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Veróníka f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Veronika.

Verónika f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic variant of Veróníka.

Vesla f Norwegian (Rare)
Directly taken from Norwegian vesle "little".

Vésteinn m Old Norse, Icelandic
Combination of Old Norse vé "temple, sanctuary" and steinn "stone".

Vestmar m Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Vestmarr.

Vestmaður m Icelandic (Archaic)
Icelandic modern form of Vestmaðr.

Vetrarrós f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Means "winter rose", derived from Old Norse vetr meaning "winter" and rós meaning "rose" (also see Rós). This is a recently created name.

Vetur m Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
From Old Norse Vetr, "winter".

Veturliði m Faroese, Icelandic
Icelandic and Faroese modern form of Vetrliði.

Via m Norwegian (Archaic)
Dialectal (Nordmøre) form of Vidar.

Vibe f Danish
Variant of Wiebe or taken directly from Danish vibe meaning "northern lapwig" (a type of bird native to Europe).

Vibeka f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Vibeke.

Vibekke f Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
Variant of Vibeke.

Vibjörn m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Víbiǫrn (see Vebjørn).

Vibs f Danish
Danish diminutive of Vibeke.

Vibse f Danish
Variant of Vibs.

Vickan f Swedish
Diminutive of Viktoria.

Vicke m & f Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Viktor and Viktoria.

Vicktor m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Viktor.

Vicktoria f English (Rare), Swedish
Variant of Victoria.

Victoría f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Victoria.

Vida f Swedish (Modern), Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
Feminine form of Vide or short form Arvida, Alvida, or other names ending with -vida.

Vidia f Norwegian (Rare)
Short form of Ovidia.

Vidkun m Norwegian (Rare)
Younger form of Víðkunnr. Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945) was a Norwegian military officer, politician and traitor. He collaborated with the Nazis during the German occupation of Norway during World War II, for which he was given the death penalty in 1945.

Vidkunn m Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian form of Víðkunnr.

Vidunn f Norwegian (Archaic)
Norwegian name with the combination of viðr "forest", "wood", "tree" and unnr "wave" or a combination of víðr "wide", "large", "extensive" and unnr "wave".

Víf f Old Norse, Icelandic
From Old Norse víf meaning "wife, woman".

Vífill m Old Norse, Icelandic
Old Norse word vefa meaning "to weave".

Vigbjörn m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish modern form of Vighbiorn.

Vigbjørn m Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian form of Vígbiǫrn.

Vigdjärv m Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Swedish form of Vighdiärf.

Vígdögg f Icelandic (Rare)
From Old Norse víg meaning "war, battle" combined with Dögg (which is itself derived from Old Norse dǫgg meaning "dew, wetness").

Vigfús m Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese younger form of Vígfúss.

Vigfus m Danish, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Younger form of Vígfúss.

Vigg m Swedish
Diminutive of Vigge and Viggo.

Vigge m Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Derived from the Old (West) Norse name Vígi, a short form of other masculine names containing the element víg "war, battle". (The name Vígi belonged to one of King Ólafr Tryggvasson's hounds.) As a Swedish name it is sometimes used as a diminutive of Viktor, and can also be inspired by the word vigg meaning "lightning".

Viggó m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Viggo.

Víggrímur m Faroese
Faroese combination of víg "fight", "battle" and grímr "person wearing a mask".

Vighild f Norwegian
Norwegian name with the combination of vígr "in fighting condition, able to fight" and hildr "battle, fight".

Vigita f Lithuanian (Rare), Scandinavian
Old Norse element víg meaning "war, battle".

Víglundur m Icelandic
Combination of Old Norse víg "fight, battle" (also used poetically to mean "warrior" when used in compound words) and lundr "grove".

Vigmund m Old Swedish, Norwegian
Old Swedish and Norwegian form of Vígmundr.

Vígmundur m Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Vígmundr.

Vignir m Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Vígnir.

Vigo m Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Croatian, Dutch (Modern), Galician
Croatian and Galician form and Swedish and Danish variant of Viggo as well as a Dutch borrowing of the Scandinavian name.

Vigor m History (Ecclesiastical), Croatian, Serbian, Italian, Swedish, Medieval French
Derived from Latin vigor "vigor, strength, liveliness".

Vígþór m Icelandic (Rare)
Combination of Old Norse víg "war, battle" and the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Þór).

Vigur m Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Vígr.

Viktorina f Hungarian, Lithuanian, Finnish, Swedish (Rare)
Variant form of Victorina.

Vilbergur m Icelandic, Faroese
Masculine form of Vilborg.

Vilbogi m Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements vil meaning "will, liking, favour" and bogi meaning "bow".

Vilborg f Icelandic
Nordic form of Wilburg.

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

Vildís f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse elements vil(i) "will, desire" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".

Vildred f Norwegian
Modern coinage taken from Vilhelm and the feminine ending -(f)rid.

Vilgerd f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian younger form of Vilgerðr.

Vilgerð f Faroese
Faroese form of Vilgerðr.

Vilgjerd f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Younger form of Vilgerðr.

Vilhelma f Hungarian, Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare), Lithuanian
Hungarian, Lithuanian, Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian form of Wilhelma.

Vilhelmína f Icelandic, Slovak (Archaic)
Icelandic and Slovak form of Wilhelmina.

Vilhelmine f Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Danish and Norwegian form of Wilhelmine.

Vilhelmus m Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Latinized form of Vilhelm.

Vilje f Norwegian, Estonian
Variant of Vilja.

Viljen m Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian variant of Vilhelm.

Vilken m Old Norse, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Nordic form of Wilken.

Villas m Danish, Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Villads.

Villemo f Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Literature
This name was first used by the Swedish writer August Strindberg (1849-1912) for one of his poems. He may have based it on the names Vellamo or Wilhelma, or perhaps he combined the Old Norse name element vil, vili "will, desire" with Scandinavian mor "mother" (compare Lillemor, Moa).

Villgärd f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Villgerd.

Villgerd f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Modern form of Vilgerðr.

Villiam m Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese
Nordic variant of William.

Villimey f Icelandic (Modern)
Recently created name intended to mean "wild maiden" from Old Norse villr "wild" (compare Icelandic villiblóm "wildflower") combined with Old Norse mey "maiden, girl" (an alternative form of mær)... [more]

Villma f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Vilma.

Villumine f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Vilhelmine.

Villy m & f Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Scandinavian form of Willy, predominantly used by men.

Vilný f Icelandic (Rare)
From Old Norse vili "will, desire" combined with nýr "new".

Vilton m Swedish (Modern)
Variant of Wilton.

Vimar m Swedish
Swedish form of Vígmarr.

Vimund m Old Swedish, Swedish
Old Swedish form of Vímundr.

Vina f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Nordic form of Wina.

Vinbjörg f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse vinr "friend" and bjǫrg "help, save, rescue".

Vineke f Danish
Nordic form of Wineke.

Vinifred f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish adoption of Winifred.

Vinjar m Norwegian
Either derived from of Old Norse vinr "friend" and herr "army" or based on place names that contains the Old Norse element vin "meadow, pasture".

Vinný f Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese variant of Winnie.

Vinsent m Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Vincent.

Vinsi m Faroese
Faroese form of Vincentius.

Vinston m Swedish (Modern)
Variant of Winston.

Vinter m & f Old Swedish, Swedish (Modern, Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Old Swedish form of Vetr meaning "winter" as well as the modern Scandinavian word for "winter" (see Winter).

Vinterny f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Swedish vinter "winter" and ny "new".

Vinther f Swedish (Modern, Rare), Danish (Modern, Rare)
Swedish and Danish variant of Vinter.

Viol f Danish
Short form of Viola.

Víóla f Icelandic (Modern), Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese form of Viola.

Violeth f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Violett.

Violett f English (Modern), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Hungarian (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)
English variant and Swedish form of Violet as well as a Hungarian borrowing of French Violette. This name coincides with the Swedish word violett "purple (the color)".

Víóletta f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic adoption of Violetta.

Vira f Portuguese, Swedish, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Diminutive of Elvira.

Viran f Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Elvira.

Virgill m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Virgil.

Virginía f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Virginia.

Virvla f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Directly taken from the Swedish word virvla "to swirl; to whirl".

Viðja f Icelandic
Directly taken from Old Norse viðja "withy".

Viðjar m Icelandic
Possibly a masculine form of Viðja.

Vittus m Greenlandic, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Vitus.

Vivan f Swedish
Diminutive of Viveka and Vivianne.

Vivette f French (Rare), English (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Possibly a diminutive form of Vivienne (see also Viviette), but it could also be an independent name that is ultimately derived from Latin vivus "alive" or Latin vividus "full of life, lively, spirited".

Vivica f English (Rare), Swedish (Rare), German (Modern, Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Viveca. A famous bearer is actress Vivica Fox.

Vivika f Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare), Estonian
Variant of Viveka.

Vívil m Faroese (Modern)
Faroese modern form of Vífill.

Vök f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
From the Icelandic word vök, referring to a hole or opening in the ice (a polynya) or a break or opening in clouds.

Volger m Swedish
Variant of Wolfger or Volker.

Volmar m Swedish, Finnish
Variant of Valdemar or Volkmar.

Volter m Finnish, Swedish (Rare)
A variant of Wolter.... [more]

Von f Icelandic (Modern)
Derived from Old Norse vón "hope; expectation".

Vónbjartur m Faroese
Masculine form of Vónbjørt.

Vónbjørt f Faroese
Derived from Old-Norse vón meaning "hope; expectation" and bjartr meaning "light, shining".

Voney f Icelandic (Rare)
From Old Norse ván meaning "hope, expectation" combined with ey meaning "island" or ey meaning "good fortune".

Vopni m Icelandic
Icelandic variant of Vápni.

Vordís f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Várdis.

Vorin f Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Vårin.

Vorm m Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian
Danish dialectal form of Ormr.

Vrold m Norwegian (Archaic)
Dialectal variant of Roald.

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.

Ylvali f Swedish (Modern)
Combination of Ylva and the popular name suffix -li (compare Novalie).

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.

Yngvor f Swedish
Modern Swedish form of Yngvǫr.

Yvonn f Scandinavian
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.

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.