Swedish Submitted Names

AAGOT f Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Icelandic (Rare)
Variant of Ågot.

ABBE m Swedish
Diminutive of Abraham, Albin and Albert.

ABELA f German (Rare), Low German (Archaic), Swedish (Archaic), Icelandic (Modern)
Obsolete Low German short form of both Apollonia and Alberta. There is, however, another theory which derives this name from Old Saxon aval "strength; force; fortitude". ... [more]

ABIGAJIL f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic), Swedish (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Abigail used in the Norwegian translation of the Bible.

ABRAHAMINA f Swedish
Feminine form of Abraham.

ACELIA f Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Latinized form of Assela.

ADALA f Hungarian, Swedish (Rare)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a variant of Adela and a short form of names containing the element adal-.

ADALMINA f Swedish (Rare), Finnish
Variant of Adalmiina.

ADALRIK m Swedish (Archaic)
Swedish form of Athalric.

ADELENA f Medieval English, English, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Adelina.

ADELIN m & f French, Romanian, Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Masculine form and feminine variant of Adelina.

ADLA f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Contracted form of Adela.

ADONIA m Dutch, German, Italian, Swedish
Dutch, German, Italian and Swedish form of 'Adoniyah (see Adonijah) via its hellenized form Adonias.

AFFE m Swedish
Diminutive of Alf (1).

AGATE f Latvian, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), French (Rare), Swedish
French variant and Nordic and Latvian form of Agathe.

AGATON m Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Swedish variant of Agathon.

AGDER m Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Agdar.

AGGA f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Agathe and Agnes.

ÄGIR m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Ægir.

AGMUND m Ancient Germanic, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish (Archaic)
The first element of this name is derived from ag, an uncertain element for which a few possible origins exist. The accepted explanation is that it comes from Proto-Germanic *agjo, which means "sharp, pointed." Because of that, it also means "edge", as in the sharp cutting side of a sword - which is why the meaning of the element has ultimately come to be "sword"... [more]

AGNA f Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Feminine form of Agni or short form of Agneta.

AGNE f Norwegian, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Latvian (Rare)
Scandinavian variant of Agna. In the case of the Latvian usage, this name might also be a variant of Lithuanian Agna.

AGUST m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of August.

AIVA f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Modern coinage derived from Gothic aiws meaning "time; age; eternity". This name first appeared in Sweden in the late 19th century.

AJA f Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Aija.

AJDA f Swedish (Archaic)
Local form of Agda traditionally found in Scania.

AJLA f Swedish, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Aila and Ayla.

AKSINJA f Serbian, Finnish, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare, Archaic)
Nordic and Serbian form of Aksinya.

ALAND m Swedish (Rare)
Likely a variant of Arland.

ALARIK m Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, Norwegian, Swedish
Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, Norwegian and Swedish form of Alaric.

ALBREKT m Swedish (Rare), Medieval Scandinavian
Swedish form of Albrecht.

ALE m Swedish
An old Norse name which is probably a short form of the name Alfer and Alrik. Oldest known usage of the name is from a runic inscription from the 9th century.

ALEF m Medieval Dutch, Medieval German, Dutch (Rare), Low German, North Frisian (Rare), West Frisian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Medieval Dutch and German (also Low German) variant of Adolf as well as the North & West Frisian form of the name. Also compare Aalf (its medieval form is Aelf) and Alof.... [more]

ALEKA f Swedish (Archaic), Old Swedish, Finnish
Low German diminutive of names containing the element adal, especially Adelheid.

ALEPH m Swedish (Rare), Hebrew (Rare)
Variant of Alef. In the case of Natalie Portman's son, it refers to the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

ÁLET f Sami, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish
Sami form of Alet.

ALETA f Old Swedish, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Old Swedish form of Alhet.

ALETHA f Old Swedish, Swedish (Archaic)
Latinized contracted form of Adelheid.

ALETHE f English (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Alete.

ALETTA f Dutch, Swedish (Archaic), Afrikaans, Icelandic (Modern, Rare), Hungarian
Archaic Swedish diminutive of Alhet and Dutch variant of Aleida as well as a Hungarian adoption of the Dutch name. In the Netherlands this name was borne by the country's first female physician, Aletta Jacobs (1854-1929).

ALETTE f Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Variant of Aletta.

ALFDIS f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Alfdís.

ALFHILDA f Ancient Scandinavian, Swedish, Finnish
Variant of Alfhildr.

ALFIN m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Alvfinn.

ALFINA f Swedish
Variant of Alfa or short form of Adolfina.

ALFINE f Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Alfina.

ALFRIDA f Swedish, Danish (Rare)
Younger form of Alfridh.

ALFSOL f Swedish
Swedish form of Álfsól.

ÄLG m Swedish (Rare)
Means "moose" in Swedish.

ALGOT m Swedish, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
From the Old Norse name Algautr, in which the second element is gautr meaning "Goth". The first element may be allr "all", aðal "noble", ǫl (probably means "protection, luck" but was early associated with the Old Norse word ǫl "ale") or alfr "elf".

ALIKA f English, Swedish (Archaic), Old Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Greenlandic
Low German variant of Aleka, as well as a Greenlandic name of unknown meaning.

ALINDA f Dutch, Afrikaans, Finnish, Swedish (Rare), Hungarian
Contracted form of Adelinda.

ALINDE f Swedish
Variant of Alinda.

ÄLLA f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Swedish variant of Ella.

ALLE m Swedish
Swedish diminutive of names starting with Al-, like Alexander and Albin.

ALLIS f Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
Scandinavian variant of Alice.

ALLVAR m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Alvar.

ALMAR m Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Dutch
Younger form of Almarr and masculine form of Alma.

ALRIK m Swedish
Modern Swedish form of Old Norse AlríkR.

ÄLSA f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Elsa.

ALTEA f Italian, Spanish, Polish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Cognate of Althea.

ÄLVA f Swedish (Modern)
Variant of Elva (2) or derived from Swedish älva "fairy".

ALVARR m Swedish, Estonian
Form of Alvar or Álvaro.

ALVE m Swedish
Swedish variant of Alf.

ALVHILD f Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Alfhild.

ALVIDA f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Feminine form of Alv.

ALVIN m Old Danish, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Finnish
Younger form of Alfvin.

ALVIR m Ancient Scandinavian, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Alvér.

AMBJÖRN m Swedish
Variant of Arnbjörn.

AMILLA f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Amilia.

AMUNDA f Swedish (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Feminine form of Amund.

ANALIA f English, Swedish (Rare)
Either a variant of Analía or a combination of Ana and the popular name suffix -lia.

ANASTAZIA f Danish (Modern, Rare), Swedish (Modern, Rare), English (Modern, Rare), Czech
Danish, Swedish and English modern variant of Anastasia as well as a traditional Czech variant of Anastázie.

ANDORA f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Greenlandic (Rare)
Feminine form of Andor.

ANDRIETTA f Swedish (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)
Variant of Andriette.

ANDRIETTE f French (Archaic), Swedish (Rare)
French diminutive of Andrée.

ANDRIK m Swedish (Rare), Dutch
Swedish combination of -ander borrowed from Greek, meaning "man" (compare Alexander) and ríkr "mighty, distinguished, rich".

ANDRINA f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Andrine.

ANGELIE f Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Angela.

ANGELIQA f Swedish (Modern)
Variant of Angelica.

ÄNGLA f Swedish (Modern)
Variant of Engla.

ANGNETA f Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Agneta.

ANIARA f Swedish (Modern, Rare), Literature
From Greek ἀνιαρός (aniarós) meaning "sad, despairing". The name was invented by Swedish author Harry Martinson for the space ship in his poem of science fiction 'Aniara: en revy om människan i tid och rum' published in 1956.

ANIKKA f Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare), English (American)
Variant of Annika.

ANINE f Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Variant of Anina.

ANITRA f Literature, Theatre, Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Coined by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen for an Ethiopian princess in his play Peer Gynt (1867).

ANKI f Swedish, Finnish
Swedish diminutive of Ann-Kristin, Ann-Katrin, Anna-Karin and other similar hyphenated names.

ANNACATRIN f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Annakatrin.

ANNAKATHRINE f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Annkatrin.

ANNAKATRIN f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Annkatrin.

ANNALIA f English, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Anna and the popular name suffix -lia.

ANNALIE f English (Australian), Afrikaans, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Annelie.

ANNALIESA f English (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Annalisa.

ANNALINA f Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Anneline.

ANNAMAJ f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Annmaj.

ANNAMAJA f Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Annmaj.

ANNAMAY f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Annamaj.

ANNANIAS m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Ananias.

ANNAR m Norwegian, Icelandic, Swedish (Rare)
Newer form of Old Norse name Ánarr meaning "ancestor's army". Derived from Old Norse anu "ancestor, father" and herr "army". ... [more]

ANNASTASIA f English, Danish, Swedish
Variant of Anastasia.

ANNASTINA f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Anna and Stina.

ANNBRITT f Swedish, Danish (Rare)
Combination of Ann and Britt (compare Majbritt).

ANNCATHRINE f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Annkatrin.

ANNCHI f Swedish
Variant of Anki. Used almost exclusively as a nickname, very rarely as a full name.

ANNEA f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)

ANNEBRITT f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Annbritt. It is also a combination of Anne and Britt.

ANNECKA f Swedish
Variant of Anneka.

ANNEMAI f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Annmaj.

ANNEMAJ f Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Annmaj.

ANNEMAY f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Annmaj.

ANNEMIE f Upper German, Flemish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish
Diminutive of Annemarie, used mainly in the middle and south of Germany.

ANNEMOR f Norwegian (Modern, Rare), Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Anne and the name element mor "mother".

ANNEVI f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Anne and the Old Swedish name element vī "temple, sanctuary" (ultimately from the Old Norse name element vé "home; temple, sanctuary; devoted, dedicated").

ANNFRID f Norwegian, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Altered form of Arnfrid, first documented in Norway c.1500 (Arnfrid: 1888).

ANNICA f Swedish, Danish (Rare)
Variant of Annika.

ANNIK f Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Anneke.

ANNIQA f Swedish (Modern, Rare), Danish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Annika.

ANNKATRIN f Swedish (Rare), German
Swedish and German combination of Anne and Katrin.

ANNKI f Swedish
Variant of Anki.

ANNKIE f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Anki.

ANNKRISTIN f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Ann and Kristin.

ANNLI f Swedish, Danish
Short form of Anneli.

ANNMAJ f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Ann and Maj.

ANNSTINA f Swedish
Variant of Annastina.

ANNVI f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Annevi.

ANNVY f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Annvi.

ANSHELM m Finnish, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Anselm.

ANSKAR m Basque (Modern, Rare, ?), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish, Finnish
Variant of Ansgar.

ANSTIN f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Annastina.

ANTE m Swedish, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Scandinavian diminutive of Andreas, Anders and Anton.

ANTHON m Dutch, South African, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Anton.

ANTHONINA f Swedish
Variant of Antonina.

ANTTONELLA f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Antonella.

ANTUNELLA f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Antonella.

APPOLLONIA f Old Swedish, Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Apollonia.

APRILIA f Swedish (Modern, Rare), Indonesian
Elaborated form of April.

AQVILINA f Swedish
Swedish form of Aquilina.

ARENDT m Old Swedish, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian
Low German form of Arnoald.

ARENT m Medieval Dutch, East Frisian (Archaic), Dutch (Rare), Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Medieval Dutch and East Frisian form of Arnold as well as a Scandinavian variant of Arend. As for the Netherlands: this given name is still in use there today, but it is not as common there as its modern form Arend is.... [more]

ARET m Medieval English, Swedish (Rare), Finnish, Norwegian
Variant of Arendt.

ARFAST m Swedish
Swedish form of Arnfastr via its later form Arnfast.

ARIL m Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Arild.

ARINE f Swedish (Archaic), Old Swedish
Variant of Arina.

ARIS f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Icelandic (Rare)
Of unknown origin and meaning. Current theories include a variant of Iris as well as a short form of Greek names beginning with the element aris- (compare Aristaeus).

ARKADIUS m Finnish, Swedish
Nordic form of Arcadius.

ARMIKA f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)

ARN m Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Popular Culture
Derived from Old Norse ǫrn "eagle". It can also be a short form of Arne or other names beginning with Arn-.... [more]

ARNA f Medieval German, Ancient Scandinavian, Old Swedish, German (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Icelandic, Faroese (Rare)
Medieval feminine form of masculine names that begin with either the Old High German element arn- or the Old Norse elements ari and ǫrn, all of which are ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *arnu- "eagle".... [more]

ARNBJÖRN m Swedish
Derived from Old Norse ari or arn "eagle" combined with Old Norse björn "bear".

ARNFAST m Danish (Archaic), Swedish (Archaic)
Archaic form of Arnfastr.

ARNFRED m Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Younger form of Arnfrøðr.

ARNFRID f Norwegian, Swedish
Modern Norwegian form of Arnfríðr, an Old Norse name derived from the elements arn "eagle" and fríðr "peace, love" or "beloved" (later "beautiful, fair"; compare Fríða, an Old Norse short form of Arnfríðr and other feminine names containing the element).

ÄRNGÖT m Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Modern form of Ærngautr.

ARNHILD f Norwegian, Swedish
Modern form of Arnhildr.

ARNLIOT m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Arnljot.

ARNLJOT m Old Swedish, Norwegian, Swedish
Old Swedish and younger form of Arnljótr.

ARNLJOTH m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Arnljot.

ARNOLV m Swedish (Rare, Archaic), Norwegian
Variant of Arnolf.

ÄRNST m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Ernst.

ARNVALD m Norwegian, Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish form of Arnold.

ARNVID m Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Formed of arn meaning "eagle" and vid meaning "tree".

ARVIDA f Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Arvid.

ASDIS f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Younger form of Ásdís.

ASKA f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
A modern coinage which is considered both a feminine form of Aske and Ask as well as a direct adoption of the noun aska "ash; cinder".

ÅSKAR m Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Oskar.

ASKBJÖRN m Swedish (Modern)
Swedish name with the combination of askr "ash tree" and bjǫrn "bear".

ASKER m Danish, Swedish (Rare)
Newer form of Ask or Ásgeirr.

ASLAK m Norwegian, Danish, Swedish (Rare), Old Danish, Old Swedish, Finnish
Younger form of Áslákr, derived from Old Norse áss "god" and leikr "game, play".

ASRUN f Old Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Combination of the Germanic elements as "god" and run "secret"

ASSAR m Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
From the proto-Norse byname *AndswaruR meaning "he who answers".

ASSARINA f Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Assar.

ÅSTA f Norwegian, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Younger form of Ásta.

ASTHILD f Swedish (Rare)
Newly created name inspired by Astrid.

ASTRI f Norwegian, Swedish, Danish (Rare)
Variant of Astrid.

ÅSVEIG f Norwegian, Swedish
A relatively modern Scandinavian name, it is derived from Old Norse áss "god" combined with Old Norse veig "strength".

ÅSVI f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of the Old Norse name Ásví, which was derived from áss "god" combined with an unknown second element, possibly vé "devoted, dedicated" (from vīgja or vígja "to consecrate (in heathen sense)"; compare Véfreyja).

ATALARIK m Croatian, Swedish (Archaic), Norwegian
Croatian, Swedish and Norwegian form of Athalaric.

ATANAGILD m Catalan, Swedish (Archaic)
Catalan and Swedish form of Athanagild.

ATANARIK m Croatian (Rare), Norwegian, Swedish (Archaic)
Croatian, Swedish and Norwegian form of Athanaric.

ATLA f Norse Mythology, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Atli. In Norse mythology, Atla is one of the nine mothers of Heimdallr.

ÄTTA f Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Etta.

ATTI f Swedish (Rare)
Pet form of Astrid as well as a Swedish and Finnish variant of Atta.

AUDNY f Norwegian, Swedish (Archaic)
Modern variant of Auðný.

AURELA f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Contracted form of Aurelia.

AURELIAN m English, Dutch, History, Romanian, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), German (Rare)
Form of Aurelianus (see Aureliano). This name was borne by a Roman emperor from the 3rd century AD.

AVIJA f Swedish (Rare)
Variant transcription of Avia.

AXELIA f Swedish
Feminine form of Axel.

AXELIE f Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Axelia.

AXELINA f Swedish (Modern)
Swedish feminine form of Axel.

AXELL m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Axel.

AYO f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Possibly from the Spanish word ayo meaning "tutor" or "person who takes care of children". According to another source it might be a Danish form of an Indian name meaning "wonderful".

BABBEN f Norwegian, Swedish
A diminutive of Barbro.

BAGGE m Old Swedish, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Old Swedish and modern form of Baggi.

BALDVIN m Icelandic, Swedish (Rare)
Cognate of Baldwin.

BALTSAR m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Balthazar.

BALTZAR m Old Swedish, Swedish
Old Swedish form of Baltasar.

BAMSE m Swedish (Rare), Old Swedish (Rare)
From an Old Scandinavian word meaning "bear". In modern Swedish often used when referring to something large, like a bear or any other large object.

BARTHOL m Swedish, Norwegian
Variant of Barthold.

BARTHOLD m Swedish, Norwegian
Variant of Bartolomeus or Berthold.

BARTOL m Norwegian, Swedish
Variant of Barthold.

BARTOLOMEUS m Swedish
Swedish form of Bartholomew.

BASSE m Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Sebastian.

BÅTEL m Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Rare archaic form of Bótulfr, most common in Gotland, Sweden.

BATILDA f Swedish (Archaic), English (African)
Variant of Bathilda.

BEATRICHE f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Beatrice.

BEDA f Swedish
Variant of the Old English name Bede meaning "prayer".

BELE m Swedish (Rare)
Possibly a Swedish form of Beli, an Old Norse name meaning "to roar".

BENDA f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Bente.

BENDE f Danish, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Bente.

BENDINA f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Bendine.

BENDY m Danish, Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Benedikt.

BENGAN m Swedish
Diminutive of Bengt.

BENIDIKTA f Icelandic (Archaic), Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Benedikta.

BENITE f Swedish
Variant of Benita.

BENITTE f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Benite.

BENKA m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Benke.

BENKA f Swedish (Archaic)

BENKE m Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Bengt.

BENKT m Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Bengt.

BENTINA f Swedish, Popular Culture
Variant of Bentine.

BERA f Ancient Scandinavian, Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Feminine form of Biǫrn.

BERENT m Low German, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic
Low German form of Bernhard.

BERENTINE f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Berent.

BERET f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Berit and Bereta.

BERETA f Swedish (Archaic), Old Swedish
Variant of Berita.

BERETE f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Bereta.

BERETTE f Swedish
Variant of Berete.

BERGE m Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Birger.

BERGLIOTH f Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Bergljot.

BERITA f Swedish (Rare)
Dialectal variant of Birgitta found in Scania.

BERITH f Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
Variant of Berit.

BERNDT m Swedish, Danish (Rare), German
Variant of Bernd.

BERNE m Swedish
Variant of Bern.

BERNODUS m Swedish
Variant of Bernoldus.

BERNTINE f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Bernt.

BETTAN f Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Elisabet.

BIBBI f Swedish, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Mainly a diminutive of Birgitta and its variant forms (see also Bibi (1)).

BIBI f Danish, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Diminutive of Birgitta and its various forms. It can also be used as a diminutive of other names beginning with or containing B, such as Bibiana and Beata. A known bearer was Swedish actress Berit Elisabet "Bibi" Andersson (1935-2019).

BIGGE f & m Sami, Swedish
Sami variant of Biggi and Swedish diminutive of Birger.

BIM f Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of names like Birgitta and Britt-Marie (see Brittmarie).

BIRETA f Old Swedish, Swedish (Archaic)
Old Swedish variant of Birgitta.

BIRGA f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic), German (Rare)
Contracted form of Birgitta, as well as a feminine form of Birger.

BIRGHILD f Swedish
Swedish name with the combination of Birga or other names that start with birg and hildr "battle, fight".

BIRGITE f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Birgitte.

BIRIT f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Short from of Birita.

BIRK m Swedish, Literature
Old Norse word meaning "trading place, market place" and "birch tree". Birk Borkason is a character in Astrid Lindgren's 'Ronia the Robber's daugher'.

BIRTA f Danish, Icelandic, Swedish, Faroese
Variant of Birte.

BIT f Danish, Swedish (Rare)
Short form of Bitta.

BITT f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Short form of Bitte.

BITTA f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Bitte.

BITTAN f Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Birgitta.

BITTE f Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
Pet form of Birgitte or from Danish bitte meaning "bit, little" or from Danish lille bitte meaning "tiny".

BITTEN f Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Variant of Bitte.

BITTHE f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Bitte.

BITTI f Swedish (Rare), Greenlandic
Variant form of Bitte or from Swedish bitti (short form of bittida) meaning "early" and Greenlandic younger spelling of Bíte.

BITTIE f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Bitti.

BJÖRNER m Swedish
Extended form of Björn.

BJÖRNHILD f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Derived from the Old Norse name elements bjǫrn "bear" and hildr "battle; fight".

BJÖRNSTJERNE m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish variant of Bjørnstjerne.

BLÅ m & f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Bláinn.

BLÅKLOCKA f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
From Swedish blåklocka meaning "harebell".

BLENDA f Swedish
From a place name which was derived from Old Swedish blædh "blade". According to Swedish tradition, the place was named after a woman named Blenda who defended the land against invading Danes in the local men's absence... [more]

BLIDA f Old Swedish, Swedish (Archaic)
Swedish form of Blíða.

BLOMMA f Swedish (Rare)
Directly taken from Swedish blomma "flower".

BLOMMAN f & m Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Means "the flower" in Swedish.

BOA f Greenlandic, Swedish
Feminine form of Búi.

BODEL f & m Swedish
For feminine uses it is a Swedish dialectal variant form of Bodil and for masculine uses it is a Swedish dialectal variant form of Botolf.

BODELA f Swedish (Archaic)
Swedish dialectal variant form of Bodil recorded in Scania and Halland.

BODO m Ancient Germanic, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element bod "lord, ruler", which later acquired the meaning "messenger, tidings" due to confusion with bode "messenger" (also "to announce, command").

BODVAR m Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Modern Scandinavian form of Bǫðvarr.

BOEL f Swedish, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Younger Danish form of Bothild.

BOJAN f Swedish
Diminutive of names ending with -borg, such as Valborg and Ingeborg.

BOL f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Short form of Bodil.

BOLETTE f Danish, Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Greenlandic
Diminutive of Bol.

BOLINE f Danish, Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Bol.

BOMAN m Swedish (Rare)
Possibly transfered usage of the surname Boman.

BOND m & f Anglo-Scandinavian, Ancient Scandinavian, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Bóandi.

BONDA m & f Anglo-Scandinavian, Ancient Scandinavian, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Bóandi.

BONDE m Swedish
Means "farmer" in Swedish. Possibly a transferred use of the surname Bonde.

BONDO m & f Anglo-Scandinavian, Swedish
Variant of Bóandi.

BONNEY f & m English, Indian, Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Bonnie.

BORE m Swedish
Derived from Greek βορέας (boreas) "north wind". Kung Bore (King Bore) is a Swedish personification of winter.

BÖRET f Swedish (Rare)
Dialectal variant of Berit found in Norrland and Västergötland.

BORGAR m Old Swedish, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, Faroese
Old Swedish and modern form of Borgarr.

BORKA m Literature, Swedish (Rare)
Borka is the father of Birk Borkason and one of the antagonists in Astrid Lindgren's 'Ronia the Robber's Daughter'. Lindgren might have gotten the name from Lake Borkasjön in Lapland, northern Sweden.

BÖRTA f Swedish (Archaic)
Dialectal variant of Birta recorded in Norrland and Västergötland.

BOTHILD f Medieval English (Anglicized, Archaic), Old Danish, Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of the Old Norse name Bóthildr.

BOTHILDA f Old Danish, Danish (Archaic), Swedish (Rare, Archaic), Norwegian (Archaic)
Younger form of Bóthildr.

BOTIL f Swedish
Variant of Botel.

BOTILDA f Swedish (Rare)
Modern form of Bóthildr.

BOTILLA f Swedish (Archaic), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Botilda.

BOTULF m Ancient Germanic, Swedish (Rare)
Derived from Gothic biutan "to offer" or Old High German boto "bid, offer" combined with Gothic vulfs "wolf." There are also instances where this name is a later form of the ancient Scandinavian name Bótulfr.

BOTVID m Swedish
Derived from the old Norse elements 'bot' meaning penance and 'vidh' meaning forest. Known to have been used since the 9th century

BRAND m Old Swedish, Old Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Variant of Brandr.

BRICKEN f Swedish (Rare)
Rare dialectal diminutive of Britta.

BRIET f Icelandic (Modern, Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Icelandic variant of Bríet.

BRIGITE f Portuguese, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Brigitte.

BRIGITHE f Swedish
Variant of Brigitte.

BRITE f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Britte.

BRITKEN f Swedish (Rare)
Low German diminutive of Brita.