play; sport; fight" and nýr "new; young; fresh" or ný "new moon; waxing moon". Another theory, however, considers this an adoption (and Old Norse adaption) of some unknown foreign name.
LILLEMORfSwedish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare) Originally a Norwegian name, which is derived from Norwegian lille, the weak declension of liten, "little" (ultimately from Old Norse lítill) and mor "mother" (ultimately from Old Norse móðir).
MALDISfNorwegian (Archaic) Combination of the Old Norse element dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" and the name element mal- which is of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Old Norse mál "speach; language", a variant of the Old Norse name element malm-, itself derived from Old Norse malmr "ore", as well as a derivation from any name beginning with the elements Mal- or Mál- or Mål-.... [more]
MATTISmNorwegian, Danish, Swedish, Literature, German Scandinavian short form of Mattias as well as a German variant of Mathis. In the literary world, this name was used by Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren on one of the characters in her novel Ronia the Robber's daughter.
MØYFRIDfNorwegian Norwegian name with the combination of mær "maiden, girl, daughter" and fríðr "beautiful".
MYRTHILDfNorwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare) Variant of Myrtle as well as a combination of the name element Myrt-, most commonly taken from the name Myrtle, and -hild. This name was first recorded in 1916.
NEMIfLiterature, Swedish (Modern), Norwegian (Rare), Finnish (Rare) Nemi is the title character of the comic strip Nemi (1997), written and drawn by Norwegian cartoonist Lisa Myhre. Its origin and meaning are unknown, there have, however, been speculations that Myhre might have based the name on the name of the Italian town and lake which is ultimately derived from from Latin nemus Aricinum "grove of Ariccia".
NEMINEfNorwegian (Rare) Of unknown origin and meaning. Current theories include a derivation from the masculine name Nils as well as an adoption of Latin nemine, the ablative form of Nemo.
NORDISfNorwegian Late 19th century combination of the Old Norse name elements norðr "north" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister".
NOREm & fSwedish, Norwegian (Rare), Norse Mythology Younger form of Nóri, an Old Norse name meaning "north" (derived from norðr). In Norse mythology, Nore (sometimes Nor or Nóri) is said to be the founder of Norway. Nóri is also the name of a dwarf mentioned in the Poetic Edda.... [more]
NORFINNmNorwegian Norwegian name with the combination of norðr "north" and finnr "Finn, Lapp".
NORGUNNfNorwegian Norwegian name with the combination of norðr "north" and gunnr "battle, fight".
OCTANDERmNorwegian (Archaic) Combination of Latin oct- "eight" and Greek -ander "man" given to children born in October or to the eighth child of the family.
OELLAf & mAmerican, English, Norwegian It is the name of a small historic mill town in Maryland founded in 1808 that inspired generations of women's name in one family.... [more]
OLEIFf & mNorwegian As a masculine name, it is a cognate of Olaf (being the modern form of the Old Norse name Ólæifr, variant of Álæifr, itself a variant of Áleifr). As a feminine name, it is the modern form of the Old Norse name Ólæif, which was the feminine form of Ólæifr.