Felie's Personal Name List
Aatos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AH-tos
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
Means "thought" in Finnish.
Aenor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic (Latinized)
Rating: 26% based on 8 votes
Probably a Latinized form of a Germanic name of unknown meaning. This was the name of the mother of
Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Aili
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: IE-lee(Finnish)
Rating: 47% based on 7 votes
Finnish and Estonian form of
Áile.
Aino
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: IE-no(Finnish)
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Means
"the only one" in Finnish. In the Finnish epic the
Kalevala this is the name of a girl who drowns herself when she finds out she must marry the old man
Väinämöinen.
Aja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sami
Rating: 30% based on 7 votes
Means "cold spring" in Sami.
Aksel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
Aleksanteri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AH-lehk-sahn-teh-ree
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Alfhild
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
From the Old Norse name
Alfhildr, which was composed of the elements
alfr "elf" and
hildr "battle". In Scandinavian legend Alfhild was a maiden who disguised herself as a warrior in order to avoid marriage to King
Alf. Her life was perhaps based on that of a 9th-century Viking pirate.
Algot
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Alvar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Estonian
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
From the Old Norse name
Alfarr, formed of the elements
alfr "elf" and
herr "army, warrior".
Anders
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: AN-desh(Swedish) AHN-nəsh(Norwegian) AHN-us(Danish)
Rating: 57% based on 7 votes
Scandinavian form of
Andreas (see
Andrew). A famous bearer was the Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström (1814-1874).
Andersen
Usage: Danish, Norwegian
Pronounced: AH-nu-sən(Danish)
Means
"son of Anders". A noteworthy bearer was the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875).
Andor 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
From the Old Norse name
Arnþórr, derived from the element
ǫrn "eagle" combined with the name of the Norse god
Þórr (see
Thor).
Anneliese
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch
Pronounced: A-nə-lee-zə(German) ah-nə-LEE-sə(Dutch)
Rating: 60% based on 14 votes
Arne 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: AHR-neh(Swedish) AH-nə(Danish)
Originally an Old Norse short form of names beginning with the element
ǫrn meaning
"eagle".
Arvi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: AHR-vee(Finnish)
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Ásgrímur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic, Faroese
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Icelandic and Faroese younger form of
Ásgrímr.
Astrid
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, French, English
Pronounced: AS-strid(Swedish) AHS-tri(Norwegian) AS-trit(German) AS-TREED(French) AS-trid(English)
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
Modern Scandinavian form of
Ástríðr. This name was borne by the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), the author of
Pippi Longstocking. It was also borne by a Swedish princess (1905-1935) who became the queen of Belgium as the wife of Leopold III.
Astrild
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Claimed to mean "love fire" from Old Norse
ást "love" and
eldr "fire". Astrild was a personification of love in Scandinavian poetry (particularly during the Baroque and Rococo eras), probably introduced in the 17th century by Swedish poet Georg Stiernhielm.
Axel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German, French, English
Pronounced: A-ksehl(Swedish) A-ksəl(German) A-KSEHL(French) AK-səl(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Bára
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Icelandic, Faroese
Rating: 10% based on 3 votes
Means "wave, billow" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology, Bára was the daughter of
Ægir and
Rán. She was sometimes referred to as
Drǫfn, also meaning "wave, billow".
Bertil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Danish
Pronounced: BEHT-il(Swedish)
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
Bertram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: BUR-trəm(English) BEHR-tram(German)
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Means
"bright raven", derived from the Old German element
beraht "bright" combined with
hram "raven". This name has long been conflated with
Bertrand. The
Normans introduced it to England, and Shakespeare used it in his play
All's Well That Ends Well (1603).
Birgitta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish
Pronounced: bir-GI-ta(Swedish) BEER-geet-tah(Finnish)
Rating: 58% based on 14 votes
Most likely a Scandinavian form of
Bridget via the Latinized form
Brigitta. Alternatively it could be a feminine derivative of
Birger. This is the name of the patron
saint of Europe, Birgitta of Sweden, the 14th-century founder of the Bridgettine nuns. Her father's name was Birger.
Björgvin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic
Pronounced: PYUURK-vin
Rating: 53% based on 7 votes
Derived from the Old Norse elements bjǫrg "help" or "deliverance" and vinr "friend".
Brandur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic, Faroese
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
Icelandic and Faroese form of
Brandr.
Cai 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Cajsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: KIE-sa
Caspar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
Claus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Danish
Pronounced: KLOWS
Coppélia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Theatre, French (Rare)
Personal remark: Hoffmann
Rating: 44% based on 9 votes
The name of a life-sized mechanical doll created by the mysterious Doctor Coppélius in Léo Delibes' comic ballet
Coppélia (1870), based on two macabre stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann. The inventor's name is possibly a Latinized form of Yiddish
Koppel. Alternatively this name may be inspired by Greek κοπελιά
(kopelia) meaning "young woman", a dialectal variant of κοπέλα
(kopela).
Dinah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English
Other Scripts: דִּינָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: DIE-nə(English) DEE-nə(English)
Personal remark: Di brider Ashkenazy
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Dita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, German, Latvian
Pronounced: GYI-ta(Czech)
Short form of names containing
dit, such as
Judita, and German names beginning with
Diet, such as
Dietlinde.
Ebba 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Danish
Pronounced: EHB-ba(Swedish)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Edelweiss
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-dəl-wies
Rating: 51% based on 8 votes
The common flower name for Leontopodium alpinum, it's derived from the German elements edel "noble" and weiß "white." The name of the flower is spelled Edelweiß in German; Edelweiss is an Anglicized spelling.
Edsel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Various
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
Variant of
Etzel notably borne by Edsel Ford (1893-1943), the son of the American industrialist Henry Ford.
Einar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, Estonian
Pronounced: IE-nahr(Norwegian) AY-nar(Icelandic, Swedish)
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
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.
Erik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian, German, Dutch, English, Spanish
Pronounced: EH-rik(Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, German, Dutch) EH-reek(Finnish, Slovak, Slovene, Hungarian, Spanish) EHR-ik(English)
Rating: 66% based on 14 votes
Scandinavian form of
Eric. This was the name of kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway. King Erik IX of Sweden (12th century) is the patron
saint of that country.
Eskil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
Everard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 40% based on 7 votes
From
Everardus, the Latinized form of
Eberhard. The
Normans introduced it to England, where it joined the Old English
cognate Eoforheard. It has only been rarely used since the Middle Ages. Modern use of the name may be inspired by the surname
Everard, itself derived from the medieval name.
Eygló
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Icelandic combination of ey "good fortune" or "island" and glóa "to shine, glitter".
Fjóla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Faroese, Icelandic
Pronounced: FYO-la
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Icelandic and Faroese form of
Viola. It coincides with the Icelandic word for "violet".
Floortje
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: FLOR-chə
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Florian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, French, Romanian, Polish, History
Pronounced: FLO-ree-an(German) FLAW-RYAHN(French) FLAW-ryan(Polish)
Rating: 52% based on 10 votes
From the Roman
cognomen Florianus, a derivative of
Florus. This was the name of a short-lived Roman emperor of the 3rd century, Marcus Annius Florianus. It was also borne by
Saint Florian, a martyr of the 3rd century, the patron saint of Poland and Upper Austria.
Franz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: FRANTS
Rating: 57% based on 11 votes
German form of
Franciscus (see
Francis). This name was borne by the Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828), the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886) and the Austrian-Czech author Franz Kafka (1883-1924), whose works include
The Trial and
The Castle. It was also the name of rulers of Austria and the Holy Roman Empire.
Freja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Swedish
Pronounced: FRIE-ah(Danish) FRAY-ah(Swedish)
Rating: 64% based on 12 votes
Danish and Swedish form of
Freya.
Freyja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Norse Mythology
Pronounced: FRAY-ya(Icelandic) FRAY-ə(English)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Icelandic and Old Norse form of
Freya.
Freyr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Pronounced: FRAYR(English, Icelandic)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Means
"lord" in Old Norse, derived from the Germanic root *
fraujô. This is the name of a Norse god. He may have originally been called
Yngvi, with the name
Freyr being his title. Freyr is associated with fertility, sunlight and rain, and is the husband of the giantess
Gerd. With his twin sister
Freya and father
Njord he is one of the group of deities called the Vanir.
Frid
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
Variant of
Fride,
Frida 2, or any other name containing the Germanic element
frid "peace". The name is feminine in Norway, but unisex in Sweden. A notable bearer is Anni-Frid Lyngstad (1945-), a founding member of the Swedish pop band ABBA.
Frida 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Rating: 56% based on 14 votes
Originally a short form of names containing the Old German element
fridu meaning
"peace" (Proto-Germanic *
friþuz). A famous bearer was the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954).
Frieda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, English
Pronounced: FREE-da(German) FREE-də(English)
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Friedrich
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: FREE-drikh
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
German form of
Frederick. This was the name of several rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, Austria and Prussia. The philosophers Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) and Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) are two other famous bearers of this name.
Fritz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: FRITS
Rating: 48% based on 13 votes
Gerda 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Pronounced: YA-da(Swedish)
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Gerhard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: GEW-hart(German) GHEHR-hahrt(Dutch)
German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of
Gerard.
Gijs
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: GHAYS
Gittel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: גיטל(Yiddish)
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
From Yiddish
גוט (gut) meaning
"good".
Gregor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Scottish, Slovak, Slovene
Pronounced: GREH-go(German) GREH-gawr(Slovak)
Rating: 56% based on 8 votes
German, Scottish, Slovak and Slovene form of
Gregorius (see
Gregory). A famous bearer was Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), a Czech monk and scientist who did experiments in genetics.
Gretchen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, English
Pronounced: GREHT-khən(German) GRECH-ən(English)
Rating: 52% based on 13 votes
Gry
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Means "to dawn" in Norwegian, Danish and Swedish.
Gunda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: GUWN-da(German)
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
Short form of names containing the Old German element
gunda meaning
"war" (Proto-Germanic *
gunþī).
Gunilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: gu-NIL-lah
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Gunnar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Norse Mythology
Pronounced: GUYN-nar(Swedish, Icelandic) GOON-nahr(Norwegian)
Rating: 56% based on 8 votes
From the Old Norse name
Gunnarr, which was derived from the elements
gunnr "war" and
herr "army, warrior" (making it a
cognate of
Gunther). In Norse legend Gunnar was the husband of
Brynhildr. He had his brother-in-law
Sigurd murdered based on his wife's false accusations that Sigurd had taken her virginity.
Gustav
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, Czech
Pronounced: GUYS-stav(Swedish) GUWS-taf(German) GOOS-taf(Czech)
Rating: 58% based on 8 votes
Possibly means
"staff of the Geats", derived from the Old Norse elements
gautr meaning "Geat" and
stafr meaning "staff". However, the root name
Gautstafr is not well attested in the Old Norse period. Alternatively, it might be derived from the Old Slavic name
Gostislav.
This name has been borne by six kings of Sweden, including the 16th-century Gustav I Vasa. Another notable bearer was the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt (1862-1918).
Gylfi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic, Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
Modern form of GylfR, an Old Norse name derived from gjálfr "roar, heavy sea" or gólf "grain cultivator". In Norse mythology, Gylfi was the name of a sea giant. It was also the name of a mythical Swedish king.
Hampus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: HAHM-poos
Rating: 32% based on 11 votes
Hanna 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, German, Dutch, Icelandic, Hungarian, Hebrew
Other Scripts: Ганна(Ukrainian, Belarusian) חַנָּה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: HAN-na(Swedish, Icelandic) HAN-nah(Danish) HAHN-nah(Finnish) KHAN-na(Polish) HAN-nu(Ukrainian) HA-na(German) HAWN-naw(Hungarian)
Rating: 54% based on 9 votes
Form of
Channah (see
Hannah) in several languages.
Hannelore
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: HA-nə-lo-rə
Rating: 57% based on 14 votes
Hannes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Swedish, Dutch, Icelandic, Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: HA-nəs(German) HAN-nehs(Swedish) HAH-nəs(Dutch) HAHN-nehs(Finnish)
Rating: 48% based on 10 votes
Harald
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, German
Pronounced: HAH-rahl(Norwegian, Danish) HA-ralt(German)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Scandinavian and German
cognate of
Harold, from the Old Norse elements
herr and
valdr and the Old German elements
heri and
walt. This was the name of several kings of Norway and Denmark.
Hartmann
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: HART-man
Means
"brave man", derived from the Old German element
hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy" combined with
man.
Hartwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare), Germanic [1]
Pronounced: HART-veen(German)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Means
"brave friend" from the Old German elements
hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy" and
wini "friend".
Haukur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Icelandic form of
Haukr. This is also the Icelandic word for "hawk".
Hedwig
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch
Pronounced: HEHT-vikh(German)
Rating: 53% based on 8 votes
From the Old German name
Hadewig, derived from the Old German elements
hadu "battle, combat" and
wig "war". This was the name of a 13th-century German
saint, the wife of the Polish duke Henry the Bearded. It was subsequently borne by a 14th-century Polish queen (usually known by her Polish name
Jadwiga) who is now also regarded as a saint.
Heida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: HIE-da
Rating: 40% based on 9 votes
Heidi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, English
Pronounced: HIE-dee(German, English) HAY-dee(Finnish)
Rating: 60% based on 14 votes
German
diminutive of
Adelheid. This is the name of the title character in the children's novel
Heidi (1880) by the Swiss author Johanna Spyri. The name began to be used in the English-speaking world shortly after the 1937 release of the movie adaptation, which starred Shirley Temple.
Heinrich
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: HIEN-rikh(German)
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
German form of
Henry. This was the name of several German kings.
Helga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, German, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Czech, Portuguese, Old Norse [1]
Pronounced: HEHL-ga(German) HEHL-gaw(Hungarian) EHL-gu(European Portuguese) EW-gu(Brazilian Portuguese)
Henriette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
Pronounced: AHN-RYEHT(French) hehn-ree-EH-tə(German, Dutch) hehn-ree-EH-də(Danish) hehn-ree-EHT-teh(Norwegian)
Hermann
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: HEHR-man
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
German form of
Herman. A famous bearer was the German author Hermann Hesse (1877-1962).
Hilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Spanish, Hungarian, Anglo-Saxon (Latinized), Germanic [1]
Pronounced: HIL-də(English) HIL-da(German, Dutch) EEL-da(Spanish) HEEL-daw(Hungarian)
Rating: 54% based on 11 votes
Originally a short form of names containing the Old Frankish element
hildi, Old High German
hilt, Old English
hild meaning
"battle" (Proto-Germanic *
hildiz). The short form was used for both Old English and continental Germanic names.
Saint Hilda (or Hild) of Whitby was a 7th-century English saint and abbess. The name became rare in England during the later Middle Ages, but was revived in the 19th century.
Hilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: הִלָה, הִילָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Hillevi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced: HIL-leh-vee(Swedish) HEEL-leh-vee(Finnish)
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
Swedish and Finnish form of
Heilwig.
Ilmari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EEL-mah-ree
Rating: 48% based on 10 votes
Immanuel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, German (Rare), Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: עִמָּנוּאֵל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: i-MA-nwehl(German)
Rating: 44% based on 7 votes
Form of
Emmanuel used in most translations of the
Old Testament. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a German philosopher of the Enlightenment who is sometimes called the father of modern philosophy.
Ing
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic Mythology
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
From the Germanic *
Ingwaz, possibly meaning
"ancestor". This was the name of an obscure Germanic fertility god who was considered the ancestor of the tribe the Ingaevones. It is possible he was an earlier incarnation of the god
Freyr.
Inga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, German, Polish, Russian, Old Norse [1][2], Germanic [3]
Other Scripts: Инга(Russian)
Pronounced: ING-ah(Swedish) ING-ga(German) EENG-ga(Polish) EEN-gə(Russian)
Rating: 50% based on 8 votes
Strictly feminine form of
Inge.
Inge
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Dutch, Estonian
Pronounced: ING-eh(Danish, Norwegian, Swedish) ING-ə(German, Dutch)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Short form of Scandinavian and German names beginning with the element
ing, which refers to the Germanic god
Ing. In Sweden and Norway this is primarily a masculine name, elsewhere it is usually feminine.
Ingeborg
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Pronounced: ING-ə-bawrk(German)
From the Old Norse name
Ingibjǫrg, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god
Ing combined with
bjǫrg meaning "help, save, rescue". This name was borne by a Danish princess who married Philip II of France in the 12th century.
Irja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EER-yah
Rating: 54% based on 9 votes
Isolde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: ee-ZAWL-də(German) i-SOL-də(English) i-ZOL-də(English) i-SOLD(English) i-ZOLD(English) EE-ZAWLD(French)
Rating: 69% based on 7 votes
German form of
Iseult, appearing in the 13th-century German poem
Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg. In 1865 the German composer Richard Wagner debuted his popular opera
Tristan und Isolde and also used the name for his first daughter.
Ivar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian
Pronounced: EE-var(Swedish) EE-vahr(Norwegian)
Scandinavian form of
Ivor.
Jalo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YAH-lo
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Means "noble, gracious" in Finnish.
Jaská
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sami
Rating: 54% based on 8 votes
Means "quiet" in Sami.
Jónas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic, Faroese
Pronounced: YO-nas(Icelandic)
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Icelandic and Faroese form of
Jonah.
Jonas 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, French, Biblical
Other Scripts: Ἰωνᾶς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: YOO-nas(Swedish) YO-nas(German) YO-nahs(Dutch) JO-nəs(English)
Rating: 60% based on 6 votes
From
Ἰωνᾶς (Ionas), the Greek form of
Jonah. This spelling is used in some English translations of the
New Testament.
Kai 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frisian, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, English
Pronounced: KIE(German, Swedish, Finnish, English)
Rating: 53% based on 9 votes
Meaning uncertain, possibly a Frisian
diminutive of
Gerhard,
Nicolaas,
Cornelis or
Gaius [1]. It is borne by a boy captured by the Snow Queen in an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Spreading from Germany and Scandinavia, this name became popular in the English-speaking world and other places in Western Europe around the end of the 20th century.
Kaisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: KIE-sah(Finnish)
Rating: 50% based on 10 votes
Kalevi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: KAH-leh-vee(Finnish)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Karina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, German, Russian, English, Latvian, Spanish
Other Scripts: Карина(Russian)
Pronounced: ka-REE-na(Swedish, Polish, German) ku-RYEE-nə(Russian) kə-REE-nə(English)
Rating: 54% based on 13 votes
Elaborated form of
Karin.
Kastehelmi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KAHS-teh-hehl-mee
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Derived from Finnish kastehelmi "dewdrop", ultimately from kaste "dew" and helmi "pearl".
Katharina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: ka-ta-REE-na(German, Swedish)
Rating: 54% based on 9 votes
Kauko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KOW-ko
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Means "far away" in Finnish.
Keld
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish
Ketil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Ketill meaning "kettle, cauldron" (later also acquiring the meaning "helmet"). In old Scandinavian rituals the ketill was used to catch the blood of sacrificed animals.
Kia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: KEE-ah
Rating: 47% based on 9 votes
Kielo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEE-lo
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Means "lily of the valley" in Finnish (species Convallaria majalis).
Kirsikka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEER-seek-kah
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Means "cherry" in Finnish.
Kirsten
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian, English
Pronounced: KEEWS-dən(Danish) KHISH-tən(Norwegian) KUR-stən(English) KIR-stən(English)
Rating: 53% based on 7 votes
Kjell
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian
Pronounced: SHEHL(Swedish) KHEHL(Norwegian)
Klaus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish
Pronounced: KLOWS(German, Finnish)
Rating: 48% based on 10 votes
German short form of
Nicholas, now used independently.
Konstantin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, German, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian
Other Scripts: Константин(Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: kən-stun-TYEEN(Russian) KAWN-stan-teen(German) KON-stahn-teen(Finnish) KON-shtawn-teen(Hungarian)
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
Korbinian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: kawr-BEE-nee-an
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
Derived from Latin
corvus meaning
"raven". This was the name of an 8th-century Frankish
saint who was sent by Pope Gregory II to evangelize in Bavaria. His real name may have been
Hraban.
Kriemhild
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare), Germanic Mythology
Pronounced: KREEM-hilt(German)
Derived from the Old German elements
grimo "mask" and
hilt "battle". Kriemhild was a beautiful heroine in the medieval German saga the
Nibelungenlied, where she is the sister of
Gunther and the wife of
Siegfried. After her husband is killed by
Hagen with the consent of Gunther, Kriemhild tragically exacts her revenge. She is called
Gudrun in Norse versions of the tale.
Leif
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: LAYF
From the Old Norse name Leifr meaning "descendant, heir". Leif Eriksson was a Norse explorer who reached North America in the early 11th century. He was the son of Erik the Red.
Liesl
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: LEE-zəl
Rating: 54% based on 14 votes
Linnéa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: lin-NEH-a
Rating: 53% based on 10 votes
From the name of a flower, also known as the twinflower. The Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus named it after himself, it being his favourite flower.
Liv 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
Pronounced: LEEV
Rating: 62% based on 6 votes
Derived from the Old Norse name Hlíf meaning "protection". Its use has been influenced by the modern Scandinavian word liv meaning "life".
Loki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Pronounced: LO-kee(English)
Rating: 47% based on 7 votes
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from the Germanic root *
luką meaning
"lock". In Norse
mythology Loki was a trickster god associated with magic and shape shifting. Loki's children include the wolf
Fenrir, the sea serpent
Jörmungandr, and the queen of the dead
Hel. After he orchestrated the death of
Balder, the other gods tied him to a rock below a snake that dripped venom onto his face. It is told that he will break free during Ragnarök, the final battle, and slay and be slain by
Heimdall.
Lorelei
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, English
Pronounced: LAWR-ə-lie(English)
Rating: 59% based on 11 votes
From German
Loreley, the name of a rock headland on the Rhine River. It is of uncertain meaning, though the second element is probably old German
ley meaning "rock" (of Celtic origin). German romantic poets and songwriters, beginning with Clemens Brentano in 1801, tell that a maiden named the Lorelei lives on the rock and lures boaters to their death with her song.
In the English-speaking world this name has been occasionally given since the early 20th century. It started rising in America after the variant Lorelai was used for the main character (and her daughter, nicknamed Rory) on the television series Gilmore Girls (2000-2007).
Lotte
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, German
Pronounced: LAW-tə(Dutch, German)
Rating: 47% based on 12 votes
Lottie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish
Pronounced: LAHT-ee(English)
Rating: 41% based on 8 votes
Ludwig
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: LOOT-vikh
Rating: 53% based on 7 votes
From the Germanic name
Hludwig meaning
"famous in battle", composed of the elements
hlut "famous, loud" and
wig "war, battle". This was the name of three Merovingian kings of the Franks (though their names are usually spelled as
Clovis) as well as several Carolingian kings and Holy Roman emperors (names often spelled in the French form
Louis). Other famous bearers include the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) and the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), who contributed to logic and the philosophy of language.
Lumi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: LOO-mee
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
Means "snow" in Finnish.
Lundi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Means "puffin" in Icelandic.
Madelief
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Derived from Dutch madeliefje meaning "daisy".
Maja 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Hungarian
Other Scripts: Маја(Serbian)
Pronounced: MA-ya(German, Polish)
Form of
Maia 1 in various languages.
Mārīte
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian
Meike
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch
Pronounced: MIE-kə(German) MAY-kə(Dutch)
Rating: 34% based on 8 votes
Mendel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: מענדל(Yiddish) מֶנְדְל(Hebrew)
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Mia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, Italian, Slovene, Croatian, English
Pronounced: MEE-ah(Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) MEE-a(Dutch, German, Italian) MEE-ə(English)
Rating: 51% based on 9 votes
Diminutive of
Maria. It coincides with the Italian word
mia meaning
"mine".
This name was common in Sweden and Denmark in the 1970s [1]. It rose in popularity in the English-speaking world in the 1990s, entering the top ten for girls in the United States in 2009. It was also popular in many other countries at that time. Famous bearers include American actress Mia Farrow (1945-) and American soccer player Mia Hamm (1972-), birth names María and Mariel respectively.
Mielat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Sami
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Means "mind" in Sami.
Miglė
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian
Derived from Lithuanian migla meaning "mist".
Mikael
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Breton
Pronounced: MEE-ka-ehl(Swedish, Norwegian) MEE-kal(Danish) MEE-kah-ehl(Finnish)
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
Scandinavian, Finnish and Breton form of
Michael.
Milla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: MEEL-lah(Finnish)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Short form of
Camilla and other names that end in
milla.
Milou
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Short form of
Marie-Louise. This is the name of a (male) dog in the French-language Belgian comic series
The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé, first appearing in 1929. He is named
Snowy in the English version and
Bobbie in the Dutch version.
Moritz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: MO-rits
Rating: 34% based on 8 votes
Násti
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sami (?)
Pronounced: NAHS-tee
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
Means "star" in Sami.
Njála
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
Icelandic feminine form of
Njáll.
Nói
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic, Faroese
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Icelandic and Faroese form of
Noah 1 or from Icelandic
nói meaning "small vessel".
Odin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, English (Modern)
Pronounced: O-din(English)
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Anglicized form of Old Norse
Óðinn, which was derived from
óðr meaning
"inspiration, rage, frenzy". It ultimately developed from Proto-Germanic *
Wōdanaz. The name appears as
Woden in Anglo-Saxon sources (for example, as the founder of several royal lineages in the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) and in forms such as
Wuotan,
Wotan or
Wodan in continental Europe, though he is best known from Norse sources.
In Norse mythology Odin is the highest of the gods, presiding over war, wisdom and death. He is the husband of Frigg and resides in Valhalla, where warriors go after they are slain. He is usually depicted as a one-eyed older man, carrying two ravens on his shoulders who inform him of all the events of the world. At the time of Ragnarök, the final battle, it is told that he will be killed fighting the great wolf Fenrir.
Oiva
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OI-vah
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Means "splendid" in Finnish.
Onni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: ON-nee
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Means "happiness, luck" in Finnish.
Orvokki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OR-vok-kee
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Means "pansy, violet" in Finnish.
Oscar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Irish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, French, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: AHS-kər(English) AWS-kar(Italian, Swedish) AWS-KAR(French)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Possibly means
"deer friend", derived from Old Irish
oss "deer" and
carae "friend". Alternatively, it may derive from the Old English name
Osgar or its Old Norse
cognate Ásgeirr, which may have been brought to Ireland by Viking invaders and settlers. In Irish legend Oscar was the son of the poet
Oisín and the grandson of the hero
Fionn mac Cumhaill.
This name was popularized in continental Europe by the works of the 18th-century Scottish poet James Macpherson [1]. Napoleon was an admirer of Macpherson, and he suggested Oscar as the second middle name of his godson, who eventually became king of Sweden as Oscar I. Other notable bearers include the Irish writer and humorist Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) and the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012).
Oskar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Basque
Pronounced: AWS-kar(German, Swedish, Polish) OS-kar(Basque)
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Form of
Oscar in several languages. A famous bearer was Oskar Schindler (1908-1974), who is credited for saved over 1,000 Polish Jews during World War II.
Otso
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OT-so
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Means "bear" in Finnish.
Ottilie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: aw-TEE-lyə
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Otto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AW-to(German) AHT-o(English) OT-to(Finnish)
Rating: 53% based on 8 votes
Later German form of
Audo, originally a short form of various names beginning with Old Frankish
aud or Old High German
ot meaning
"wealth, fortune". This was the name of a 9th-century king of the West Franks (name usually spelled as
Odo). This was also the name of four kings of Germany, starting in the 10th century with Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor, known as Otto the Great.
Saint Otto of Bamberg was a 12th-century missionary to Pomerania. The name was also borne by a 19th-century king of Greece, originally from Bavaria. Another notable bearer was the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898).
Pekka
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PEHK-kah
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Pernilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: peh-NIL-la
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
Pihla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PEEKH-lah
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
Derived from Finnish pihlaja meaning "rowan tree".
Pyry
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PUY-ruy
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Means "snowstorm, blizzard" in Finnish.
Ráfi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sami
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Feminine Sami name, from the word ráfi meaning "peace".
Rasmus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: RAHS-moos(Danish, Norwegian, Finnish) RAS-smuys(Swedish)
Rating: 42% based on 9 votes
Scandinavian, Finnish and Estonian form of
Erasmus.
Renārs
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Latvian
Roald
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Pronounced: ROO-ahld
Modern form of the Old Norse name
Hróðvaldr or
Hróaldr, composed of the elements
hróðr "praise, fame" and
valdr "ruler". This name was borne by the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) and the British children's author Roald Dahl (1916-1990), who was born to Norwegian parents.
Roslindis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic (Latinized) [1]
Rating: 55% based on 8 votes
Rowena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ro-EEN-ə
Rating: 68% based on 9 votes
Meaning uncertain. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, this was the name of a daughter of the Saxon chief Hengist. It is possible (but unsupported) that Geoffrey based it on the Old English elements
hroð "fame" and
wynn "joy", or alternatively on the Old Welsh elements
ron "spear" and
gwen "white". It was popularized by Walter Scott, who used it for a character in his novel
Ivanhoe (1819).
Rudolf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Dutch, Russian, Armenian
Other Scripts: Рудольф(Russian) Ռուդոլֆ(Armenian)
Pronounced: ROO-dawlf(German, Slovak) ROO-dolf(Czech, Hungarian) RUY-dawlf(Dutch)
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
From the Germanic name
Hrodulf, which was derived from the elements
hruod meaning "fame" and
wolf meaning "wolf". It was borne by three kings of Burgundy and a king of West Francia, as well as several Habsburg rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria. Anthony Hope used this name for the hero in his popular novel
The Prisoner of Zenda (1894).
Runa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Pronounced: ROO-nah(Norwegian) ROO-na(Danish, Swedish)
Rating: 49% based on 7 votes
Rupert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, English
Pronounced: ROO-pehrt(German) ROO-pərt(English)
German variant form of
Robert, from the Old German variant
Hrodperht. It was borne by the 7th century
Saint Rupert of Salzburg and the 8th-century Saint Rupert of Bingen. The military commander Prince Rupert of the Rhine, a nephew of Charles I, introduced this name to England in the 17th century. A notable bearer is the Australian-American businessman Rupert Murdoch (1931-).
Saga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Swedish, Icelandic
Pronounced: SAH-gah(Swedish) SA-gha(Icelandic)
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
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".
Sakari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SAH-kah-ree
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Sanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced: SAHN-nah(Finnish)
Rating: 54% based on 12 votes
Short form of
Susanna. It can also be derived from Swedish
sann meaning "true".
Saphira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Judeo-Anglo-Norman, Literature
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
English variant and Judeo-Anglo-Norman form of
Sapphira. This is the name of Eragon's dragon in Christopher Paolini's 'Inheritance Cycle' series of books.
Selja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Norwegian, Icelandic
Pronounced: SEH-lyah
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Variant of
Celia. It also means "elder (plant)" in Finnish.
Seppo 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: SEHP-po(Finnish)
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Derived from Finnish
seppä meaning
"smith". Seppo Ilmarinen ("the smith
Ilmarinen") is the name of a master craftsman in the Finnish epic the
Kalevala.
Sieglinde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Germanic Mythology
Pronounced: zeek-LIN-də(German)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Old German elements
sigu "victory" and
lind "soft, flexible, tender". Sieglinde was the mother of
Siegfried in the medieval German saga the
Nibelungenlied.
Sigge
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Signý
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Old Norse name that was derived from the elements
sigr "victory" and
nýr "new". In Norse legend she was the twin sister of
Sigmund and the wife of Siggeir.
Sigrid
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, German, Estonian, Finnish (Archaic)
Pronounced: SEE-grid(Swedish) SEEG-reed(Finnish)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the Old Norse name
Sigríðr, which was derived from the elements
sigr "victory" and
fríðr "beautiful, beloved".
Silvan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Swiss)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Silvester
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slovak, Slovene, Serbian, German, English, Late Roman
Other Scripts: Силвестер(Serbian)
Pronounced: zil-VEHS-tu(German) sil-VEHS-tər(English)
From a Latin name meaning
"wooded, wild", derived from
silva "wood, forest". This was the name of three popes, including
Saint Silvester I who supposedly baptized the first Christian Roman emperor,
Constantine the Great. As an English name,
Silvester (or
Sylvester) has been in use since the Middle Ages, though it became less common after the
Protestant Reformation.
Sindri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Rating: 61% based on 9 votes
Means
"sparkle" in Old Norse. In Norse
mythology this was the name of a dwarf, also named Eitri. With his brother
Brokkr he made several magical items for the gods, including
Odin's ring Draupnir and
Thor's hammer Mjölnir.
Sini
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SEE-nee
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "blue" in Finnish. More specifically, sini is a poetic term for the colour blue.
Siri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: SEE-ree(Swedish)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Sirkka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SEERK-kah
Rating: 48% based on 6 votes
Skadi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Sólrún
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Solveig
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
Pronounced: SOOL-vie(Norwegian) SOOL-vay(Swedish)
From an Old Norse name, which was derived from the elements
sól "sun" and
veig "strength". This is the name of the heroine in Henrik Ibsen's play
Peer Gynt (1876).
Solvej
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish
Søren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish
Pronounced: SUUW-ən
Rating: 51% based on 7 votes
Danish form of
Severinus. Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a Danish philosopher who is regarded as a precursor of existentialism.
Stefan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Стефан(Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: SHTEH-fan(German) STEH-fahn(Dutch) STEH-fan(Polish)
Form of
Stephen used in several languages. Famous bearers include the Serbian rulers Stefan Nemanja, Stefan Nemanjić, and Stefan Lazarević, who are all considered
saints in the Orthodox Church.
Steinunn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Old Norse [1]
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Derived from the Old Norse elements
steinn "stone" and
unnr "wave".
Stig
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Stina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: STEE-nah(Swedish, Norwegian)
Rating: 51% based on 8 votes
Scandinavian short form of
Christina and other names ending in
stina.
Sunniva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Rating: 51% based on 7 votes
Scandinavian form of the Old English name
Sunngifu, which meant
"sun gift" from the Old English elements
sunne "sun" and
giefu "gift". This was the name of a legendary English
saint who was shipwrecked in Norway and killed by the inhabitants.
Suvi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SOO-vee
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Means "summer" in Finnish.
Svea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: SVEH-ah
Rating: 51% based on 7 votes
From a personification of the country of Sweden, in use since the 17th century. It is a derivative of Svear, the Swedish name for the North Germanic tribe the Swedes. The Swedish name of the country of Sweden is Sverige, a newer form of Svear rike meaning "the realm of the Svear".
Sven
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, German, Dutch
Pronounced: SVEHN(Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch)
Rating: 56% based on 9 votes
From the Old Norse byname Sveinn meaning "boy". This was the name of kings of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Synnøve
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Syrén
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Means "lilac" in Swedish and Danish.
It could be also a variant of the English word siren meaning "mermaid".
Tarja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TAHR-yah
Rating: 54% based on 7 votes
Terhi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TEHR-hee
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Short form of Terhenetär, which was derived from Finnish terhen meaning "mist". In the Finnish epic the Kalevala Terhenetär is a sprite associated with mist and forests.
Þór
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Icelandic form of
Þórr (see
Thor).
Thor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Pronounced: THAWR(English) TOOR(Norwegian, Swedish) TOR(Danish)
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
From the Old Norse
Þórr meaning
"thunder", ultimately from Proto-Germanic *
Þunraz. In Norse
mythology Thor is a god of storms, thunder, war and strength, a son of
Odin. He is portrayed as red-bearded, short-tempered, armed with a powerful hammer called Mjölnir, and wearing an enchanted belt called Megingjörð that doubles his strength. During Ragnarök, the final battle at the end of the world, it is foretold that Thor will slay the monstrous sea serpent
Jörmungandr but be fatally poisoned by its venom.
Thorstein
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Thorsten
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, German
Pronounced: TAWRS-tən(German)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Thyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Danish
Torleif
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
From the Old Norse name
Þórleifr, derived from the name of the Norse god
Þórr (see
Thor) combined with
leif "inheritance, legacy".
Tuuli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: TOO-lee(Finnish)
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Means "wind" in Finnish and Estonian.
Tyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, English, African American
Pronounced: TUY-rah(Swedish) TIE-rə(English)
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
From the Old Norse name
Þýri, a variant of the Norse names
Þórví or
Þórveig. Use of the name in the English-speaking world (especially among African Americans) may be in part from the Swedish name, though it is probably also viewed as a feminine form of
Tyrone or
Tyree. A famous bearer is the American model and actress Tyra Banks (1973-).
Unni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sami
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
From Sami unni meaning "small".
Urho
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OOR-ho
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Means "hero" in Finnish (a poetic word).
Väinämöinen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: VIE-na-mui-nehn(Finnish)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Derived from Finnish
väinä meaning
"wide and slow-flowing river". In Finnish
mythology Väinämöinen was a wise old magician, the son of the primal goddess
Ilmatar. He is the hero of the Finnish epic the
Kalevala.
Valdas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Short form of
Valdemaras and other Lithuanian names containing the Baltic/Germanic element
vald "rule".
Valkyrie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Pronounced: VAL-ki-ree(English)
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Means
"chooser of the slain", derived from Old Norse
valr "the slain" and
kyrja "chooser". In Norse
myth the Valkyries were maidens who led heroes killed in battle to Valhalla.
Vanamo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish (Modern)
Pronounced: VAH-nah-mo
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Means "twinflower" in Finnish.
Veremund
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic (Latinized) [1]
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Latinized form of a Germanic name, probably
Waramunt, derived from either
war "aware, cautious" or
war "true" combined with
munt "protection". This was the name of a 5th-century king of Galicia (from the Germanic tribe of the Suebi). It was later the name of kings of Asturias and León, though their names are usually spelled in the Spanish form
Bermudo.
Vesa 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VEH-sah
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Means "sprout, young tree" in Finnish.
Vigdís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Pronounced: VIGH-tees
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Viggo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Pronounced: VEE-go(Danish) VIG-go(Swedish)
Rating: 57% based on 7 votes
Short form of names containing the Old Norse element
víg "war".
Viktor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Estonian, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Greek
Other Scripts: Виктор(Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Macedonian) Віктор(Ukrainian) Βίκτωρ(Greek)
Pronounced: VIK-to(German) VEEK-tor(Hungarian) VIK-tor(Czech) VEEK-tawr(Slovak) VYEEK-tər(Russian)
Form of
Victor used in various languages.
Virva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VEER-vah
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Possibly derived from Finnish virvatuli meaning "will o' the wisp". In folklore, will o' the wisp is a floating ball of light that appears over water.
Voitto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VOIT-to
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Means "victory" in Finnish.
Vuokko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VOOK-ko
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Means "anemone (flower)" in Finnish.
Walburga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Means
"power of the fortress" from Old German
walt meaning "power, authority" and
burg meaning "fortress" (or perhaps from Old English cognates, though as an Old English name it is unattested). This was the name of an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon
saint who did missionary work in Germany.
Walter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Italian, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: WAWL-tər(English) VAL-tu(German) VAL-tehr(Swedish, Italian)
Rating: 50% based on 8 votes
From the Germanic name
Waltheri meaning
"power of the army", from the elements
walt "power, authority" and
heri "army". In medieval German tales (notably
Waltharius by Ekkehard of
Saint Gall) Walter of Aquitaine is a heroic king of the Visigoths. The name was also borne by an 11th-century French saint, Walter of Pontoise. The
Normans brought it to England, where it replaced the Old English
cognate Wealdhere.
A famous bearer of the name was the English courtier, poet and explorer Walter Raleigh (1552-1618). It was also borne by Walter Scott (1771-1832), a Scottish novelist who wrote Ivanhoe and other notable works.
Wilhelm
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Polish, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: VIL-helm(German) VEEL-khelm(Polish)
Rating: 56% based on 7 votes
German
cognate of
William. This was the name of two German emperors. It was also the middle name of several philosophers from Germany: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900), and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716), who was also a notable mathematician. Another famous bearer was the physicist Wilhelm Röntgen (1845-1923).
Wilhelmina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German (Rare), English
Pronounced: vil-hehl-MEE-na(Dutch, German) wil-ə-MEEN-ə(English) wil-hehl-MEEN-ə(English)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Dutch and German feminine form of
Wilhelm. This name was borne by a queen of the Netherlands (1880-1962).
Wolfgang
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: VAWLF-gang(German) WUWLF-gang(English)
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Derived from the Old German elements
wolf meaning "wolf" and
gang meaning "path, way".
Saint Wolfgang was a 10th-century bishop of Regensburg. Two other famous bearers of this name were Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) and German novelist and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).
Yngve
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian
Pronounced: UYNG-veh(Swedish) UYNG-və(Norwegian)
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