mv1029's Personal Name List

Swedish variant of Agnes.

From Ailsa Craig, the name of an island off the west coast of Scotland, which is of uncertain derivation.

Scottish Gaelic form of Alexander.

Anglicized form of Alasdair.

Form of Albinus in several languages.

Anglicized form of Alasdair.

Variant of Alan. The American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) got his middle name from the surname of the parents who adopted him.

Variant of Alan, or from a surname that was derived from this same name. A famous bearer of this name was Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), an American beat poet. Another is the American film director and actor Woody Allen (1935-), who took the stage name Allen from his real first name.

Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic name Ailpean, possibly derived from a Pictish word meaning "white". This was the name of two kings of Dál Riata and two kings of the Picts in the 8th and 9th centuries.

Feminine form of Alf 1.

From the Old Norse name Alfarr, formed of the elements alfr "elf" and herr "army, warrior".

Form of Anya in several languages.

Swedish diminutive of Anna.

Derived from the Germanic name Ercanbald, composed of the elements erkan meaning "pure, holy, genuine" and bald meaning "bold, brave". The first element was altered due to the influence of Greek names beginning with the element ἀρχός (archos) meaning "master". The Normans brought this name to England. It first became common in Scotland in the Middle Ages (sometimes used to Anglicize the Gaelic name Gilleasbuig, for unknown reasons).

Diminutive of Archibald. This name is borne by Archie Andrews, an American comic-book character created in 1941. It was also used by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for the name of their son born 2019.

From the name of an island off the west coast of Scotland in the Firth of Clyde.

From the Old Norse name Arnviðr, derived from the elements ǫrn "eagle" and viðr "tree".

Short form of Old Norse feminine names beginning with the element áss "god".

Short form of Astrid.

Anglicized form of Amhlaidh.

From a Scottish and English surname that was derived from the English place name Berkeley, itself from Old English beorc "birch" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Scottish Gaelic form of Beatrice.

Modern form of Bjarni.

From an Old Norse byname derived from bjǫrn meaning "bear".

From a Scottish surname that was derived from Gaelic blàr meaning "plain, field, battlefield". In Scotland this name is typically masculine.

In the United States it became more common for girls in the early 1980s, shortly after the debut of the television sitcom The Facts of Life (1979-1988), which featured a character named Blair Warner. The name left the American top 1000 rankings two decades later, but was resurrected by another television character, this time Blair Waldorf from the series Gossip Girl (2007-2012).

From the Old Norse byname Búi, which was derived from Old Norse bua meaning "to live".

Variant of Birger.

From a Scottish surname that was possibly derived from the name of the island of Bute (Bód in Gaelic).

Diminutive of Birgitta.

Scandinavian short form of Birgitta.

Variant of Kai 1.

Means "whelp, young dog" in Scottish Gaelic. This name was borne by Cailean Mór, a 13th-century Scottish lord and ancestor of Clan Campbell.

Scottish Gaelic form of Katherine.

Variant of Kai 1.

Scottish Gaelic form of Columba.

Derived from Irish caomh meaning "dear, beloved, gentle".

Variant of Karina.

Derived from Latin caritas meaning "dearness, esteem, love".

Swedish variant of Christian.

Scandinavian variant of Kristoffer.

Diminutive of Cecilia.

Possibly from Old Irish cin "respect, esteem, affection" or cinid "be born, come into being" combined with áed "fire", though it might actually be of Pictish origin. This was the name of the first king of the Scots and Picts (9th century). It is often Anglicized as Kenneth. The originally unrelated name Coinneach is sometimes used as the modern Scottish Gaelic form.

Scottish Gaelic form of the Old Irish name Cainnech, derived from caín meaning "handsome, beautiful, good". It is often Anglicized as Kenneth. It is also used as a modern Scottish Gaelic form of the unrelated name Cináed.

Scottish Gaelic form of George.

Scottish form of Diarmaid.

Old Irish form of Domhnall (see Donald).

From a Scottish surname that was from the name of a town in Lanarkshire, itself named after a tributary of the River Clyde called the Douglas Water. It means "dark river", derived from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river" (an archaic word related to glas "grey, green"). This was a Scottish Lowland clan, the leaders of which were powerful earls in the medieval period. The Gaelic form is Dùghlas or Dùbhghlas. It has been used as a given name since the 16th century.

Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic name Donnchadh, derived from Old Irish donn "brown" and cath "battle". This was the name of two kings of Scotland, including the one who was featured in Shakespeare's play Macbeth (1606).

Scottish Gaelic form of Elizabeth.

Feminine form of Ebbe.

Form of Edward in several languages. Notable bearers include the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) and the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944).

Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian form of Edwin.

Modern form of Eir.

Scandinavian and Welsh form of Helen.

Finnish, Estonian and Swedish form of Helen.

Scandinavian and Finnish form of Elizabeth. It is also used in Spain alongside the traditional form Isabel.

Anglicized form of Ealar.

Scandinavian form of Eleanor.

From the Old Norse name Eileifr, which was derived from the elements ei "ever, always" and leif "inheritance, legacy".

Variant of Elof.

Scottish form of Elizabeth.

Swedish feminine form of Aemilius (see Emily).

From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".

Scandinavian form of Enoch.

Scandinavian form of Eric. This was the name of kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway. King Erik IX of Sweden (12th century) is the patron saint of that country.

From the Old Norse byname Erlendr, which was derived from ørlendr meaning "foreigner".

Means "descendant of the jarl", a derivative of the Old Norse word jarl meaning "chieftain, nobleman, earl".

Anglicized form of Eòghann.

Anglicized form of Eòghann.

Form of Fionnuala used by Walter Scott for a character in his novel Peveril of the Peak (1823).

Scottish Gaelic form of Philip.

Form of Philip in various languages.

Variant of Fenella.

Feminine form of Fionn. This name was (first?) used by the Scottish poet James Macpherson in his poem Fingal (1761), in which it is spelled as Fióna.

From a Scottish surname, originally Norman French de Fresel, possibly from a lost place name in France.

Variant of Fraser.

Swedish and Norwegian form of Frederick. This was the name of an 18th-century king of Sweden.

Danish and Swedish form of Freyr.

Danish and Swedish form of Freya.

Form of George in several languages. This name was borne by the German idealist philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831).

Swedish variant of Gustav.

From a surname that was a variant of Graham. This particular spelling for the given name has been most common in Scotland, New Zealand and Australia.

From a Scottish surname, originally derived from the English place name Grantham, which probably meant "gravelly homestead" in Old English. The surname was first taken to Scotland in the 12th century by the Norman baron William de Graham [1]. A famous bearer of the surname was Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), the Scottish-Canadian-American inventor who devised the telephone. A famous bearer of the given name was the British author Graham Greene (1904-1991).

During the 20th century, Graham was more common in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada than it was in the United States. However, it has been rising on the American charts since around 2006.

From a surname that was a variant of Graham.

From a Scottish surname that was derived from the given name Gregor.

Swedish form of Gregorius (see Gregory).

From a Scottish surname that was derived from the given name Gregor.

Scottish Gaelic form of Gregory.

From the Old Norse name Guðmundr, which was derived from the elements guð "god" and mundr "protection".

From the Old Norse name Gunnarr, which was derived from the elements gunnr "war" and herr "army, warrior" (making it a cognate of Gunther). In Norse legend Gunnar was the husband of Brynhildr. He had his brother-in-law Sigurd murdered based on his wife's false accusations that Sigurd had taken her virginity.

Swedish variant of Gustav.

Possibly means "staff of the Geats", derived from the Old Norse elements gautr meaning "Geat" and stafr meaning "staff". However, the root name Gautstafr is not well attested in the Old Norse period. Alternatively, it might be derived from the Old Slavic name Gostislav.

This name has been borne by six kings of Sweden, including the 16th-century Gustav I Vasa. Another notable bearer was the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt (1862-1918).

Swedish form of Hákon (see Håkon).

Old Swedish form of Hallsteinn (see Hallstein).

Anglicized form of a Sheumais, the vocative case of Seumas.

Form of Ḥanna (see Hannah) in several languages.

Short form of Johannes.

Diminutive of Hedvig. This is the name of the heroine of the play Hedda Gabler (1890) by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen.

Scots form of Henry.

Form of Heinrich (see Henry) in several languages. A famous bearer was the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906).

From the Old Norse name Hjálmarr meaning "helmeted warrior" from the element hjalmr "helmet" combined with herr "army, warrior".

Strictly feminine form of Inge.

Scandinavian form of Isaac.

Variant of Islay, typically used as a feminine name. It also coincides with the Spanish word isla meaning "island".

Anglicized form of Iseabail.

Form of Jacob (or James) used in several languages.

Scots form of Jack. Among the English, this is a slang term for a Scotsman.

Scandinavian and Dutch form of Iohannes (see John). A famous bearer was the Dutch soccer player Johan Cruyff (1947-2016).

Latinate form of Greek Ioanna (see Joanna).

From Ἰωνᾶς (Ionas), the Greek form of Jonah. This spelling is used in some English translations of the New Testament.

Short form of Johanna.

Danish form of Kai 1.

Scandinavian diminutive of Katarina.

Swedish diminutive of Katarina.

Elaborated form of Karin.

From a surname that was a variant of Kerr.

Scandinavian form of Kenneth.

Swedish form of Christina.

Diminutive of Christopher.

Norwegian and Swedish form of Christina.

Form of Clara in various languages.

Swedish variant of Christer.

Scandinavian and Finnish form of Christian, as well as a Bulgarian variant form.

Scandinavian form of Christopher.

Scandinavian form of Laurence 1.

From the Old Norse name Leifr meaning "descendant, heir". Leif Eriksson was a Norse explorer who reached North America in the early 11th century. He was the son of Erik the Red.

Short form of names ending in lena, such as Helena, Magdalena or Yelena. It is often used independently.

Swedish and Low German form of Leonard.

Form of Lillian found in Scotland from about the 16th century [1].

Variant of Lilias.

From the name of a flower, also known as the twinflower. The Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus named it after himself, it being his favourite flower.

Scottish Gaelic form of Lucia or Louisa.

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

Modern Scandinavian form of Loki.

Old Scandinavian form of Laurence 1.

Swedish feminine form of Louis.

Scandinavian form of Ludwig.

Late Latin name meaning "great". It was borne by a 7th-century saint who was a missionary in Germany. It became popular in Scandinavia after the time of the 11th-century Norwegian king Magnus I, who was said to have been named after Charlemagne, or Carolus Magnus in Latin (however there was also a Norse name Magni). The name was borne by six subsequent kings of Norway as well as three kings of Sweden. It was imported to Scotland and Ireland during the Middle Ages.

Scottish Gaelic form of Margaret.

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Máel Coluim, which means "disciple of Saint Columba". This was the name of four kings of Scotland starting in the 10th century, including Malcolm III, who became king after killing Macbeth, the usurper who had defeated his father Duncan. The character Malcolm in Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth (1606) is loosely based on him. Another famous bearer was Malcolm X (1925-1965), an American civil rights leader.

Swedish and Spanish contracted form of Magdalena. In Spanish it can also be a contracted form of María Elena.

Swedish and Norwegian short form of Magdalene.

Feminine form of Malcolm.

Scandinavian variant form of Margaret.

Swedish short form of Margareta.

Swedish form of Martinus (see Martin).

Variant of Matilda.

Swedish and Norwegian short form of Matthias.

Swedish and Estonian form of Matthias.

Scottish Gaelic form of Michael.

Scandinavian, Finnish and Breton form of Michael.

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

Possibly derived from Swedish moder meaning "mother". This was the pen name of the Swedish author Moa Martinson (real name Helga Maria Martinson).

Scandinavian short form of Monica.

Meaning uncertain, possibly from a Brythonic phrase meaning "my dear". This was a nickname of the 6th-century Saint Kentigern.

From a surname, which is either Scottish or Irish in origin (see Murray 1 and Murray 2).

Variant of Nicol 1.

Swedish form of Nicholas.

Scandinavian form of Nicholas.

Swedish form of Noah 1.

Swedish form of Olaf.

Medieval Swedish form of Jurian.

Form of Oscar in several languages. A famous bearer was Oskar Schindler (1908-1974), who is credited for saved over 1,000 Polish Jews during World War II.

Swedish form of Odilia.

Scottish Gaelic form of Patrick.

Swedish and Norwegian form of Paul.

Form of Patricius (see Patrick) used in several languages.

Scandinavian form of Peter.

From a surname that was a variant of Ramsey.

Scandinavian, Finnish and Estonian form of Erasmus.

Short form of Fredrika, Henrika and other names ending in rika.

Invented by Swedish children's author Astrid Lindgren, who based it on the middle portion of Juronjaure, the name of a lake in Sweden. Lindgren used it in her 1981 book Ronia the Robber's Daughter (Ronia is the English translation).

Form of Reuben in several languages. This was the name of an 11th-century Armenian ruler of Cilicia.

Short form of Susanna. It can also be derived from Swedish sann meaning "true".

Scottish Gaelic form of George.

Scottish Gaelic form of Josey.

Scottish Gaelic form of James.

Short form of Sigrid.

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).

Swedish and German form of Søren.

Meaning unknown, perhaps related to Old Norse stilling "calm", or perhaps of German origin.

Derived from the Old Norse name Steinn meaning "stone".

Derived from Old Norse stura meaning "to be contrary". This was the name of three viceroys of Sweden.

From the Old Norse byname Sveinn meaning "boy". This was the name of kings of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Norwegian and Swedish variant of Solveig. It is also used as a short form of Sylvia.

Scottish Gaelic form of Thomas.

Anglicized form of a Thàmhais, vocative case of Tàmhas. Alternatively it could be taken from the Scottish surname McTavish, Anglicized form of Mac Tàmhais, meaning "son of Tàmhas".

Form of Theodore used in various languages.

Swedish variant of Teresa.

From the Old Norse name Þórsteinn, which meant "Thor's stone" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor) combined with steinn "stone".

Swedish variant of Tove.

Modern form of the Old Norse name Tófa, a short form of Þórfríðr.

From the Old Norse name Þýri, a variant of the Norse names Þórví or Þórveig. Use of the name in the English-speaking world (especially among African Americans) may be in part from the Swedish name, though it is probably also viewed as a feminine form of Tyrone or Tyree. A famous bearer is the American model and actress Tyra Banks (1973-).

Scottish Gaelic form of William.

Scandinavian form of Ulrich.

Scandinavian form of Waldemar, also used as a translation of the Slavic cognate Vladimir. This was the name of four kings of Denmark and a king of Sweden. It was introduced to Scandinavia by the 12th-century Danish king Valdemar I who was named after his mother's grandfather: Vladimir II, a grand prince of Kievan Rus.

Scandinavian form of Werner.

Short form of names containing the Old Norse element víg "war".

Form of Victor used in various languages.

Scandinavian and Finnish form of William.

Form of Wilmer popular in Brazil.

Swedish form of Vibeke.