RoniafLiterature, English, Swedish Variant of Ronja used in the English translation of Swedish children's book 'Ronja Rövardotter' ('Ronia the Robber's Daughter') by Astrid Lindgren.
RoselilfDanish (Rare) Possibly a combination of Danish rose meaning "rose" and lilje meaning "lily" or lille meaning "little". Roselil og hendes moder (Roselil and Her Mother) is a Danish song by Christian Knud Frederik Molbech (1821-1888)... [more]
RóseyfIcelandic Combination of the Old Norse name elements rós "rose" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").
RóskafIcelandic (Modern, Rare) In the case of Icelandic avant-garde artist Róska (1940-1996), it was apparently a contraction of her real name, Ragnhildur Óskarsdóttir (i.e. presumably formed from R, the first letter of her given name, and Óska, the first four letters of her surname - itself a derivative of the given name Óskar).
RǫskvafOld Norse, Norse Mythology Derived from rǫskr "brave". In Norse mythology Rǫskva is a farmer's daughter; Thor takes her and her brother Þjálfi with him as servants when he goes to Utgarðaloki.
RótafNorse Mythology Possibly derived from the Old Norse verb róta meaning "to stir, overturn, tear". In Norse mythology, Róta is a valkyrie. She is attested in the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, where she is mentioned alongside the valkyries Gunnr and Skuld... [more]
RuslafMedieval Scandinavian, History Rusla, sometimes translated as "Rusila" is the nickname given to a fierce Norwegian warrior from the 900's C.E. She is mentioned in Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus.
SæbjörtfIcelandic (Rare) Icelandic name meaning "bright sea", derived from Old Norse sær meaning "sea" and bjǫrt meaning "bright, shining" (from bjartr).
SædísfIcelandic Icelandic name meaning "sea goddess", formed from the Old Norse elements sæ "sea" and dís "goddess". The suffix dís is fairly common in Icelandic names.
SällfridmSwedish (Rare) Relatively modern name (late 19th century) created by combining Swedish säll meaning "blissful, happy" with frid meaning "peace, protection".
SällvifSwedish (Archaic) Swedish name with the combination of sæll "blissful", "happy" and vé "home", "temple", "sanctuary".
SalmannmIcelandic (Rare) Derived from Old Norse salr "hall, house" and maðr "person, man" (genitive manns). Alternatively this could be an Icelandic form of a German name in which the first element is derived from Old High German salo "dirty gray" (related to English sallow and Old Norse sölr "dirty yellow").... [more]
SalmundrmMedieval Scandinavian Either a medieval Scandinavian adoption of Salomon or a combination of Old Norse name elements salr "hall, house" and mundr "protection".
SangríðrfOld Norse, Norse Mythology Combination of sannr 'true, truthful' and gríð 'peace, protection, mercy, truce'. This is also the name of a Valkyrie.
SaximOld Norse Old Norse name derived from either saxar "Saxon", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe the Saxons, or its origin, sax "dagger, short sword".
SchamylmSwedish (Rare) Derived from the name of the leader of the Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia in the 1800s, Imam Shamil. A notable bearer was Swedish film director Schamyl Bauman (1893-1966).
SedeafFaroese (Archaic), East Frisian (Archaic) East Frisian short form of names containing the element side "custom, habit; manner". This name also saw some usage on the Faroe Islands.
SevardmNorwegian Norwegian name with the combination of sær "sea" and vǫrðr "guard".
SevedmSwedish A more modern variant of the old Norse name Sigvid consisting of the Old Norse elements 'sig' meaning victory and 'vidh' meaning forest. It is also possible that Seved is a Swedish spelling change of the Latin name Severinus.
SǽfarimOld Norse Old Norse combination of sær "sea" and fara "to go, to move, to travel".
SǽgæirrmOld Norse Derived from Old Norse sær "sea" and geirr "spear".
SifDanish Danish diminutive of Signy, Sigrid and other names beginning with the Old Norse element sigr meaning "victory", as well as Sofia, Cecilia and Lucia, or other names containing a similar sound.
SigdiarfrmOld Norse Derived from the Germanic name elements sigr "victory" and djarfr "bold, daring".
SigdísfIcelandic Combination of the Old Norse name elements sigr "victory" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".