Names Categorized "Icelandic words"

Ægir m Norse Mythology
Means "sea, ocean" in Old Norse. According to Norse mythology Ægir was a god or giant (jǫtunn) who lived under the ocean. His wife was Rán.

Alda 2 f Icelandic
Means "wave" in Icelandic.

Anna f English, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Faroese, Catalan, Occitan, Breton, Scottish Gaelic, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Form of Channah (see Hannah) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Many later Old Testament translations, including the English, use the Hannah spelling instead of Anna. The name appears briefly in the New Testament belonging to a prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah. It was a popular name in the Byzantine Empire from an early date, and in the Middle Ages it became common among Western Christians due to veneration of Saint Anna (usually known as Saint Anne in English), the name traditionally assigned to the mother of the Virgin Mary.... [more]

Ari 2 m Old Norse, Icelandic, Finnish
Old Norse byname meaning "eagle".

Ása f Old Norse, Icelandic, Faroese
Old Norse, Icelandic and Faroese form of Åsa.

Ásta f Old Norse, Icelandic
Short form of Ástríðr. It nearly coincides with Icelandic ást meaning "love".

Birgir m Old Norse, Icelandic
Old Norse and Icelandic form of Birger.

Bjartur m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Bjartr (see Bjarte).

Björg f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Bjørg.

Björk f Icelandic
Means "birch tree" in Icelandic.

Björn m Swedish, Icelandic, German
From an Old Norse byname derived from bjǫrn meaning "bear".

Brynja f Icelandic, Old Norse
Means "armour" in Old Norse.

Dagur m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Dag.

Einar m Norwegian, Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, Estonian
From the Old Norse name Einarr, derived from the elements einn "one, alone" and herr "army, warrior". This name shares the same roots as einherjar, the word for the slain warriors in Valhalla.

Eir f Norse Mythology, Icelandic (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Means "mercy" in Old Norse. This was the name of a Norse goddess of healing and medicine.

Erlendur m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Erland.

Fannar m Icelandic
Possibly derived from Old Norse fǫnn meaning "snow drift".

Finnur m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Finn 2.

Fríða f Old Norse, Icelandic
Old Norse form of Frida 2.

Geir m Norwegian, Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse element geirr meaning "spear".

Gróa f Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse gróa meaning "to grow". This is the name of a seeress in Norse mythology.

Hanna 1 f Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, German, Dutch, Icelandic, Hungarian, Hebrew
Form of Channah (see Hannah) in several languages.

Harpa f Icelandic
From the name of the first summer month in the old Icelandic calendar, which might have originally been named for an unattested pre-Christian goddess. It also means "harp" in Icelandic.

Hekla f Icelandic
From the name of an active Icelandic volcano, derived from Old Norse hekla meaning "cloak".

Hjörtur m Icelandic
Means "deer" in Icelandic.

Hlíf f Old Norse, Icelandic
Old Norse and Icelandic form of Liv 1.

Hlynur m Icelandic
Means "maple" in Icelandic.

Hrafn m Icelandic, Old Norse
Means "raven" in Old Norse.

Hrönn f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Hrǫnn.

Hulda 1 f Icelandic, Swedish, Norwegian, Norse Mythology
Derived from Old Norse hulda meaning "hiding, secrecy". This was the name of a sorceress in Norse mythology. As a modern name, it can also derive from archaic Swedish huld meaning "gracious, sweet, lovable".

Jarl m Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Norse Mythology, Old Norse
Means "chieftain, nobleman" in Old Norse (a cognate of the English word earl). In the Norse poem Rígsþula Jarl is the son of the god Ríg and the founder of the race of warriors.

Jökull m Icelandic
Means "glacier, ice" in Icelandic.

Ketill m Old Norse
Old Norse form of Ketil.

Lilja f Icelandic, Faroese, Finnish
Icelandic, Faroese and Finnish cognate of Lily.

Perla f Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish cognate of Pearl.

Rán f Norse Mythology
Means "robbery, theft" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology Rán was a sea goddess who captured and drowned sailors. She was wife to Ægir and the mother of nine daughters by him.

Regla f Spanish
Means "rule" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Regla, meaning "Our Lady of the Rule". This name is especially common in Cuba.

Rós f Icelandic
Means "rose" in Icelandic.

Rúnar m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Runar.

Saga f Norse Mythology, Swedish, Icelandic
From Old Norse Sága, possibly meaning "seeing one", derived from sjá "to see". This is the name of a Norse goddess, possibly connected to Frigg. As a Swedish and Icelandic name, it is also derived from the unrelated word saga "story, fairy tale, saga".

Sóley f Icelandic
Means "buttercup (flower)" in Icelandic (genus Ranunculus), derived from sól "sun" and ey "island".

Steinn m Icelandic, Old Norse
Old Norse and Icelandic form of Sten.

Sveinn m Icelandic, Old Norse
Old Norse and Icelandic form of Sven.

Unnur f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Unnr.

Vagn m Danish, Old Norse
Old Norse byname meaning "cart, wagon". It was revived as a given name in the 19th century.

Vilja f Finnish, Estonian
Possibly from the Finnish word vilja meaning "cereal, grain" or the Swedish word vilja meaning "will, intent".

Víðir m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Vide.

Ylfa f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Ylva.

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