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Scandinavian Names

These names are more strictly Scandinavian in nature than those on the list of Anglo-Saxon names, but some overlap is likely. A pronunciation guide is provided at the end of the page, along with some historical notes on these names.

Women's Names

Agnis, Alfhildr, Alfifa, Aslaug, Asta, Astridr, Aundur
AAsa
Baugeid, Bergljot, Bjadmynja, Blanche, Borghild, Botilda, Brigida
Celilia, Christin, Christina
Dageid, Dagny, Disa, Dotta, Driva, Drott
Edla, Elena, Elin, Elina, Elisabeth, Ellisif, Emma, Estrid, Eufemia
Freya, Frida
Geira, Gerd, Gerlød, Groa, Gudrid, Gudrun, Gum, Gunnborg, Gunnhildr, Gyda, Gyrid, Gøthid
Helga, Hidegunr, Hildr, Hillevi, Holmfrid, Hulda
Ingebjørg, Ingegerdr, Ingelborg, Ingemund, Ingerid
Jaldrud, Jorun, Jutta
Karin, Katrin, Klara
Magnhildr, Malmfrid, Margret, Margareta, Marina, Mærita, Mærta
Nanna
Ragna, Ragnhildr, Rannveig, Rikitza
Signild, Sigrid, Sigvid, Snøfrid, Sofia, Solveig, Svandhildr, Sæmundr, Sølva
Thora, Thorborg, Thurid, Thyra, Thyrrni
Ulfhildr
Valborg, Vendela, Valgerdr
Yrsa, Ylwa

Men's Names

Abjørn, Adalstein, Agnarr, Agne, Albert, Albrekt, Alfr, Alfrim, Algot, Algut, Amunde, Anders, Ansgar, Anund, Assar, Are, Arnbjørn, Arne, Arnfinnr, Audfinnr, Arnwidr, Arwid, Atle, Audi, Audun, Aun, Axel
AAke, AAle, AAlof, AAsbjørn, AAskell, AAslak, AAsmund
Baldvini, Bard, Benedict, Bentein, Bergljotur, Bergthor, Berner, Benkt, Berse, Bjarni, Birger, Bjørn, Blotulffr, Bolle, Boo, Botulfr, Brand, Bruse, Brynjulffr, Brynolff, Bue, Buriz, Bødvar
Christer, Christoffer
Dag, Dan, Danper, Didrik, Domalde, Domarr, Durin, Dyggve
Edmund, Edgierr, Egil, Elif, Einar, Eindride, Emund, Engelbrekt, Erengisl, Erik, Erlend, Erling, Eysteinn, Eyvindr
Faste, Finn, Folke, Folkvid, Fredrik, Freyvid, Fridleifr, Frode
Gandalf, Gert, Gerleff, Gismund, Gissur, Gorm, Grim, Grjotgard, Gudbrand, Gudmund, Gudrød, Gundvast, Gunnar, Gustaf, Guttormr, Gyrd, Gyriar, Gyrth, Gøran, Gøsta, Gøte,
Hagbard, Hake, Hakon, Hall, Halldor, Hallfred, Hallvard, Halfdan, Haraldr, Halvardr, Harthaknut, Haakan, Heinrek, Helge, Hemming, Henrik, Herlaug, Herman, Holmger, Holvast, Horsa, Hrane, Heidar, Hring, Hrolf
Inge, Ingemar, Iwan, Iwar
Joan, Joar, Johan, Johar, Jon, Jønis
Kalv, Karl, Ketil, Ketilbjørn, Ketilmund, Ketilvast, Knut, Kol, Kolbeinn, Kolbjørn, Konrad
Laurens, Leifr, Lifsten, Loden
Magnus, Matius, Mats, Martin, Maans, Modsognir, Munan
Niels, Niklas, Nikolas, Nils
Offe, Odward, Olaf, Olle, Orm, Ottar
Ødvast, Øgmund, Ølve, Ønundr, Ørnulf, Øssur
Palne, Peder, Peter, Philip, Paal
Ragnar, Rikardr, Røgnvald, Rørek
Sigfrid, Sigtrygg, Sigurd, Sigvald, Simun, Sixten, Sivid, Skirnir, Skjøld, Skule, Snorre, Staffan, Stein, Styrbjørn, Styrkaar, Sven, Sølve, Sune
Thor, Thoralf, Thorbjørn, Thord, Thore, Thorfinn, Thorgeirr, Thorgils, Thorgrim, Thorkell, Thorleifr, Thorstein, Thorulffr, Thorvald, Thorvid, Toste, Tostig, Thrandr, Tryggvi, Ture
Ulffr
Vedmundr, Viljalmr
Waldemarr, Walram
Yngvarr

On pronouncing Scandinavian names

You can better pronounce these Scandinavian names using the following rules of thumb. Plain text versions of the special characters are also given. Norway, Denmark, and Iceland use the main characters shown, those wacky Swedes insist on being different.

``y'' is always used and pronounced as a vowel.
``AA'' and ``aa'' are pronounced as in ``awe.'' (``Å'' and ``å'' are used in Sweden.)
``Æ'' and ``æ'' are pronounced as in ``heir.'' (These are ``Ä'' and ``ä'' in Sweden; ``AE'' and ``ae'' in plain text.)
``Ø'' and ``ø'' are pronounced as in ``earl.'' (These are ``Ö'' and ``ö'' in Sweden; ``OE'' and ``oe'' in plain text.)
``j'' is pronounced as the consonant ``y'' sound in English.

Historical Notes

The region for which these names are appropriate includes modern Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, but these names can be used in any region influenced by these people. During the 13th century Christian names, such as the names of saints or from Biblical sources, began to replace the old Norse names. Names, such as Jakob, that appear in the Bible itself have not been included here; other common names are marked in bold type. As always, women's names are much harder to come by than men's.

Members of the noblilty use patronomikons as surnames. This takes the form of (name)-sen in Denmark and Norway and (name)-son in Sweden. Noble women use the suffix -datter, -dottir, or -dotter in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, respectively to indicate who their father was. Sometimes noble women keep this surname after marriage. Honorifics are "herr" for men and "fru" for women. Commoners often identified themselves by their place of origin or by some distinctive feature, e.g., Snorre the Bald, Freya of Asgard.

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