Scandinavian Submitted Names

Vigbjørn m Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian form of Vígbiǫrn.

Vigdjärv m Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Swedish form of Vighdiärf.

Vígdögg f Icelandic (Rare)
From Old Norse víg meaning "war, battle" combined with Dögg (which is itself derived from Old Norse dǫgg meaning "dew, wetness").

Vigfús m Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese younger form of Vígfúss.

Vigfus m Danish, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Younger form of Vígfúss.

Vigg m Swedish
Diminutive of Vigge and Viggo.

Vigge m Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Derived from the Old (West) Norse name Vígi, a short form of other masculine names containing the element víg "war, battle". (The name Vígi belonged to one of King Ólafr Tryggvasson's hounds.) As a Swedish name it is sometimes used as a diminutive of Viktor, and can also be inspired by the word vigg meaning "lightning".

Viggó m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Viggo.

Víggrímur m Faroese
Faroese combination of víg "fight", "battle" and grímr "person wearing a mask".

Vighild f Norwegian
Norwegian name with the combination of vígr "in fighting condition, able to fight" and hildr "battle, fight".

Vigita f Lithuanian (Rare), Scandinavian
Old Norse element víg meaning "war, battle".

Víglundur m Icelandic
Combination of Old Norse víg "fight, battle" (also used poetically to mean "warrior" when used in compound words) and lundr "grove".

Vigmund m Old Swedish, Norwegian
Old Swedish and Norwegian form of Vígmundr.

Vígmundur m Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Vígmundr.

Vignir m Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Vígnir.

Vigo m Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Croatian, Dutch (Modern), Galician
Croatian and Galician form and Swedish and Danish variant of Viggo as well as a Dutch borrowing of the Scandinavian name.

Vigor m History (Ecclesiastical), Croatian, Serbian, Italian, Swedish, Medieval French
Derived from Latin vigor "vigor, strength, liveliness".

Vígþór m Icelandic (Rare)
Combination of Old Norse víg "war, battle" and the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Þór).

Vigur m Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Vígr.

Viktoría f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Victoria.

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

Vilbergur m Icelandic, Faroese
Masculine form of Vilborg.

Vilbogi m Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements vil meaning "will, liking, favour" and bogi meaning "bow".

Vilborg f Icelandic
Nordic form of Wilburg.

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

Vildís f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse elements vil(i) "will, desire" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".

Vildred f Norwegian
Modern coinage taken from Vilhelm and the feminine ending -(f)rid.

Vilgerd f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian younger form of Vilgerðr.

Vilgerð f Faroese
Faroese form of Vilgerðr.

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.

Vilhelmína f Icelandic, Slovak (Archaic)
Icelandic and Slovak form of Wilhelmina.

Vilhelmine f Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Danish and Norwegian form of Wilhelmine.

Vilhelmus m Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Latinized form of Vilhelm.

Vilje f Norwegian, Estonian
Variant of Vilja.

Viljen m Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian variant of Vilhelm.

Vilken m Old Norse, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Nordic form of Wilken.

Villas m Danish, Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Villads.

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.

Villiam m Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese
Nordic variant of William.

Villimey f Icelandic (Modern)
Recently created name intended to mean "wild maiden" from Old Norse villr "wild" (compare Icelandic villiblóm "wildflower") combined with Old Norse mey "maiden, girl" (an alternative form of mær)... [more]

Villma f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Vilma.

Villumine f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Vilhelmine.

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

Vilmer m Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Wilmer.

Vilný f Icelandic (Rare)
From Old Norse vili "will, desire" combined with nýr "new".

Vilton m Swedish (Modern)
Variant of Wilton.

Vimar m Swedish
Swedish form of Vígmarr.

Vimund m Old Swedish, Swedish
Old Swedish form of Vímundr.

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

Vinbjörg f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse vinr "friend" and bjǫrg "help, save, rescue".

Vineke f Danish
Nordic form of Wineke.

Vinifred f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish adoption of Winifred.

Vinjar m Norwegian
Either derived from of Old Norse vinr "friend" and herr "army" or based on place names that contains the Old Norse element vin "meadow, pasture".

Vinný f Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese variant of Winnie.

Vinsent m Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Vincent.

Vinsi m Faroese
Faroese form of Vincentius.

Vinston m Swedish (Modern)
Variant of Winston.

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.

Viol f Danish
Short form of Viola.

Víóla f Icelandic (Modern), Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese form of Viola.

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)".

Víóletta f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic adoption of Violetta.

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

Viran f Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Elvira.

Virgill m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Virgil.

Virginía f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Virginia.

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

Viðja f Icelandic
Directly taken from Old Norse viðja "withy".

Viðjar m Icelandic
Possibly a masculine form of Viðja.

Vittus m Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Vitus.

Vivan f Swedish
Diminutive of Viveka and Vivianne.

Vivette f French (Rare), English (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Possibly a diminutive form of Vivienne (see also Viviette), but it could also be an independent name that is ultimately derived from Latin vivus "alive" or Latin vividus "full of life, lively, spirited".

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.

Vívil m Faroese (Modern)
Faroese modern form of Vífill.

Vök f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
From the Icelandic word vök, referring to a hole or opening in the ice (a polynya) or a break or opening in clouds.

Volger m Swedish
Variant of Wolfger or Volker.

Volmar m Swedish, Finnish
Variant of Valdemar or Volkmar.

Volter m Finnish, Swedish (Rare)
A variant of Wolter.... [more]

Von f Icelandic (Modern)
Derived from Old Norse vón "hope; expectation".

Vónbjartur m Faroese
Masculine form of Vónbjørt.

Vónbjørt f Faroese
Derived from Old-Norse vón meaning "hope; expectation" and bjartr meaning "light, shining".

Voney f Icelandic (Rare)
From Old Norse ván meaning "hope, expectation" combined with ey meaning "island" or ey meaning "good fortune".

Vopni m Icelandic
Icelandic variant of Vápni.

Vordís f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Várdis.

Vorin f Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Vårin.

Vorm m Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian
Danish dialectal form of Ormr.

Vrold m Norwegian (Archaic)
Dialectal variant of Roald.

Waage m Danish (Rare)
Variant of Vaage.

Wåge m Swedish
Variant of Våge.

Wagn m Danish
Variant of Vagn.

Wagna f Danish
Variant of Vagna.

Walborg f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Valborg.

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

Walfrid m Germanic, Swedish, Finnish
Germanic variant form of Waldfrid and Finnish and Swedish variant of Valfrid. This name was borne by an 8th-century Italian saint who in the anglophone world is best known as saint Walfrid.

Walle m Swedish
Variant of Valle, a diminutive of names beginning with Val- or Wal-.

Wally f Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Variant of Vally.

Waloddi m Swedish (Rare)
Waloddi Weibull (1887-1979) was a Swedish mathematician. The Weibull distribution (a model in probability theory and statistics), is named after him.

Wanja f & m Scandinavian, German
German variant of Vanya, a Russian diminutive of either Ivan or Ivanna. This is also used in Scandinavia (see Vanja), where it is primarily feminine.

Waste m Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Vaste.

Weine m Swedish
Variant of Veine.

Weiron m Swedish (Rare)
Of unknown origin and meaning.

Weneke f Low German (Archaic), Norwegian (Archaic), Danish (Archaic)
Low German variant of Wineke.

Wermund m Germanic, Norwegian
Possibly composed of the elements wer "true" and mund "protector".

Wibecke f Norwegian
Variant of Wibeke.

Wibeke f Norwegian
Feminine form of Wiebe.

Wicktor m Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Viktor.

Wictorina f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Victorina.

Widar m Norwegian, Swedish
Variant of Vidar.

Wide m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Vide.

Wigdis f Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Vigdis.

Wigge m Old Danish, Danish, Swedish
Variant of Vigge.

Wiggo m Swedish, Norwegian
Variant of Viggo.

Wiking m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Viking.

Wilgot m Swedish
Variant of Vilgot.

Wilja f Swedish (Modern)
Variant of Vilja.

Wille m Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Ville.

Williot m Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Probably a blend of any name starting with the Germanic element wil (like William or Vilgot), and Elliot

Willum m Danish (Rare), Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Scots
Variant of Vilhelm or William.

Wincent m Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Vincent.

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

Witigis m Polish, Swedish (Archaic)
Polish and Swedish form of Witiges.

Witterik m Dutch, Norwegian
Dutch and Norwegian form of Witeric.

Wollert m Norwegian, Swedish

Wollmar m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Volmar.

Wrold m Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Vrold.

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".

Yanik m Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Jannik.

Yelva f Danish, Theatre
Danish adoption of a short form of the Russian name Yelizaveta. ... [more]

Yemine f Danish (Rare)
Variant of Jemine.

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.

Ylfur f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ylfa.

Ylja f Icelandic (Rare)
Directly taken from Old Norse ylja "to warm, to heat".

Ylur m Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Means "warmth" in Icelandic.

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

Ylwa f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Ylva.

Ýma f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Ýmir.

Ymbjørg f Norwegian
Norwegian dialectal variant of Ingeborg.

Ýmir m Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Ymir.

Ynghild f Norwegian
Variant of Yngvildr.

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

Yngvard m Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Ingvard.

Yngveig f Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Ingveig.

Yngvil f Norwegian
Variant of Ingvild.

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

Yngvill f Norwegian
Variant of Yngvild.

Yngvör f Icelandic
Modern Icelandic form of Yngvǫr.

Yngvor f Swedish
Modern Swedish form of Yngvǫr.

Yngwie m Swedish (Rare)
Likely an anglicized form of Yngve, used by Swedish musician Yngwie Malmsteen (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck in 1963).

Ynja f Icelandic
Directly taken from Old Norse ynja "female animal, she-animal".

Ynwa f Norwegian (Modern, Rare)
An acronym for You Never Walk Alone, the motto of F.C. Liverpool.

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.

Ýr f Icelandic, Faroese
Directly taken from Old Norse ýr "yew tree; bow".

Ýrar m Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Germanic name elements œrr "mad, furious, wild" and herr "army".

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".

Yrjan m Norwegian, Swedish
Younger form of Yrian.

Yrkill m Icelandic
Meaning unknown, though it may be related to Old Norse yrkja meaning "work".

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).

Ýrr f Old Norse, Icelandic
From Old Norse œrr meaning "mad, furious, wild".

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.

Ystein m Norwegian (Archaic)
Former Norwegian dialectal variant of Øystein.

Ysten m Norwegian (Archaic)
Dialectal variant of Øystein.

Yutte f Danish (Rare, ?)
Anglicized form of Jytte in the case of Danish-born actress Yutte Stensgaard (1946-), whose birth name was Jytte.

Yvonn f Scandinavian
Variant of Yvonne.

Ywonne f Swedish
Variant of Yvonne.

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

Zacharine f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic), German (Rare, Archaic), English (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Zechariah.

Zacheus m Medieval English, Medieval German, Swedish (Rare)
Medieval form of Zacchaeus.

Zachris m Swedish, Finnish
Short form of Zacharias.

Zackarias m Swedish
Swedish variant of Zacharias.

Zackeus m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Sackeus (see Zacchaeus).

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

Zakæus m Danish (Archaic)
Danish form of Zacchaeus.

Zakaría m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Zakaria.

Zakarías m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Zacharias.

Zakarias m Swedish, Basque, Danish, Norwegian (Rare), Faroese (Rare)
Form of Zacharias.

Zakeus m Hungarian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Hungarian short form of Zacharias and Swedish variant of Sakaios (see Zacchaeus).

Zakris m Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Swedish short form of Zakarias.

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.

Zebastian m Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sebastian.

Zebina f Danish (Rare)
Either a variant of Sebina or a feminine form of Zebulon.

Zefanias m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Zephaniah.

Zeleste f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Celeste.

Zelmer m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Selmer.

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

Zerlina f Literature, Theatre, Yiddish (Rare, Archaic), Danish, German (Rare)
The name of a character in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni' (1787), to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, which was based on the legend of Don Juan.... [more]

Zerny f & m Swedish
Unexplained.

Zette f Danish (Rare)
Short form of names ending in -zette, such as Suzette or Lizette.

Zidtzel f Danish (Archaic)
Variant of Sidsel, common in 17th century Denmark.

Zille f Danish, Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Zilla.

Zissi f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Cissi.

Zíta f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Zita 1.

Zitta f Danish (Rare)
Danish variant of Zita 1.

Zophia f English (Modern, Rare), Danish (Modern, Rare), Polish (Archaic)
English and Danish variant of Sophia as well as an archaic Polish variant of Zofia.

Zophonías m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Sophonias.

Zuzetta f Danish, Swedish
Variant of Suzette.

Zuzette f Danish, Swedish
Variant of Suzette.