LegendaryMyth's Personal Name List

Probably a Latinized form of a Germanic name of unknown meaning. This was the name of the mother of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

From an English surname that was derived from the given name Anselm. A famous bearer was American photographer Ansel Adams (1902-1984).

Derived from the Old German elements ansi "god" and helm "helmet, protection". This name was brought to England in the late 11th century by Saint Anselm, who was born in northern Italy. He was archbishop of Canterbury and a Doctor of the Church.

Possibly from the Old Norse elements *anu "ancestor" and *vindr "victor".

Norwegian and Danish form of Ásbjǫrn.

Derived from the Old Norse elements áss meaning "god" and laug possibly meaning "vowed, promised, bound in oath".

Means "green whip snake, dragon" in Albanian.

From Old Norse beini(r) meaning "help, benefit".

German short form of Gabriele 2 and other names.

A notable namesake is the German artist Bele Bachem.

Old German name derived from the elements bern "bear" and ger "spear". This was the name of two medieval kings of Italy and a Holy Roman emperor.

From the Old Norse name Dagmær, derived from the elements dagr "day" and mær "maid". This was the name adopted by the popular Bohemian wife of the Danish king Valdemar II when they married in 1205. Her birth name was Markéta.

Feminine form of Edric. This was the birth name of Anglo-Irish ballet dancer Ninette de Valois (1898-2001).

From the Old German name Egino, derived from the element agin meaning "edge, blade" (from Proto-Germanic *agjō). Saint Egino was a 12th-century abbot from Augsburg.

Old Norse form of Einar.

Means "mercy" in Old Norse. This was the name of a Norse goddess of healing and medicine.

Modern form of Eir.

Norwegian form of Eiríkr (see Eric).

Old Norse form of Eric.

Variant form of Eivind. Known bearers of this name include the Norwegian jazz musician Eivin One Pedersen (1956-2012) and Eivin Kilcher from the reality TV series "Alaska: The Last Frontier".

Variant of Eiðvør and Eyðvør as well as a younger form of Eyvǫr. Eivør Pálsdóttir is a well-known Faroese singer and songwriter.

From a surname that was derived from the Old English name Æðelmær. In the United States it is sometimes given in honour of brothers Jonathan (1745-1817) and Ebenezer Elmer (1752-1843), who were active in early American politics.

Younger, dialectal form of Arnfríðr predominantly found in Norrland.

Finnish and Estonian form of Eric.

Variant of Astrid.

Hungarian form of Esther.

Latinized form of Eoforhild. This was the name of a 7th-century English saint.

Means "falcon" in German.

Icelandic form of Fjǫlnir.

Derived from Old Norse flóki "tuft of hair" or "outspoken man".

Means "to dawn" in Norwegian, Danish and Swedish.

Younger form of Gyríðr.

From Gyða, an Old Norse diminutive of Guðríðr. It was borne by a Danish noblewoman who married the English lord Godwin of Wessex in the 11th century. The name was used in England for a short time after that, and was revived in the 19th century.

Old Norse name derived from the element haf "sea, ocean" combined with the name of the Norse god Þórr.

Old Norse form of Håkon, as well as the modern Icelandic form.

From a name of the snowy owl, originally Swedish harfång, which means "hare-catcher" from har(e) "hare" and fånga "to catch". It occurs briefly in the 'Harry Potter' series belonging to a pure-blood wizard (Harfang Longbottom) and in 'The Chronicles of Narnia' series (in the sixth book, 'The Silver Chair') as the name of a city of giants ("the great city of the far northern giants (the civilized ones)").

Possibly derived from the Finnish word heinä, "hay". Heini may also be a female variant of Heino.

Derived from the particle in, which is usually used to give extra emphasis to something. Scholars have not been able to find any other explanation for the meaning of this Frisian name.

Originally a variant of Ingrid or Ingegerd.

Old Norse and Icelandic form of Inge.

Derived from isan, which comes from îsarn "iron", and Old Norse grîma "mask."

Variant of Ysolt.

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.

Finnish diminutive of Johannes, now used independently.

From the Old Norse name Kári meaning "curly, curved".

Swedish short form of Katherine.

Modern form of Magni as well as a variant of Magnus.

Means "blackbird" in Dutch.

From Old Norse ótti "terror, fear" and herr "army, warrior". In the Old Norse poem Hyndluljóð in the Poetic Edda, the goddess Freya helps Óttar learn about his ancestry.

Short form of Rebecca.

Swiss diminutive of Rudolf.

Modern Scandinavian form of Signý.

From the Old Norse name Sigríðr, which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and fríðr "beautiful, beloved".

Danish form of Severinus. Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a Danish philosopher who is regarded as a precursor of existentialism.

Variant of Stig. A known bearer was the Swedish writer Stieg Larsson (1954-2004), author of the 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' trilogy, born Karl Stig-Erland Larsson.

Modern form of Suni.

Old Norse form of Sverre, as well as the modern Icelandic form.

Medieval English form of Sveinn. Sweyn Forkbeard 17 April 963 – 3 February 1014) was king of Denmark from 986 to 1014. In 1013, shortly before his death, he became the first Danish king of England after a long effort.

Norwegian variant of Sunniva.

From the medieval Danish byname Taki, derived from Old Norse taka meaning "to take, to capture".

English Translation of the Icelandic name Þórunn.

Variant of Tyra.

Modern form of Þórdís.

Icelandic form of Ulf.

Variant of Vászoly via the Old Hungarian form Wazul. Vazul, (before 997–1031 or 1032) was a member of the House of Árpád, a grandson of Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians.

Old Norse form of Völund.

Variant of Wodan.

Means "she-wolf", a derivative of Old Norse úlfr "wolf".