300+ Viking Names
- Dísa
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"goddess"
- Inge
- Hjalti
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"from Shetland"
- Torfinn
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"Finn of Thor"Description:
Variant of Thorfinn
- Fulla
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"full; foal"
- Steinunnr
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"waving stone"Description:
Steinunnr is now obsolete in its native region, having been replaced by the more modern Steinunn — currently a fashionable choice in Iceland.
- Thorvald
- Pedr
Origin:
Welsh form of PeterDescription:
A softer, less vowelly variation of Peter, that appears in the Welsh Bible but not currently in the charts there. The Welsh name for daffodils, the national flower of Wales, is cennin pedr, "Peter's leeks".
- Eydís
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"island goddess"Description:
A fast-rising name in Iceland and the name of a minor goddess in Norse mythology.
- Halldór
- Hildur
Origin:
IcelandicMeaning:
"battle"Description:
Hildur is the Icelandic variant of Hildr, an Old Norse name used for a valkyrie in Norse mythology.
- Saxo
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"Saxon or dagger"Description:
A Latinised form of the Old Norse name Saxi, meaning either "Saxon" or "dagger, short sword". A notable historical bearer is Saxo Grammaticus, a medieval Danish chronicler who wrote the first full history of Denmark, the Gesta Danorum.
- Åsa
Origin:
SwedishMeaning:
"god"
- Kalf
Origin:
Old Danish and Old SwedishMeaning:
"calf"
- Gro
Origin:
NorwegianMeaning:
"to grow"Description:
Top 100 name in Norway from 1945-1980.
- Ingvild
Origin:
NorwegianMeaning:
"Ing's battle"
- Buna
- Helje
- Asgot
Origin:
Old Swedish and Old DanishMeaning:
"god of the Goths"
- Ginna