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

Birgitha f Swedish (Rare)

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

Bittan f Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Birgitta.

Blå m & f Swedish (Rare)
Means "blue" in Swedish. Ultimately derived from Old Norse blár meaning "blue" but often denoting "dark, black" (compare Bláinn). A few hundred years ago sometimes used as a variant or short form of Blasius.

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

Blåsippa f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Swedish name for the plant hepatica nobilis. It is the second middle name of popular Swedish folk singer Sofia Karlsson.

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.

Blonda f German, Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare, Archaic)
German name meaning "blond".... [more]

Blondina f Finnish (Rare, Archaic), Swedish (Rare), Hungarian
Extended form of Blonda.

Boa f Greenlandic, Swedish
Feminine form of Búi.

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

Bödvar m Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Modern form of Bǫðvarr.

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

Bogislaus m Medieval Slavic (Latinized), Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
A Latinized form of Bogusław.

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

Bolla f Old Norse, Swedish (Rare)
Pet form of Bóthildr and names containing the name element borg meaning "castle, fortification", like Borghild and Ingeborg.

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

Borgar m Norwegian, Faroese, Icelandic, Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
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.

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

Botilda f Swedish (Rare)
Modern form of Bóthildr.

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

Brand m Old Norse, Old Swedish, Old Danish, Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Brandr.

Britmari f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Brittmarie.

Britmarie f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Brittmarie.

Brittmari f Swedish
Variant of Brittmarie.

Brittmarie f Swedish
Combination of Britt and Marie. Most commonly spelled with a hyphen, Britt-Marie.

Brittmary f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Brittmarie.

Brynhilda f Medieval Scandinavian, Swedish (Archaic)
Medieval Norwegian and Swedish variant of Brynhildr.

Cæsar m Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Icelandic (Rare)
Scandinavian form of Caesar.

Caisa f Swedish, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Kajsa.

Caisalis f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kajsalisa.

Cajsalisa f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kajsalisa.

Cajsaliza f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kajsalisa.

Calla f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kalla as well as an adoption of the plant name.

Calvander m English (Rare, Archaic), Swedish (Anglicized, Rare, Archaic)
English usage possibly derived from the surnames Callander, Callender... [more]

Canutus m Swedish (Rare)
Latinised form of Knútr.

Carlgustav m Swedish (Rare)
Very rare combination of Carl and Gustav. More commonly spelled with a hyphen, Carl-Gustav, or with a space between the names, Carl Gustav.

Carljohan m Swedish (Rare)
Rare combination of the names Carl and Johan. More commonly spelled with a hyphen, Carl-Johan, or with a space between the names, Carl Johan.

Carro f Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Caroline.

Casten m Swedish
Variant of Carsten.

Caterin f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Katrin.

Caterine f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), French (African), Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Caterina, Catherine and Katerine.

Cäthe f German (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Spelling variant of Käthe.... [more]

Cathi f English, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Cathy.

Cathina f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Katina.

Cathinka f Norwegian, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Katinka.

Cathrina f Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Faroese, Swedish (Rare), German (Rare), Romansh
Scandinavian variant of Katrina, German contraction of Catharina and Romansh variant of Catrina.

Catinka f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Katinka.

Cazper m Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kasper.

Cebastian m Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sebastian.

Celian m English (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
English and Swedish form of Caelianus via its variant spelling Celianus. In the case of The Netherlands, Celian really is just a variant form of Celiaan, which is the actual Dutch form of Caelianus (also via Celianus).

Cevia f Swedish (Rare)
Possibly a corruption of Sylvia.

Challe m Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Charles.

Chalottha f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Charlotta.

Charlote f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Charlotte.

Charlothe f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Charlotte.

Charlott f Swedish, German (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Variant of Charlotte reflecting the French pronunciation.

Charlotth f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Charlott.

Charolin f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Carolin.

Chatarina f Swedish
Variant of Katarina.

Chatrine f Swedish
Variant of Katrin.

Cia f Swedish (Rare)
Short form of Cecilia and Carina 2, or a variant of Kia and Sia.

Cicilia f Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Dutch, Corsican, Sicilian, Medieval English
Variant of Cecilia.

Cina f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kina (see Swedish usage).

Clary f English (Archaic), Swedish (Rare)
English diminutive form of Clara and Clarissa as well as an adoption of the name of the clary sage (salvia sclarea in Latin).... [more]

Cleontina f Romanian (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Italian (Archaic), Swedish (Rare, Archaic)

Cristna f Swedish (Archaic), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Contracted form of Christina.

Daga f Swedish, Danish (Rare)
Feminine form of Dag as well as a short form of names beginning with Dag-.

Dage m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Dag.

Dager m Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Dag via it's Old Swedish form Dagher.

Daghild f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse dagr "day" combined with Old Norse hildr "battle".

Dagvi f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Dagveig.

Dammö f Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Dagmar traditionally found in Småland.

Danella f Swedish, English
Variant of Daniela.

Dea f Danish, Swedish, Croatian, Slovene, English, Albanian, Italian
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Latin dea "goddess" and a short form of Dorotea, Andrea 2 and Desideria... [more]

Delinda f Italian, Faroese, Swedish (Rare), Hungarian (Rare)
Truncated form of Adelinda.

Didrika f Swedish (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Swedish feminine form of Didrik and rare Dutch variant of Diederika.

Dika f Swedish
Diminutive of Fredrika.

Disa f Swedish, Old Swedish
From a medieval Swedish form of the Old Norse name Dísa, a short form of other feminine names containing the element dís "goddess". This is the name of a genus of South African orchids, which honours a heroine in Swedish legend... [more]

Ditmar m Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic), Silesian
Scandinavian variant and Silesian form of Dietmar.

Domar m Norse Mythology, Scandinavian, Swedish (Rare)
Modern Scandinavian form of both Dómari and Dómarr. However, when used in the context of Norse mythology, it strictly refers to the latter name.... [more]

Donja f Russian (Rare), Dutch, German (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Russian Доня (see Donya). In languages other than Russian, the name Donja can also be derived from the Spanish word doña meaning "lady", in which case it is a more phonetical spelling of the word.... [more]

Dordia f Swedish (Archaic)
Derived from Dorothea.

Doreta f Swedish (Archaic)
Contracted form of Dorotea.

Dorethea f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Dorothea.

Doritha f Swedish
Variant of Dorita.

Dorothia f English (Rare), Swedish (Archaic), Old Swedish
Variant of Dorothea.

Dorta f Swedish (Archaic)
Contracted form of Doreta (see also Dorthe and Dörthe).

Driva f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Drífa.

Drömma f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
From Swedish drömma "to dream".

Dyra f Swedish (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse element dýr "deer; wild animal" (though it is also associated with dýrr "dear; expensive"), perhaps via the Old Swedish (masculine) name Dyre or an Old Norse name such as Dýrhildr or Dýrfinna... [more]

Ebbela f Swedish (Archaic)

Eberta f Swedish (Rare, Archaic), Norwegian (Rare, Archaic), Danish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Ebert

Echard m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Eckhard.

Eda f Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)

Edla f Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Contracted form of Edela.

Edvald m Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Scandinavian form of either Edward or Ewald.

Edvina f Croatian, Lithuanian, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Slovene, Hungarian
Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian, Lithuanian and Scandinavian form of Edwina.

Efva f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Eva.

Egard m Swedish (Rare)
Possibly a Swedish form of Eckhard.

Ehva f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Eva.

Eida f Low German (Archaic), Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Finnish
Frisian variant of Ida, the Frisian short form of Old High German names beginning with Agi- and a short form of Nordic names beginning with Eid-.

Eimar m Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Combination of ei, a modern name element of uncertain origin, and Old Norse mærr "famous".

Eina f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Faroese, Finnish (Rare)
Feminine form of Einar.

Eja f Swedish, Danish (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Eija.

Ejan f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Swedish pet form of Eja, itself a variant of Eija.

Ejnar m Danish, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Einar.

Ejra f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Eira 2.

Elda f Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Short form of names containing the element eld, from Old Norse eldr, "fire".

Eldar m Norwegian, Swedish, Danish (Rare), Icelandic (Rare)
Combination of Old Norse eldr "fire" and herr "army, warrior".

Elida f Norwegian, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Finnish (Rare), Faroese
Variant of Ellida, a feminine form of Elliði.

Elintina f Swedish (Modern)
Variant of Elentina.

Elitina f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Elintina.

Eljena f Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Helena traditionally found in Scania.

Ellabritt f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Ella 2 and Britt.

Ellena f Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Eljena.

Ellentina f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Ellen 1 and the name suffix -tina.

Ellica f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ellika.

Ellida f Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Theatre
Variant of Elida, a feminine form of Elliði. Ellida Wangel is the title character in the play Fruen fra havet (The Lady from the Sea) written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen in 1888.

Ellika f Swedish, Low German (Archaic)
Diminutive of Ella 2.

Ellinora f Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Ellinor.

Elsabritt f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Elsebritt.

Elsalill f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Elselill.

Elvina f Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Faroese
Feminine form of Elvin.

Emelia f Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German (Bessarabian)
Variant of Emilia and Amelia.

Emerentia f Late Roman, Dutch, German (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Feminine form of Emerentius. This name belonged to an early Christian martyr, and is also assigned to the mother of Saint Anna and grandmother of the Virgin Mary in some late 15th-century European traditions.

Emina f Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
Diminutive of Emma.

Ena f Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish (Rare), Icelandic (Rare), Faroese (Rare)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a Scandinavian borrowing of Eithne, a feminine form of Enar and a short form of names ending in -ena.

Enar m Old Swedish, Old Danish, Swedish, Estonian
Variant of Einar.

Engelberta f German, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish
Feminine form of Engelbert

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]

Enhard m Swedish
Swedish form of Einhard.

Enna f Finnish, Swedish, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Faroese
Of uncertain origin and meaning; theories include a variant of Ena and an adoption of German Enna.

Eriana f Swedish (Archaic)

Erla f English (Rare), Icelandic, Faroese, Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Estonian (Rare)
Scandinavian feminine form of Jarl (compare Erle), and an English feminine form of Earl... [more]

Ermanarik m Dutch, Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Archaic)
Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish form of Ermanaric. In Swedish and Norwegian, the name is not used outside of translations of historical documents about the 4th century Gothic king.

Esajas m Danish, Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Scandinavian form of Isaiah.

Eskilina f Swedish (Archaic)
Feminine form of Eskil.

Esra m Biblical German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian (Rare), Icelandic, Faroese, Afrikaans
German, Afrikaans and Scandinavian form of Ezra.

Essa f Swedish (Rare)

Eufemina f Swedish (Rare)
Elaboration of Eufemia.

Eufrosina f Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Romanian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Belarusian, Finnish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
A variant transcription and/or of Euphrosyne.

Eufrosyna f Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Euphrosyne.

Evachristina f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Eva and Christina. More commonly spelled with a hyphen, Eva-Christina.

Evalena f Swedish
Combination of Eva and Lena.

Evalil f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Evalill.

Evalill f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Eva and lilla "little".

Evalis f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Evalisa.

Evalisa f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Eva and Lisa.

Evalott f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Evalotte.

Evalotta f Swedish, German (Rare)
Variant of Evalotte.

Evalotte f Swedish (Rare), German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Combination of Eva and Lotte. The variant Eva-Lotta was used by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren in her Kalle Blomkvist series of books (1946, 1951, 1953), where it belongs to a friend of the central character.

Evan m & f Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)

Evanna f Welsh, Irish, Scottish, English, Italian (Rare), Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Either the feminine form of Evan and a combination of Eva and Anna.... [more]

Evina f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Evin.

Evinda f Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Archaic)
Feminine form of Evind.

Ewalill f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Evalill.

Ezaline f Swedish (Rare), French (Rare)

Faje m Swedish
Variant of Fajer.

Fajer m Swedish (Rare)
Rare Swedish dialectal form of Fader.

Fale m Swedish (Rare), Old Norse
Originally Fardhe, a short form of Farþegn meaning "traveller".

Falke m Danish, Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Falk.

Fanney f Icelandic, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements fǫnn "snow; snowdrift" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").

Fänta f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Swedish (dialect) fänta meaning "little girl".

Faste m Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Old Swedish and modern form of Fasti.

Fedja m Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Danish (Rare), Dutch (Rare), German, Swedish (Rare)
Variant transcription of Feđa (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian) and Fedya (Bulgarian and Russian).... [more]

Fenta f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Fänta.

Fia f Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Diminutive of Sofia and other names containing the element -fia-.

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

Flarid f Swedish (Rare)

Flisa f Swedish (Rare), Literature
Taken from the name of one of the characters in Bertil Almqvist's 1950s children's book classic Barna Hedenhös which is set in the Stone Age.... [more]

Franciskus m Swedish
Variant of Franciscus.

Fransina f Finnish, Swedish (Rare), Afrikaans
Feminine form of Frans.

Fransine f Swedish (Rare), Danish (Archaic), Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Fransina.

Fransiska f Indonesian, Swedish (Rare), Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian (Rare)
Indonesian and Scandinavian form of Francisca.

Frasse m Swedish
Diminutive of Frans.

Fredag m Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Means "Friday" in Swedish, derived from Old Norse frjádagr meaning "day of Frigg" (though often interpreted as meaning "day of Freja" since Frigg and Freja are believed to be the same deity by some scholars).

Frederika f Dutch, Flemish, Latvian (Rare), Slovak, Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Frederik.

Fredman m Swedish (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Fredman. Its modern usage as a first name is probably inspired by Swedish poet, songwriter and composer Carl Michael Bellman's well-known 18th century works Fredman's songs and Fredman's epistles.

Fredrica f Swedish (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare), English

Fridkulla f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)

Fridolina f German (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), Italian (Rare), Romanian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Romansh
Feminine form of Fridolin. This name is borne by Swedish soccer player Fridolina Rolfö (b. 1993).

Fronika f German (Silesian, Archaic), Swedish (Archaic)
Silesian German contracted form of Veronika, the spelling reflecting the local pronunciation. This name was also found in Sweden up until the 1700s.

Frostlilja f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements frost "frost" and lilja "lily".

Fulla f Old Norse, Norse Mythology, Swedish, Danish
Derived from either fullr ("full") or fyl ("foal"). This is the name of a goddess in Norse mythology who acts as Frigg's handmaiden. Her name is used as a kenning for "gold" or "woman".

Fylgia f Norse Mythology, Swedish (Rare)
From Old Norse fylgja "to accompany, to follow" (compare modern Swedish följa and modern Danish and Norwegian følge). In Norse mythology a fylgia is a type of spirit who accompanies a person through their life from the day they were born... [more]

Gallie f Swedish (Rare)

Gärd f Swedish
Variant of Gerd 2.

Gärda f Swedish
Variant of Gerda 2.

Gardar m Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Modern Scandinavian form of Garðarr (see Garðar).

Gåva f Swedish (Rare)
Directly taken from Swedish gåva "gift".

Geneta f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)

Geska f Low German, Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Geske.

Gilla f Medieval Scandinavian, Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare)
Of debated origin and meaning. Some academics consider this name a short form of Gillaug, while others see it as a feminine form of Gilli... [more]

Ginna f Old Norse, Swedish (Rare)
Short form of Ginnlaug and other names beginning with Ginn-.

Giöthilda f Swedish (Archaic)
Swedish younger form of Gauthildr.

Gita f Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Estonian (Rare)
Variant of Gitta.

Gittmay f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Git and Maj 2.

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

Götilda f Swedish (Archaic)
Younger form of Gauthildr via the variant Giöthilda.

Götmar m Swedish (Archaic), Old Swedish
Combination of the Old Norse name elements gautr "Geat, Goth" and marr "famous".

Gottfrida f Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Gottfrid.

Gresilia f Swedish (Archaic)

Gretar m Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
New combination of Gret, name element deriving from the name Greta and Germanic element hari "army".

Grisja m Swedish (Archaic)
Swedish spelling of Grisha.

Gudmar m Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare, Archaic), Old Swedish
Modern form of Guðmarr, an Old Norse name derived from the Old Norse name elements goðr "god" and mærr "famous".

Gudmunda f Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Archaic), Danish (Archaic)
Feminine form of Gudmund.

Guldbrand m Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Gulbrand.

Gullan f Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Gunhild, Gunilla, or any other name beginning with the Old Norse element guð meaning "god"... [more]

Gullbrand m Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Gulbrand.

Gullmar m Swedish
Variant of Gudmar.

Gullvia f Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Gullevi.

Gullviva f Swedish (Rare)
Directly taken from Swedish gullviva (literally "golden hood"), the term for the cowslip flower (Primula veris in Latin).

Gulviva f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Swedish variant of Gullviva.

Gundhard m Germanic, Swedish
Variant of Gunthard.

Gundla f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Gunla.

Gundobad m Germanic, Dutch, German, Polish, Swedish (Archaic), History
Variant of Gundebad. Gundobad was a 5th-century Burgundian king.

Gunilda f Old Swedish, Swedish (Archaic), Medieval English
Variant of Gunhilda.

Gunla f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Contracted form of Gunnila and Gunnela.

Gunmari f Swedish
Variant of Gunmarie.

Gunmarie f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Gun and Marie. Most often spelled with a hyphen, Gun-Marie.

Gunnela f Swedish
Younger form of Gunnila.

Gunnila f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Gunhild.

Gunsan f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish diminutive of Gun.

Gurra m Swedish
Diminutive of Gustaf. It's occasionally been used as a diminutive of Gunnar.

Gustafva f Swedish
Variant of Gustava.

Gustaviana f Swedish (Archaic)
Feminine form of Gustav.

Gya f Swedish (Archaic)
Dialectal form of Gyda and Gyrid found in the late 1600s and throughout the 1700s in Scania and Blekinge.

Håcan m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Håkan.

Hadar m Swedish
Combination of Old Norse name elements hǫð "battle" and herr "army".

Hagbard m Medieval Scandinavian, Norse Mythology, Folklore, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Modern form of Hagbarðr or Hagabert. Hagbard (Hagbarðr) was a legendary Scandinavian sea-king mentioned in several Norse sagas... [more]

Haidi f Swedish, Danish, Arabic (Egyptian), Italian (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Heidi. Haidi Giulani is the mother of Carlo Giulani who was shot dead during the G8 summit in Genova, Italy in 2001. She later became a politician and member of the Senate of Italy.

Hakvin m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Haqvin.

Halfvar m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Halvar.

Hälge m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Helge. Hälge is the name of a cartoon moose in Sweden, from Swedish älg meaning "moose".

Hallny f Swedish
Swedish form of Hallný.

Hannalena f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish combination of Hanna and Lena.

Hannalene f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Hannalena.

Hannelene f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Hannalena.

Hanse m Medieval Dutch, Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Hans.

Hansina f Faroese, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Hans.

Haqvin m Swedish (Rare)
From from the Old Norse name Hákon via Latin Haquinus.

Haralda f Swedish (Rare), Danish (Archaic)
Feminine form of Harald.

Haraldina f Swedish (Archaic)
Feminine form of Harald.

Härje m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Herje.

Härjulf m Old Swedish, Swedish
Old Swedish form of Hæriulfr.

Härold m Swedish
Swedish variant of Herold.

Hartvig m Danish, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Finnish (Rare), Icelandic (Rare), Old Swedish, Old Danish
Nordic form of Hartwig.

Hati m & f Norse Mythology, Swedish (Rare), Finnish, Old Norse
Means "despiser, hater". In Norse mythology Hati is a wolf who pursues the moon. He is the son of Hróðvitnir (another name for Fenrir), the father of Hrímgarðr, and the brother of Skǫll, who pursues the sun.

Helda f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Hilda.

Helfrida f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Helfrid.

Helgar m Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Helge.

Helina f Swedish (Rare), Estonian (Rare)
Swedish and Estonian variant of Helena. As an Estonian name, Helina is also associated with Estonian helin “tinkling” (compare Helinä).

Helmina f German, Finnish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Truncated form of Wilhelmina.

Helna f Swedish (Rare)
Contracted form of Helena (compare Elna).

Helvida f Swedish (Rare, Archaic), Danish (Rare, Archaic), Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)

Hendrietta f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Henrietta, used in Sweden as early as 1675 (predating Sweden's earliest documented usage of Henriette in 1729).

Hennika f & m Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Henny (compare Jannika, Annika and Ellika).

Herlofina f Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Herlof

Hilbertina f Swedish
Feminine form of Hilbert

Hildar m Norwegian (Rare), Icelandic (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Faroese (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements hildr "battle" and arr "warrior", as well as a masculine form of Hilda.

Hildura f Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Rare)
Dialectal variant of Hildur recorded in Troms.

Hilla f Swedish
Of debated origin and meaning. Current theories include a variant of Hilda and a Swedish form of Danish Helle 1.

Hjalle m Swedish
Diminutive of Hjalmar.

Hovard m Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Scandinavian variant of Håvard or Howard.

Huberthina f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Hubertina.

Humla f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Directly taken from Swedish humla "bumblebee".

Ibba f Swedish (Rare)
Younger form of Ybba.

Idabritt f Swedish (Rare)
Very rare combination of Ida and Britt.

Idali f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Of debated origin and meaning. Current theories include a combination of Ida and the popular name suffix -li (compare Novalie), a short form of Idalina and Idalisa as well as a short form of Idalia.

Idalie f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Flemish (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
French form and Swedish variant of Idalia.

Idamaja f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Ida and Maja 1 or Maja 2.

Idamaria f Finnish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Combination of Ida and Maria.

Idamarie f English (?), Danish, Swedish
Combination of Ida and Marie, see Idamaria

Idar m Norwegian, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Possibly intended to be a masculine form of Ida created by combining the Old Norse element ið "industrious, work, activity" (compare the Germanic element id) and the common name suffix -r, taken from Norse herr "army, warrior".

Iduna f Swedish (Archaic), Norwegian (Archaic), Dutch, Hungarian (Rare)
Latinate form of Iðunn.

Ika f Swedish
Short form of names ending in -ika, like Veronika and Ulrika.

Ildibad m Germanic, Dutch, English, German, Norwegian, Swedish, History
Variant spelling of Hildebad. Ildibad was a 6th-century king of the Ostrogoths in Italy.

Ilian m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Aegidius, via Gilgen or Ilgen.

Iliana f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Juliana and feminine form of Ilian.

Ilja f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Short form of Iliana.

Inara f Lithuanian (Rare), Estonian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Borrowing of Latvian Ināra or posssibly a variant of Inari.

Indina f Swedish
Variant of Indine.

Ingalice f Swedish
Variant of Ingalise.

Ingalis f Swedish
Variant of Ingalisa.

Ingalisa f Swedish
Swedish form of Ingelise.

Ingalise f Swedish
Swedish variant of Ingelise.

Ingaliss f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish variant of Ingelise.

Ingamaj f Swedish
Combination of Inga and Maj 2.

Ingemarie f Danish, Swedish
Combination of Ing and Marie or feminine form of Ingemar.

Ingevald m Old Swedish, Swedish
Variant of Ingvald.

Ingjäl f Swedish (Archaic)
Dialectal variant of Ingegärd.

Ingjald m Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Ingialdr.

Ingmaj f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Ing and maj "May".