Names like Þorbjörg

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Áslaug

From Old Norse Áslaug.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends G

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Fleming

From Middle English flameng, from late Old Norse Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (compare West Frisian Flaming),…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends G

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Oleg

Borrowed from Russian Оле́г (Olég), a Varangian name, ultimately from Old Norse Helgi (“holy, sacred or blessed”). Cognate to modern Scandinavian Helge. Borrowed from Russian…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends G

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Oighrig

a female given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Africa, Effie, Euphemia, Harriet, Henrietta, or Etta, though the latter five are etymologically unrelated.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends G

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Órækja

From Old Norse Órœkja, probably originally a nickname. From the common noun órækja (“a negligent or slovenly person”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

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Össur

From Old Norse Ǫzurr, probably from Proto-Germanic *Andaswaruz.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends R

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