The Viking names Come from the Nordic and Scandinavian languages that have given rise to current languages like Swedish, Finnish or Danish.
Many of these names are inspired by the Nordic mythology Or in the gods of the Vikings .
Curiously, the Vikings were named after a recently deceased relative because he was believed to have acquired the characteristics of the deceased.
Below is a list of the main names of children most frequent among this type of society in Northern Europe.
You may also like This list of epic names .
Feminine Vikings Names
Adalborj: Derived from the old Nordic elements aðal"noble"and björg"help, save, rescue".
Aila: Scandinavian name meaning"holy, blessed".
Alfhild: Name consisting of elements alfr"elf"and hildr"battle". In the Nordic legend Alfhild was a maiden who disguised herself as a warrior to avoid marrying King Alf.
Audhild: Derived from the old Nordic elements auðr"wealth, fortune"and hildr"battle"
From the old Norse. It derives from the word"ass"which means"God".
Adis: From the old Norse. It derives from the word"God"and"Goddess".
Aslaug: Derived from the old Nordic elements aces means"God"and laug that possibly means"promised woman".
Astrid: Derived from the old Nordic elements aces"God"and fríðr"beautiful, beloved".
Bergljot: Name composed of the Nordic elements berg"protection, help"and ljótr"light".
Bjorg: Derived from the Nordic björg which means"help, rescue".
Bodil: Of the old Norse bót"remedy"and hildr"battle".
Brenda: Possibly a feminine form of the old nordic name Brandr, which means"sword".
Brynja: Nordic origin name meaning"love".
Freda: It derives from Freyja meaning"lady". This was the name of the goddess of love, beauty, war and death in Norse mythology.
Freydis: Freyr was the goddess of fertility, goddess of inferior rank.
Frida: Originally a short form of other female names containing the Germanic element frid meaning"peace".
This is also the Scandinavian equivalent of the old Nordic cognate Fríða which derives from the old Nordic fríðr meaning"beautiful, beloved". A famous bearer of the name was the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954).
Gerd the Gerda: Derived from the old Nordic garðr which means"enclosure". In the Nordic myth Gerd was the goddess of fertility.
Gudrun: From Nordic Guðrún meaning"secret of God", derived from the elements guð"god"and rún"secret secret". In the Norse legend Gudrun was the wife of Sigurd.
Gunnhild: Name derived from the elements gunnr"war"and hildr"battle".
Hilda: Originally a short form of names containing the Germanic hild element meaning"battle."
The short form was used both for Old English and for continental Germanic names. St. Hilda of Whitby was a seventh-century English saint and abbess. The name became rare in England during the late Middle Ages, but revived in the 19th century.
Ingrid: From the old Norse, derived from Ingríðr meaning"Ing is beautiful"
Derived from the old Nordic Hlíf which means"protection". Its use has been influenced by the Scandinavian word liv meaning"life".
Nanna: Possibly it is a name derived from the old Nordic nanþ that means"bold, brave". In the Norse legend was a goddess who died of grief when her husband Balder was assassinated.
Ragna: From the old Scandinavian. Short form of the old Nordic names that begin with the element reginque means"advice".
Ragnheidr: Derived from the elements of the old nordic regin"council"and heiðr"brightness".
Sigrid: From the old Norse. Name derived from the elements sigr"victory"and fríðr"beautiful, fair".
She was Thor's wife. It means"bride"in the old Norse.
Solveig: From an old Nordic name that was derived from the elements sol"sun"and veig"force".
Torhild: Old Norse which means"Thor's fight".
Tyra: From the ancient Norse Þýri, a variant of the Nordic names Porvi and Porveig. It means"strength."
Urðr drift meaning"destiny". In Norse mythology, Urd was one of the three norns, or goddesses of fate. She was responsible for the past.
Valkiria: It means"The one who chooses the dead". In the Norse myth the Valkyries were maidens who carried heroes killed in battle to Valhalla.
Male Vikings Names
Adalsteinn: Derived from the old Nordic elements aðal"noble"and steinn"stone".
Name of Nordic origin. It means Elf.
Arne: Name meaning eagle in ancient Nordic.
Arvid : From the ancient Nordic Arnviðr, derived from the elements arn"eagle"and viðr"tree".
Asger: From the old Norse Ásgeirr, derived from the elements aces meaning"god"and geirr which means"spear".
From Norse mythology. It means"ash tree". In Nordic mythology Ask and his wife Embla were the first humans created by the gods.
Baggi: Derived from Old Norse which means backpack or backpack.
Balder: From Norse mythology. It means"prince." In Norse mythology Balder was the son of Odin and Frigg.
Bard: The Norwegian form of the old Norse name Bárðr, derived from the elements baðu"battle"and friðr"peace".
Bjørn: From the old Norse. It means bear.
Derived from old Nordic bua meaning"to live".
Brandr: From Old Norse, it means"sword"or"fire."
Brynjar: In Old Norse it means"warrior in armor".
Corey: Derived from an old nordic surname. Its meaning is unknown.
It means"day"in Old Norse.
In Old Norse it means"the Danish".
Dustin: It derives from an English name that has its origin in the old Norse óórsteinn or Torsten that means"stone of Thor".
Ebbe: Diminutive of Eberhard and comes from the old Nordic word"boar"
Einar: From the old Norse, it means"the solitary warrior".
Eindride: From the Nordic Eindriði, possibly from the elements ein"one, alone"and ríða"mount".
Eiríkr: Derived from"ei"meaning the only and rik meaning"the only prince or ruler forever".
Elvis: Derived from the Nordic name Alvis meaning"all wisdom".
Erik: It derives from the Nordic name Eiríkr, and combines the elements ei"always, always"and ríkr"ruler". A notable bearer of this name was Eiríkrinn Rauda (Eric the Red), a navigator and explorer of the tenth century who discovered Greenland.
Hallr: From the old Nordic word find which means"rock".
Halstein: From the Nordic words Hallsteinn, which consists of the words find"rock"and steinn"stone".
Halvard: Viking origin name meaning"guardian of the rock".
Halvdan: Derived from the old Norse name Halthal, composed of elements halfr"half"and Danr"Danish", originally a nickname for a person who was half Danish.
Hjalmar: From the ancient Nordic word Hjálmarr meaning"helmet of the warrior".
Harald: Of har that means army and vald that means prince in old Norse.
Håkon: It means"prominent family person".
Hemming: Of the old Nordic Hamr"form", and possibly was originally a nickname for a person who is believed to change shape.
Herleifr: Derived from the Nordic words old herr"army"and leifr"son, descendant".
Holger: From the old Nordic Hólmgeirr, derived from the elements hólmr"island"and geirr"lance". This was the name of one of the generals of Charlemagne, a nobleman of Denmark.
Howard: It derives from the Nordic name Havardr which means shepherd of sheep.
Hrafn: Name meaning crow in ancient nordic.
Inge: He was a Viking God and probably his name means God.
Knout: Derived from the old Nordic knútr which means"knot". Knut was a Danish prince who defeated Æðelræd II, king of England, in the early eleventh century and became the ruler of Denmark, Norway and England.
Leif: From the old Nordic Leifr meaning"descendant, heir".
Magni: It derives from the ancient Nordic magnifying which means"powerful, strong". In Norse mythology this name is borne by a son of Thor and the giant Jurassic.
Njord: From the old Norse Njörðr, possibly derived from the Indo-European root, meaning"strong and vigorous." Njord was the Nordic god of the sea, fishing and fertility. With his sons Freyr and Freya he was a member of the Vanir.
Name that derives from the old Norse and means"the edge of the sword".
Olav u Olaf: From the old Norse alleifr meaning"descendant of the ancestor", derived from the elements anu"ancestor"and leifr"descendant". This was the name of five kings of Norway, including the Holy Olaf.
Oliver: It is a name that is derived from the Nordic name Olaf, is believed to have been altered to associate it with the Latin word"olive tree".
Orvar: From Old Norse, it means"arrow".
Porir: It means"warrior of Thor"of the name of the Norse god Þórr.
Porgist: From Old Norse"Thor"and gist,"arrow".
Porarinn: From ancient Norse, it means"the eagle of Thor".
Ragnvall or Ronald: Of the old Nordic, composed of the region elements"council, council"and valdr"power, ruler".
Other names
Randall: From the old Nordic name Randel. It contains the element"ran"which means"of the shield"in Germanic.
Ralph: From the old Nordic name Radulf. It means"adviser of the wolves".
Rune: In ancient Norse it means"secret wisdom."
Sigmund: From the old Nordic sigr"victory"and mundr"protector"). In Norse mythology, this was the name of the father of the hero Sigurd, the bearer of the mighty Gram sword.
Sigurd: From the ancient Nordic Sigurðr, he derived from the elements sigr"victory"and varðr"guardian".
Sindri: Possibly means"small, trivial"or"sparkling"in ancient Nordic.
Sixten: From the old Norse name Sigsteinn name, which was derived from the sigr elements"victory"and steinn"stone".
Snorre: It means the undisciplined or the rebel in ancient Nordic.
Steinar: It means warrior stone in ancient Nordic.
Sten: It means stone in ancient Nordic.
Storm: It comes from the old Nordic word stormr, which means"storm."
Sven: From Old Norse, it means"boy".
Torstein: It means"the stone of mighty Thor"in ancient Norse.
Trygve: Name that comes from the old Nordic word meaning"reliable"
Old Nordic name meaning"wolf".
Valdemar: Name of a King of Denmark that means"the famous that rules".
Vidar: From the ancient Nordic Víðarr, which possibly derives from víðr"wide"and arr"warrior". In Norse mythology Víðarr was the son of Odin. At the time of the end of the world, the Ragnarok, he will avenge the death of his father.
Viggo: From the old Nordic word meaning"war".
Viking: From the old Norse Víkingr which means"viking, assailant", and from vík"bay, entrance".
Yngve: The Viking God Yngve. Derived from the old Norse Yngvarr, which means warrior.
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