Names documented in Norwegian

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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

Helge

Borrowed from Old Norse Helgi. From Old Norse Helgi. Recorded in Norway since the Middle Ages.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends E

Kjartan

19th century, borrowed from Icelandic Kjartan. From Old Norse Kjartan, shortening of Mýrkjartan, from Old Irish Muirchertach (literally “mariner”), from muir (“sea”) + certach…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Randi

Contraction of Ragnfrid, from Old Norse Ragnfríðr, from ragn (“advice, judgment”) + fríðr (“beautiful”). First recorded in Norway in the 14th century.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends I

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