North Germanic Submitted Names

Wemund m Old Danish
Old Danish form of Vímundr.

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".

Wether m Old Danish
Old Danish form of Veðr.

Wiar m Old Swedish
Old Swedish form of Vidar.

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.

Wighman m Old Danish
Old Danish form of Vígmaðr.

Wiking m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Viking.

Wilgot m Swedish
Variant of Vilgot.

Wilja f Swedish (Modern)
Variant of Vilja.

Wilkin m Old Swedish
Old Swedish variant of Wilken.

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), Polish (Modern)
Variant of Vincent in several languages.

Winter m Old Danish
Old Danish form of Vetr.

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

Wiolet f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Violett.

Wioleth f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Violett.

Wiolett f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Violett.

Wiolette f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Violett.

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

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

Wiwaz m Old Norse
A Proto-Norse name attested on the Tune Stone.

Wollert m Norwegian, Swedish

Wollmar m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Volmar.

Wolþuþewaz m Old Norse
A possible Proto-Norse name composed of ᚹᛟᛚᚦᚢ (wolþu) "glory, glorious one, Ullr" + ᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ (þewaz) "slave, servant", meaning "servant of Ullr"... [more]

Wrold m Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Vrold.

Wulfhild f Medieval German, Medieval Scandinavian
The name is formed from the Germanic name elements wulf "wolf" and hild "battle".... [more]

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.

Ybba f Old Swedish
Variant of Eyba.

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

Yelverton m Swedish (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Yelverton.

Yemine f Danish (Rare)
Variant of Jemine.

Yenni f Finnish, Swedish
Variant of Jenni.

Yesica f Spanish, English (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Jessica.

Yessica f American (Hispanic), Dutch, Danish, Spanish (Latin American), Swedish, Norwegian
Variant of Jessica, and unaccented form of Spanish Yéssica.

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

Yliæne f Old Swedish
Variant of Iliana.

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.

Ymer m Norse Mythology
Ymer was a giant in Norse Mythology.

Ýmir m Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Ymir.

Ymir m Norse Mythology
In Norse mythology Ymir was a primeval giant and the first living creature. His grandsons Odin, Vili and Ve used Ymir's slain body to create the world

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.

Yngvǫr f Old Norse
Old Norse combination of Ing and vár "spring".

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).

Yngwin m Norse Mythology
Possibly a variant of Yngvi. According to Gesta Danorum, Yngwin was a king in Götaland, who was a close friend to one of the Danish kings named Halfdan.

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.

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".

Ýri f Old Norse
Variant of Ýrr.

Yri f Old Norse
Variant of Ýrr.

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 and virvla, both 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".

Yrr f Old Norse
Variant of Ýrr.

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.

Yryan m Old Swedish
Old Swedish variant of Yrian.

Ysaak m Old Swedish
Old Swedish form of Isaac.

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), German (Bessarabian)
Swedish and medieval English form of Zacchaeus, as well as a German variant of Zachäus.

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.

Zisa f Norse Mythology, Germanic Mythology
Variant of Cisa.

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.