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Bjarkey f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements bjǫrk "birch tree" or bjarkan "birch tree; name of the B-rune" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").

Bjarklind f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements bjǫrk "birch tree" or bjarkan "birch tree; name of the B-rune" and lind "lime-tree, linden tree; linden spear-shaft; (protective shield of) linden wood".

Bjarma f Icelandic, Faroese
Feminine form of Bjarmi.

Bjarna f Icelandic
Feminine form of Bjarni.

Bjarndís f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements bjǫrn "bear" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".

Bjarndis f Faroese
Faroese form of Bjarndís.

Bjarney f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements bjǫrn "bear" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").

Bjarnfríð f Faroese
Faroese form of Bjarnfríður.

Bjarnfríður f Icelandic
Combination of Bjarni and the Old Norse element fríðr meaning "beautiful", originally "beloved".

Bjarngerður f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Icelandic word bjǫrn meaning "bear" and garðr meaning "enclosure; protection".

Bjarnlaug f Icelandic
Feminine form of Bjarnlaugur.

Bjarta f Faroese, Norwegian (Archaic), Danish (Rare)
Feminine form of Bjart and Bjartur.

Bjartmey f Icelandic (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements bjartr "light; bright, shining" and mǣr "little girl; virgin, unmarried girl" or mær "daughter" or mėy "girl".

Bjølla f Faroese
Variant of Bjalla.

Bjørga f Norwegian
Short form of names starting or ending with the Old Norse name element bjǫrg meaning "help, save, rescue".

Björgheiður f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements bjǫrg "help, deliverance" and heiðr "bright, clear; honour"... [more]

Björghildur f Icelandic (Rare)
Variant of Borghildur.

Bjørgny f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian form of Borgný.

Bjørk f Faroese, Danish, Norwegian
Faroese form of Björk which was also adopted into Danish and Norwegian.

Bjørka f Danish
Quasi-Latinization of Bjørk.

Björney f Icelandic (Modern)
Variant of Bjarney.

Björnfríður f Icelandic (Rare)
Variant of Bjarnfríður.

Björnhild f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Derived from the Old Norse name elements bjǫrn "bear" and hildr "battle; fight".

Bjørnhild f Norwegian
Norwegian form of Björnhild.

Björt f Icelandic
Feminine form of Bjartur.

Bjørt f Faroese
Faroese form of Bjǫrt.

Blå m & f Swedish (Rare)
Means "blue" in Swedish. Ultimately derived from Old Norse blár meaning "blue" but often denoting "dark, black" (compare Bláinn). A few hundred years ago sometimes used as a variant or short form of Blasius.

Blædís f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements blǣr "wind gust, gentle breeze" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".

Blær m & f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Directly taken from the Old Norse name element blǣr "wind gust, gentle breeze".

Bláey f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements blár "blue; dark; black" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").

Blåklocka f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
From Swedish blåklocka meaning "harebell".

Bláklukka f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic form of Blåklocka.

Blancheflor f Medieval French, Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Blanchefleur.

Blanseflor f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Norwegian form of Blanchefleur.

Blåsippa f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Swedish name for the plant hepatica nobilis. It is the second middle name of popular Swedish folk singer Sofia Karlsson.

Blenda f Swedish
From a place name which was derived from Old Swedish blædh "blade". According to Swedish tradition, the place was named after a woman named Blenda who defended the land against invading Danes in the local men's absence... [more]

Blida f Old Swedish, Swedish (Archaic)
Swedish form of Blíða.

Blíða f Icelandic (Rare)
Directly taken from Old Norse blíða "friendliness, gentleness" (compare Blida).

Blómey f Icelandic (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements blóm "bloom, blossom, flower" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").

Blomma f Swedish (Rare)
Directly taken from Swedish blomma "flower".

Blomman f & m Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Means "the flower" in Swedish.

Blonda f German, Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare, Archaic)
German name meaning "blond".... [more]

Blondina f Finnish (Rare, Archaic), Swedish (Rare), Hungarian
Extended form of Blonda.

Boa f Greenlandic, Swedish
Feminine form of Búi.

Bobba f Icelandic
Variant of Bobbi.

Bodel f & m Swedish
For feminine uses it is a Swedish dialectal variant form of Bodil and for masculine uses it is a Swedish dialectal variant form of Botolf.

Bodela f Swedish (Archaic)
Swedish dialectal variant form of Bodil recorded in Scania and Halland.

Bodhild f Norwegian
Variant of Bodil.

Bodhill f Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Bodhild (see Bodil).

Bóel f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Boel.

Boeline f Danish
Diminutive of Boel.

Boell f Danish (Rare, Archaic)
Former Danish variant of Boel.

Boga f Icelandic
Feminine form of Bogi.

Bogdís f Icelandic (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements bogi "bow" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".

Bogey f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse bogi meaning "bow" (compare Bogi) combined with ey meaning "island" or ey meaning "good fortune"... [more]

Bogga f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Boga.

Boghildur f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse bogi "bow" (also compare Bogi) and hildr "battle", perhaps modelled on Borghildur.

Bojan f Swedish
Diminutive of names ending with -borg, such as Valborg and Ingeborg.

Bol f Norwegian (Archaic)
Short form of Bodil.

Bolethe f Danish
Variant of Bolette.

Bolette f Danish, Theatre, Greenlandic, Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Bodil. Bolette Wrangel is a character in the play 'Fruen fra havet' (Engl. 'The Lady from the Sea') written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen in 1888.

Boline f Danish (Rare)
Elaborated form of Bol.

Bolla f Old Norse, Swedish (Rare)
Pet form of Bóthildr and names containing the name element borg meaning "castle, fortification", like Borghild and Ingeborg.

Bond m & f Anglo-Scandinavian, Old Norse, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Bóandi.

Bonda m & f Anglo-Scandinavian, Old Norse, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Bóandi.

Bondo m & f Anglo-Scandinavian, Swedish
Variant of Bóandi.

Böret f Swedish (Rare)
Dialectal variant of Berit found in Norrland and Västergötland.

Borgine f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Combination of borg "castle, fortification" and the feminine suffix -ine.

Borgny f Norwegian
Modern Norwegian form of Borgný.

Borgný f Old Norse, Icelandic, Faroese
Combination of the Old Norse name elements borg "stronghold, fortification, castle" or bjǫrg "help, deliverance" and nýr "new; young; fresh" or ný "new moon, waxing moon".

Borgrún f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Borgrun.

Borgrun f Norwegian (Archaic)
Relatively modern name (from early 20th century) created by combining the Old Norse name elements borg "castle, fortification" and rún "secret".

Börit f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Böret.

Børka f Faroese
Derived from Faroese børkuvísa "tormentil" (a type of flower).

Borni f Norwegian (Archaic)
Dialectal variant of Borgny.

Börta f Swedish (Archaic)
Dialectal variant of Birta recorded in Norrland and Västergötland.

Botel m & f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Former variant of Bothild or Botolv.

Botelle f Danish (Rare)
Variant of Bothilde.

Bóthild f Faroese
Faroese younger form of Bóthildr.

Bothild f Medieval English (Anglicized), Old Danish, Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of the Old Norse name Bóthildr.

Bothilda f Old Danish, Danish (Archaic), Swedish (Rare, Archaic), Norwegian (Archaic)
Younger form of Bóthildr.

Bothilde f Old Danish, Danish
Form of Bothilda.

Bóthildur f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Bóthildr.

Bothilia f Danish (Rare)
Variant of Botilda.

Bothille f Danish (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Botilda.

Botil f Swedish
Variant of Botel.

Botilda f Swedish (Rare)
Modern form of Bóthildr.

Botilde f Danish
Variant of Botilda.

Botilla f Swedish (Archaic), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Botilda.

Botille f Danish (Rare)
Variant of Botilla.

Brá f Icelandic, Faroese
Directly taken from Old Norse brá "eyelash".

Braga f Icelandic
Feminine form of Bragi.

Branddís f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements brandr "(burning) log, pole; fire, torch; sword, swordblade" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".

Brettiva f Norwegian (Archaic), Medieval Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of the Old English name Brihtgifu, a metathesis of Beorhtgifu.

Bría f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic adoption of Bria.

Bríana f Icelandic
Icelandic adoption of Briana.

Bríanna f Icelandic (Modern)
Icelandic adoption of Brianna.

Bricken f Swedish (Rare)
Rare dialectal diminutive of Britta.

Bríet f Icelandic
Icelandic variant of Britt. This name was borne by Icelandic feminist Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir (1856-1940), founder of the first women's magazine in Iceland Kvennablaðið.

Briet f Icelandic (Modern, Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Icelandic variant of Bríet.

Brigite f Portuguese, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Brigitte.

Brigithe f Swedish
Variant of Brigitte.

Brima f Faroese
Feminine form of Brimi.

Brimhildur f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements brim "surf, surge" and hildr "battle, fight".

Brimrún f Icelandic
Derived from the Germanic elements brim "surf, surge" and rún "secret".

Brite f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Britte.

Britken f Swedish (Rare)
Low German diminutive of Brita.

Britmari f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Brittmarie.

Britmarie f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Brittmarie.

Britte f Swedish (Rare), Danish
Variant of Britta.

Brittmari f Swedish
Variant of Brittmarie.

Brittmarie f Swedish
Combination of Britt and Marie. Most commonly spelled with a hyphen, Britt-Marie.

Brittmary f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Brittmarie.

Brønla f Norwegian (Archaic)
Norwegian dialectal variant of Brynhilda used in Rogaland and Sunnhordland.

Brønnil f & m Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of either Brynhildr (when used for a girl) or Bryniulfr (when used for a boy).

Brønnild f & m Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Brynhildr (when used for a girl) or Bryniulfr (when used for a boy).

Bryndis f Norwegian (Rare), Faroese
Faroese and Norwegian form of Bryndís.

Brynel f Norwegian (Archaic)
Obsolete variant of Brynhild.

Bryngerð f Faroese
Faroese modern form of Bryngerðr.

Bryngerður f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Bryngerðr.

Brynhilda f Medieval Scandinavian, Swedish (Archaic)
Medieval Norwegian and Swedish variant of Brynhildr.

Brynhilde f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Brynhildr.

Brynil m & f Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Brynild and Brynhild.

Brynild f Danish (Archaic), Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Brynhildr.

Brytteva f Norwegian (Archaic), Medieval Scandinavian
Variant of Brettiva.

Burkney f Icelandic (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements burkni "brake, common fern" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").

Bylgja f Faroese, Icelandic, Norse Mythology
Feminine name taken from the Old Norse word bylgja meaning "billow, wave". In Norse Mythology, Bylgja was one of the nine daughters of the sea deities Ægir and Rán.

Cæcilie f Danish
From the Latin name Caecilia.... [more]

Caia f Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Kaia.

Caisa f Swedish, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Kajsa.

Caisalis f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kajsalisa.

Cajsalisa f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kajsalisa.

Cajsaliza f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kajsalisa.

Calla f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kalla as well as an adoption of the plant name.

Carelia f Afrikaans, Spanish (Mexican), Spanish (Latin American), Danish (Archaic)
Afrikaans feminine form of Carel and Spanish and Danish variant of Karelia.

Carro f Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Caroline.

Caspara f Dutch (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Late Roman
Feminine form of Caspar.

Caspera f Dutch (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Casper.

Caterin f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Katrin.

Caterine f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), French (African), Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Caterina, Catherine and Katerine.

Cäthe f German (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Spelling variant of Käthe.... [more]

Cathi f English, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Cathy.

Cathina f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Katina.

Cathinca f Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Katinka.

Cathinka f Norwegian, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Katinka.

Cathrina f Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Faroese, Swedish (Rare), German (Rare), Romansh
Scandinavian variant of Katrina, German contraction of Catharina and Romansh variant of Catrina.

Catinka f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Katinka.

Cecilía f Icelandic
Icelandic variant of Cecilia.

Celie f English, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Literature
Adoption of French Célie outside the francophone world. This form of the name was used in Alice Walker's 1982 epistolary novel The Color Purple.

Cevia f Swedish (Rare)
Possibly a corruption of Sylvia.

Chalottha f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Charlotta.

Chanette f Danish (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Jeanette.

Charlote f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Charlotte.

Charlothe f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Charlotte.

Charlott f Swedish, German (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Variant of Charlotte reflecting the French pronunciation.

Charlotth f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Charlott.

Charolin f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Carolin.

Chatarina f Swedish
Variant of Katarina.

Chatrine f Swedish
Variant of Katrin.

Christell f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Christel.

Christence f Danish (Rare)
Combination of Christina and Crescentia as well as an obsolete French diminutive of names beginning with Christ-.... [more]

Christenze f Danish (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Christence.

Christinna f Danish, English
Variant of Christina.

Christjane f Danish (Archaic), Low German (Archaic), German (Archaic)
Variant of Christiane.

Cia f Swedish (Rare)
Short form of Cecilia and Carina 2, or a variant of Kia and Sia.

Cicci f Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Cecilia.

Cicilia f Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Dutch, Corsican, Sicilian, Medieval English
Variant of Cecilia.

Cilia f Danish (Rare), Dutch, Limburgish (Rare), Medieval Italian, Spanish
Short form of Caecilia and Cecilia in various languages.... [more]

Cim f & m Swedish
Variant of Kim 2.

Cina f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kina (see Swedish usage).

Cirka f Danish (Modern, Rare)
From the Danish Word Cirka, meaning about or around (adverb)

Cirkeline f Danish (Modern, Rare)
Usage probably inspired by the Danish comic book character with same name, created by Hanne Hastrup in 1957.

Cissi f Swedish
Diminutive of Cecilia.

Clarelia f German (Archaic), Danish (Archaic)
Elaboration of Clara.

Clarentia f German (Rare), English (American, Archaic), Danish (Archaic), Dutch (Rare)
Feminine form of Clarentius.

Clary f English (Archaic), Swedish (Rare)
English diminutive form of Clara and Clarissa as well as an adoption of the name of the clary sage (salvia sclarea in Latin).... [more]

Cleontina f Romanian (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Italian (Archaic), Swedish (Rare, Archaic)

Conny f & m Dutch, English, Swedish
Variant of Connie. In Sweden, it is primarily used as a masculine name and as a full name rather than a diminutive.

Cornelie f Dutch, Danish (Rare), German (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Cornelia, which was probably influenced by its French form Cornélie.

Cristna f Swedish (Archaic), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Contracted form of Christina.

Dæja f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Of unknown origin and meaning.

Daga f Swedish, Danish (Rare)
Feminine form of Dag as well as a short form of names beginning with Dag-.

Dagbjörg f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Dagbjørg.

Dagbjørg f Norwegian (Rare), Faroese
Relatively modern name (late 19th century) created by combining Old Norse dagr "day" with bjarga "to help, save, rescue".

Dagbjört f Icelandic
Means "bright day", derived from the Old Norse elements dagr "day" and bjǫrt "bright, shining" (from bjartr).

Dagbjørt f Faroese
Faroese form of Dagbjört.

Dageid f Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Dagheid (see Dagheiðr).

Dagfinna f Icelandic
Feminine form of Dagfinnur.

Dagfrid f Norwegian
Norwegian form of Dagfríður.

Dagfríð f Faroese
Faroese form of Dagfríður.

Dagfríður f Icelandic
Means "beautiful day", derived from the Old Norse elements dagr "day" and fríðr "beautiful" (originally "beloved").

Dagfryd f Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Dagfrid.

Daggrós f Icelandic (Modern)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dǫgg "dew; wetness" and rós "rose".

Dagheid f Norwegian (Rare)
Modern form of Dagheiðr.

Dagheiður f Icelandic
Younger form of Dagheiðr.

Daghild f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse dagr "day" combined with Old Norse hildr "battle".

Dagmoy f Faroese
Older Faroese form of Dagmar.

Dagrund f Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Dagrun.

Dagrunn f Norwegian
Variant of Dagrun.

Dagveig f Norwegian (Rare)
Relatively modern name (late 19th century) created by combining Old Norse dagr "day" and veig "power, strength".

Dagvi f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Dagveig.

Daldís f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dalr "dale, valley" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".

Daley f Icelandic (Modern)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dalr "dale, valley" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").

Dalía f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Dalia.

Dallilja f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dalr "dale, valley" and lilja "lily".

Dalrós f Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse dalr meaning "dale, valley" and rós meaning "rose".

Dalrún f Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse dalr meaning "dale, valley" and rún meaning "secret lore, rune".

Dammö f Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Dagmar traditionally found in Småland.

Danelken f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Possibly a diminutive of a name starting with Dan-, like Daniela (compare Anniken, Gisken, and Maiken).

Danella f Swedish, English
Variant of Daniela.

Danfríður f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements danr meaning "Dane, Danish" (compare Danr) and fríðr meaning "beautiful, beloved"... [more]

Danía f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Dania.

Daníela f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Daniela.

Daníella f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Daniella.

Danilken f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Danelken.

Danvør f Faroese
Combination of the Old Norse name elements danr "a Dane; Danish" and vár "spring (the season); woman (in a poetic context); truth".

Daðína f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Daði.

Dea f Danish, Swedish, Croatian, Slovene, English, Albanian, Italian
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Latin dea "goddess" and a short form of Dorotea, Andrea 2 and Desideria... [more]

Debóra f Icelandic, Hungarian
Icelandic and Hungarian form of Debora.

Delinda f Italian, Faroese, Swedish (Rare), Hungarian (Rare)
Truncated form of Adelinda.

Denize f Swedish, Danish, English (Rare)
Variant of Denise.

Desiré f Swedish, Italian (Modern), Spanish (Modern)
Swedish, Italian and Spanish variant form of Désirée.

Desirée f Spanish, Swedish, Dutch, German
Spanish and Swedish form of Désirée as well as a Dutch and German variant.

Dessi f Scandinavian, English
Commonly used as a nickname for Desiré.

Día f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Dia.

Díana f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Diana.

Díanna f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Dianna.

Dicte f Danish
Shortened form of Benedicte.

Didda f Icelandic (Modern, Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Didde.

Didde f Danish
Variant of Ditte.

Didrika f Swedish (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Swedish feminine form of Didrik and rare Dutch variant of Diederika.

Didrikke f Norwegian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Didrik.

Dika f Swedish
Diminutive of Fredrika.

Dikte f Danish (Rare)
Variant of Dicte.

Dilja f Icelandic (Rare)
Variant of Diljá.

Diljá f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Delia 1.

Dimmey f Icelandic (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dimma "darkness" or dimmr "dark" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").

Disa f Swedish, Old Swedish
From a medieval Swedish form of the Old Norse name Dísa, a short form of other feminine names containing the element dís "goddess". This is the name of a genus of South African orchids, which honours a heroine in Swedish legend... [more]

Dísella f Icelandic (Modern)
Combination of the Old Norse name element dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin" and Ella 2.

Ditlevine f Norwegian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Ditlev.

Dögg f Icelandic
From Old Norse dǫgg "dew".

Døgg f Faroese
Faroese form of Dögg.

Dögun f Icelandic (Modern)
Directly taken from Icelandic dögun "dawn".

Domhild f Norwegian (Archaic)
Younger form of Dómhildr.

Domhilda f Norwegian (Archaic), Medieval Scandinavian
Younger form of Dómhilda.

Dómhildur f Icelandic
Younger form of Dómhildr.

Donja f Russian (Rare), Dutch, German (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Russian Доня (see Donya). In languages other than Russian, the name Donja can also be derived from the Spanish word doña meaning "lady", in which case it is a more phonetical spelling of the word.... [more]

Dordei f Norwegian (Archaic)
Norwegian dialectal variant of Dordi recorded in Buskerud.

Dordi f Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Dorede, which was a variant of Dorete, the Old Swedish form of Dorothea. It has been used in Sweden since at least the 16th century.

Dordia f Swedish (Archaic)
Derived from Dorothea.

Doreta f Swedish (Archaic)
Contracted form of Dorotea.

Dorethea f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Dorothea.

Dórey f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Þórey.

Doritha f Swedish
Variant of Dorita.

Dóróthea f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Dorothea.

Dórothea f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dóróthea.

Dorothia f English (Rare), Swedish (Archaic), Old Swedish
Variant of Dorothea.

Dorta f Swedish (Archaic)
Contracted form of Doreta (see also Dorthe and Dörthe).

Dortea f Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Faroese
Contracted form of Dorothea.

Dorthie f Greenlandic, Danish (Rare)
Variant of Dorthea or Dorthe.

Drauma f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Directly taken from Old Norse draumr meaning "dream".

Draumey f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Old Norse draumr "dream" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").

Drífa f Old Norse, Icelandic, Norse Mythology
Old Norse name meaning "fall of snow, snowdrift". In Norse mythology, Drífa was a daughter of king Snær. She had two sisters, Mjǫll and Fǫnn and one brother, Þorri.

Driva f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Drífa.

Dröfn f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Drǫfn.

Drömma f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
From Swedish drömma "to dream".

Droplaug f Old Norse, Icelandic
Old Norse name, in which the second element is laug possibly meaning "vowed, promised, bound in oath". The first element may be derived from Old Norse dropi meaning "drop".

Dropleyg f Faroese
Faroese modern form of Droplaug.

Drós f Faroese
Derived from Old Norse drós meaning "woman".

Drótt f Icelandic (Rare), Old Norse
Possibly from Old Norse drótt which meant "household, a people" and "the host of the king's men, body-guard of a king".

Dúa f Icelandic
Icelandic adoption of Dua.

Dúfa f Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Means "pitching wave" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology, Dúfa was one of nine daughters of Ægir and Rán.

Dúna f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Icelandic dún meaning "down (of the eider duck), eiderdown" (from Old Norse dūnn).

Dúnna f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dúna.

Durita f Faroese
Faroese form of Dorita, itself a Scandinavian variant of Dorete (or Dorit 2).

Durið f Faroese
Faroese form of Dorit 2.

Duruta f Faroese
Variant of Durita.

Dyra f Swedish (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse element dýr "deer; wild animal" (though it is also associated with dýrr "dear; expensive"), perhaps via the Old Swedish (masculine) name Dyre or an Old Norse name such as Dýrhildr or Dýrfinna... [more]

Dýrfinna f Old Norse, Icelandic
Derived from Old Icelandic dýr "deer" or dýrr "dear, precious" combined with finnr "Sámi, Laplander" (feminine finna).

Dyrfinna f Norwegian (Archaic)
Younger form of Dýrfinna.

Dýrleif f Icelandic
Icelandic name with the combination of dýr "deer, wild animal" and leif "inheritance, legacy".

Dýrunn f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse dýr "deer" or dýrr "dear, precious" combined with unnr "wave" or unna "to love".

Dyveke f Frisian, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Originally a Frisian diminutive of Dietlinde and other names beginning with the Old High German element thiot meaning "people". It is also associated with Frisian düveke "little dove".

Ebbela f Swedish (Archaic)

Ebbertsína f Icelandic (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Ebbert with the suffix -sina

Eberta f Swedish (Rare, Archaic), Norwegian (Rare, Archaic), Danish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Ebert

Ebertine f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Ebert

Ebon f Swedish
Short form of Ebony and Ebonita.

Ebonney f Icelandic
Variant of Ebony.

Eda f Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)

Edel f German, German (Austrian), Danish, English, Finnish, Greenlandic, Icelandic (Rare), Norwegian, Sami, Swedish
Short form of names that begin with or end in the element "Edel-" meaning "noble", for example Edeltraud, Edelgard.... [more]

Edine f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Edina.

Edla f Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Contracted form of Edela.

Edle f Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
Variant of Edel, a short form of names beginning with the Germanic name element adal "noble".

Edvardsine f Danish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Edvard

Edvina f Croatian, Lithuanian, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Slovene, Hungarian
Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian, Lithuanian and Scandinavian form of Edwina.

Efemía f Icelandic
Variant of Evfemía.

Effe m & f Swedish (Rare)
Female variant of Effi. As a male name, probably a diminutive of Efraim.

Effi f Swedish (Rare, Archaic), Danish (Rare, Archaic), Norwegian (Archaic), Hungarian, German (Archaic), Literature
Scandinavian diminutive of Eufemia, German diminutive of Elfriede and Hungarian diminutive of Eufémia and Elfrida... [more]

Efva f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Eva.