Anders
Borrowed from Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Anders.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
norwegian names
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Aslak
From Norwegian Aslak; used as the Finnish rendering of the Northern Sami name Ásllat. From Old Norse Áslákr, from áss (“god”) + leikr (“play, sport”). Cognate with Old English…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
Astride
Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish Astrid.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Ingrid
From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr. Borrowed from Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr. From Swedish, Norwegian and…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Jouni
Finnish rendering of the Sami name Jovnna, from Swedish and Norwegian Jon. Cognate with English John.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Leif
From Norwegian Leif, from Old Norse Leifr. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1852.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends F
Marita
First recorded in Finland in 1860. From Norwegian Marita. According to Vilkuna, from a Spanish or Spanish-like diminutive of Maria. Now often interpreted as a variant of Maria.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Marthe
Borrowed from French Marthe and Norwegian Marthe.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Mathilde
From French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, and Danish Mathilde, equivalents of Matilda.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Mia
A German, Dutch and North Germanic diminutive of Maria.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Morten
Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Morten.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Nils
Borrowed from Swedish Nils.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends S
Olavi
From Norwegian Olaf, Olav, ultimately from Old Norse Óláfr.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Ole
Borrowed from Danish Ole. Borrowed from Norwegian and Danish Ole.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Sigrid
Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Sigrid, ultimately from Old Norse Sigríðr. From Old Norse Sigríðr.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Siri
From Norwegian Siri, a variant of Sigrid, whence also English Sigrid.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Solveig
Borrowed from Norwegian Solveig.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends G
Stein
Borrowed from German Stein. Doublet of Stone and Steen.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N