Swede's Personal Name List

Liv 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish

Pronounced: LEEV

Rating: 55% based on 18 votes

Derived from the Old Norse name Hlíf meaning "protection". Its use has been influenced by the modern Scandinavian word liv meaning "life".

Love 1

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Swedish

Pronounced: LOO-veh

Rating: 45% based on 17 votes

Swedish form of Louis.

Ocean

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: English (Modern)

Pronounced: O-shən

Rating: 44% based on 17 votes

Simply from the English word ocean for a large body of water. It is ultimately derived from Greek Ὠκεανός (Okeanos), the name of the body of water thought to surround the Earth.

Runa

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish

Pronounced: ROO-nah(Norwegian) ROO-na(Danish, Swedish)

Rating: 48% based on 18 votes

Feminine form of Rune.

Sol 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese

Pronounced: SOL(Spanish) SAWL(European Portuguese) SOW(Brazilian Portuguese)

Rating: 59% based on 17 votes

Means "sun" in Spanish or Portuguese.

Storm

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English (Modern), Dutch (Modern), Danish (Modern), Norwegian (Modern)

Pronounced: STAWRM(English, Dutch)

Rating: 55% based on 19 votes

From the vocabulary word, ultimately from Old English or Old Dutch storm, or in the case of the Scandinavian name, from Old Norse stormr.

Svea

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Swedish

Pronounced: SVEH-ah

Rating: 46% based on 16 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".

Viking

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Swedish

Pronounced: VEE-king

Rating: 20% based on 17 votes

From the Old Norse name Víkingr meaning "viking, raider", ultimately from vík "cove, inlet".