Behind the Name: lunarssong's Personal Name List

Sølvi

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Norwegian

Norwegian variant of Solveig. It is also used as a short form of Silvia.

Solveig

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish

Pronounced: SOOL-vie(Norwegian) SOOL-vay(Swedish)

From an Old Norse name, which was derived from the elements sól "sun" and veig "strength". This is the name of the heroine in Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt (1876).

Ragna

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Old Norse [1]

Short form of Old Norse names beginning with the element regin "advice, counsel".

Mille

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish

Danish and Norwegian short form of Emilie (feminine) and Swedish short form of Emil (masculine).

Milla

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

Pronounced: MEEL-lah(Finnish)

Short form of Camilla and other names that end in milla.

Maiken

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Danish, Norwegian

Danish and Norwegian diminutive of Maria.

Magni

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Old Norse [1], Norse Mythology

Derived from the Old Norse element magn meaning "power, strength". In Norse mythology this name is borne by a son of Thor and the giant Járnsaxa.

Liv 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish

Pronounced: LEEV

Derived from the Old Norse name Hlíf meaning "protection". Its use has been influenced by the modern Scandinavian word liv meaning "life".

Iðunn

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Norse Mythology, Old Norse [1], Icelandic

Pronounced: I-dhuyn(Icelandic)

Probably derived from the Old Norse prefix ið- "again, repeated" and unna "to love". In Norse mythology Iðunn was the goddess of spring and immortality whose responsibility it was to guard the gods' apples of youth.

Hulda 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Icelandic, Swedish, Norwegian, Norse Mythology [1]

Derived from Old Norse hulda meaning "hiding, secrecy". This was the name of a sorceress in Norse mythology. As a modern name, it can also derive from archaic Swedish huld meaning "gracious, sweet, lovable" [2].

Hlíf

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic

Old Norse and Icelandic form of Liv 1.

Hildr

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Old Norse [1], Norse Mythology

From Old Norse hildr meaning "battle", making it a cognate of Hilda. In Norse legend this was the name of a valkyrie.

Hilde

Gender: Feminine

Usage: German, Dutch, Norwegian

Pronounced: HIL-də(German, Dutch)

German, Dutch and Norwegian variant of Hilda.

Grímhildr

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Norse Mythology, Old Norse [1]

Old Norse cognate of Kriemhild. In the Norse Völsungasaga Grímhildr is the mother of Gunnar and Gudrun, while in the German counterpart the Nibelungenlied Kriemhild is the sister of Gunther and she herself has a role equivalent to Gudrun.

Brynhildr

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Norse Mythology, Old Norse [1]

Old Norse cognate of Brunhild. In the Norse epic the Völsungasaga Brynhildr was rescued by the hero Sigurd in the guise of Gunnar. Brynhildr and Gunnar were married, but when Sigurd's wife Gudrun let slip that it was in fact Sigurd who had rescued her, Brynhildr plotted against him. She accused Sigurd of taking her virginity, spurring Gunnar to arrange Sigurd's murder.

Brynhild

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Norwegian, Norse Mythology

Norwegian form of Brynhildr.

Ástríðr

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Old Norse [1]

Derived from the Old Norse elements áss "god" and fríðr "beautiful, beloved".

Astrid

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, French, English

Pronounced: AS-strid(Swedish) AHS-tri(Norwegian) AS-trit(German) AS-TREED(French) AS-trid(English)

Modern Scandinavian form of Ástríðr. This name was borne by the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), the author of Pippi Longstocking. It was also borne by a Swedish princess (1905-1935) who became the queen of Belgium as the wife of Leopold III.