Finland Swedish Submitted Names

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Alarik m Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, Norwegian, Swedish, Finland Swedish
Variant form of Alaric.... [more]

Arnevi f Finnish (Rare), Finland Swedish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Old Norse arn "eagle" and vé meaning "holy" or "devoted, dedicated".

Axianne f Swedish (Rare), Finland Swedish (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Axia.

Beda f & m Swedish, Italian, Spanish, Finland Swedish, Finnish
Form of Bede in various languages. Beda is a feminine name in Sweden and Finland.

Elisif f Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Finland Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Elisiv, the Old Swedish form of the Russian name Yelizaveta.

Engla f Swedish, Finland Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Icelandic (Modern)
Strictly feminine form of the Old German name Engel as well as a Swedish dialectal form of Ingel. ... [more]

Ernfrid m Swedish, Finland Swedish
Swedish form of Ehrenfried.

Evald m Swedish, Finland Swedish, Estonian, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Croatian (Rare), Slovene (Rare)
Variant of Ewald.

Evind m Finland Swedish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Eyvind.

Evold m Finland Swedish (Rare)
A variant spelling of Ewald.

Ewert m Swedish, Finland Swedish, Danish (Rare)
Variant spelling of Evert.

Fjalar m Finland Swedish, Icelandic, Swedish (Rare)
Modern form of Fjalarr.... [more]

Frejvid m Finland Swedish
From the Old Norse name Freyviðr, derived from the elements freyr "lord" (or the god Freyr) and viðr "tree, wood". This name is found in Old Swedish as Frövidh.

Göthilda f Swedish (Rare), Finland Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Götilda.

Grels m Swedish, Finland Swedish, Old Swedish
Short form of Gregers, a medieval Nordic form of Gregorius.

Gurli f Danish, Swedish, Finland Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Literature, Theatre
The name of a character in the German play Die Indianer in England (1788) by Augustus von Kotzebue, explained as either a mistake for Gauri (from Sanskrit "white") or as the Persian for "rose"... [more]

Helfrid f Swedish, Finland Swedish
The origins of this name (first documented in 1816) are uncertain, though it could be a Swedish feminine form of Helfried or a variant of Hallfrid (the Norwegian form of Hallfríðr), the initial syllable possibly influenced by Helga (which is ultimately related to the first element in Eloise).

Helny f Swedish, Finland Swedish
Pet form of Helena where hel- is combined with the Norse name element nýr "new" in the style of Dagny, Signy, and Majny, etc.

Ingvald m Norwegian, Swedish, Finland Swedish
Combination of Ing and Old Norse valdr "power, might, ruler".

Jörn m German, Swedish, Finland Swedish
Contracted form of Jörgen.

Kako m Finland Swedish
Diminutive of Karlgustav.

Kalixta f Finland Swedish (Rare)
Variant spelling of Calixta.

Katrina f Swedish, Finland Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Faroese, Estonian
Contraction of Katarina.

Micke m Swedish, Finland Swedish
Diminutive of Mikael.

Naemi f Swedish, Finland Swedish, German, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
A German and Nordic variant of Naomi 1. This name was used in the German translation of The Bible.

Peik m Finland Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. It could be derived from Finnish peikko "troll" or poika "boy" (the Swedish word for boy, pojke, is derived from the Finnish word). The name appears in folk tales in the Swedish-speaking parts of Finland.... [more]

Rabbe m Finland Swedish, Swedish (Rare)
Either a German diminutive of Raban or a Swedish diminutive of Rafael.... [more]

Ragnborg f Old Norse, Swedish (Rare), Finland Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Old Norse regin "power (of the gods)" and bjarga "to help, to save".

Rodny f Swedish, Finland Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Variant form of Hróðný.

Signhild f Norwegian, Swedish, Finland Swedish
Possibly from an Old High German name composed of the elements sigu "victory" and hild "battle", or perhaps derived from the Nordic name Signelill.

Skuldfrid f & m Swedish (Rare, Archaic), Finland Swedish (Rare, Archaic), Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
A combination of Old Norse elements skuld, meaning "blame, future", and fríðr, meaning "beautiful, beloved, good, peaceful, safe".

Teppå m Finland Swedish (Rare, Archaic, ?)
Probably a misspelling of Teppo, the Finnish form of Stephen. Occurs once in a tax record from 1582.

Thorhild f Norwegian, Swedish, Finland Swedish (Rare), Old Danish
From the Old Norse name Þórhildr

Tua f Swedish, Finland Swedish, Danish (Rare)
Origin uncertain, possibly a variant of Tova 2, a feminine form of Tue or a short form of Perpetua... [more]

Vendla f Swedish, Finland Swedish
Contracted form of Vendela.

Venny f Swedish, Finland Swedish, Finnish
Diminutive form of Vendela.

Vilda f Swedish, Finland Swedish
Originally a short form of Alvilda. Nowadays mostly associated with the Swedish vocabulary word meaning "wild".

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