300+ Viking Names
- 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Steinunnr is now obsolete in its native region, having been replaced by the more modern Steinunn — currently a fashionable choice in Iceland.
- Hjalti
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"from Shetland"
- Ingvild
Origin:
NorwegianMeaning:
"Ing's battle"
- Buna
- Helje
- Iðunn
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"ever young"Description:
The original Old Norse form of Idunn, the goddess of apples, fertility, and youth. Iðunn is currently popular in Iceland, while Idunn is the preferred varation in much of Scandinavia.
- Halldór
- Urðr
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"fate"Description:
In Norse mythology, Urðr was one of three goddesses of destiny (or Norns) — she ruled over the past. Today, her name is typically modernized as Urd.
- Gertrud
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"strength of a spear"Description:
The form of Gertrude found in German and much of Scandinavia.
- Óðinn
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"god of frenzy; poetic fury"Description:
The original Old Norse form of the name we know today as Odin, and the most popular version in modern Iceland.
- Torald
- Berghild
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"battle helper"
- Hallgerd
Origin:
Norwegian, Swedish, and DanishMeaning:
"stone enclosure, stone protection"
- Frideborg
- Thordis
Origin:
Scandinavian variation of Þórdís, Old NorseMeaning:
"thunder goddess"Description:
The modern form of Þórdís.
- Sigrún
- Skathi
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"harm, damage"Description:
Skathi is an Anglicized spelling of Skaði, a Scandinavian goddess associated with winter, skiing, bowhunting and mountains. Skathi, also spelled Skadi, is also a moon of Saturn.
- Gunna
- Bríet
Origin:
IcelandicMeaning:
"exalted or rescue"Description:
Icelandic short form of Birgitta, which may derive from the Irish Brighid "exalted one" or from the male Norse name Birger, meaning "help, rescue". A famous bearer is Icelandic feminist Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir (1856-1940), founder of the first women's magazine in Iceland.