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Fraya f Danish (Rare)
Variant of Freyja.

Frederika f Dutch, Flemish, Latvian (Rare), Slovak, Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Frederik.

Frederike f German, Dutch, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Feminine form of Frederik.

Fredesine f Danish (Rare, Archaic)

Fredny f Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Archaic)
Norwegian and Swedish form of Friðný.

Fredrica f Swedish (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare), English

Frejdis f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Modern Danish and Swedish form of Freydís. This was first documented in Sweden in 1885.

Freydís f Old Norse, Icelandic
The first element of this name is derived from Old Norse freyja, which means "lady" but can also refer to the goddess Freya. The second element is derived from Old Norse dís "goddess, priestess."

Freygerður f Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Freygerðr.

Fria f Danish (Rare)
Variant of Frida 2; in some cases the name might be asscociated with Danish fri "free".

Frid f & m Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Fride, Frida 2, or any other name containing the Germanic element frid "peace"... [more]

Fridbjørg f Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Danish and Norwegian variant of Fridborg.

Fridborg f Norwegian (Archaic)
Norwegian form of Frideborg.

Fride f Norwegian
Variant of Frida 2.

Frideborg f Swedish
Swedish cognate of Frideburg.

Fridkulla f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)

Fridny f Swedish (Archaic)
Swedish form of Friðný.

Fridolina f German (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), Italian (Rare), Romanian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Romansh
Feminine form of Fridolin. This name is borne by Swedish soccer player Fridolina Rolfö (b. 1993).

Fríðbjørg f Faroese
Variant of Fríðborg.

Friðbjörg f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Fridbjørg.

Fríðborg f Faroese
Combination of the Old Norse name elements fríðr "beautiful, beloved" and bjǫrg "help, salvation".

Friðborg f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Fridborg or Fríðborg.

Friðdís f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Old Norse friðr meaning "love, peace" and dís meaning "goddess".

Friðdóra f Icelandic
Icelandic variant of Friðþóra.

Friðfinna f Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of Friðfinnur.

Fríðhild f Faroese
Faroese combination of fríðr "beautiful, beloved" hildr "battle".

Friðjóna f Icelandic (Rare)
Feminine of Friðjón.

Friðleif f Icelandic
Feminine form of Friðleifur.

Friðlín f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements friðr "love, peace" and lín "flax, linen". Alternatively the second element could be derived from Hlín (which occurs in many Old Norse poetic compounds meaning "woman") or Lína.

Friðmey f Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements friðr meaning "love, peace" and mey meaning "maid, girl" (poetic for "daughter", an alternative form of mær).

Friðný f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse friðr "love, peace" and nýr "new".

Friðrós f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse friðr meaning "love, peace" combined with Old Norse rós meaning "rose".

Friðsemd f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Frideswide.

Friðþóra f Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of Friðþór.

Fríðunn f Faroese
Combination of the Old Norse name elements fríðr "'beautiful, beloved" and either unnr "wave" or unna "to love".

Fríður f & m Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic younger form of Fríðr and Faroese short form of names the element friðr meaning "peace".

Fríðvør f Faroese
Combination of the Old Norse name elements fríðr "beautiful, beloved" and vǫr "aware, vigilant, cautious".

Fritze f Danish
Feminine form of Fritz.

Frö m & f Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare)
Old Swedish form of Freyr. It coincides with modern Swedish frö "seed, grain", which might explain it's modern unisex usage.

Fronika f German (Silesian, Archaic), Swedish (Archaic)
Silesian German contracted form of Veronika, the spelling reflecting the local pronunciation. This name was also found in Sweden up until the 1700s.

Frostlilja f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements frost "frost" and lilja "lily".

Frostrós f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements frost "frost" and rós "rose".

Fróða f Faroese
Feminine form of Fróði.

Fróðný f Icelandic
Combination of Icelandic fróðr "clever, wise" and ný "new moon, waxing moon".

Frøy f & m Norwegian
Norwegian form of Freyr. Modern feminine usage may be interpreted as a short form of any name starting with frøy, like Frøya and Frøydis.

Froya f Faroese
Younger form of Freyja.

Frøydis f Norwegian
Younger form of Frøydís.

Froydis f Faroese
Faroese form of Frøydís.

Froygerð f Faroese
Faroese younger form of Frøygærðr.

Fryd f Norwegian (Modern, Rare)
Either a variant of Frid or taken directly from Norwegian fryd "joy, delight".

Fulla f Old Norse, Norse Mythology, Swedish, Danish
Derived from either fullr ("full") or fyl ("foal"). This is the name of a goddess in Norse mythology who acts as Frigg's handmaiden. Her name is used as a kenning for "gold" or "woman".

Fura f Icelandic
From Icelandic fura meaning "pine tree", or directly from Old Norse fura "fir tree; pine tree".

Fylgia f Norse Mythology, Swedish (Rare)
From Old Norse fylgja "to accompany, to follow" (compare modern Swedish följa and modern Danish and Norwegian følge). In Norse mythology a fylgia is a type of spirit who accompanies a person through their life from the day they were born... [more]

Gabríela f Icelandic
Icelandic variant of Gabriela.

Gabríella f Icelandic
Icelandic adoption of Gabriella.

Gallie f Swedish (Rare)

Gärd f Swedish
Variant of Gerd 2.

Gärda f Swedish
Variant of Gerda 2.

Gauja f Icelandic
Of unknown origin and meaning. Current theories include a derivation from the masculine name Gaui.

Gauthild f Norwegian (Archaic)
Younger form of Gauthildr.

Gauthildur f Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Gauthildr.

Gåva f Swedish (Rare)
Directly taken from Swedish gåva "gift".

Gefjun f Old Norse, Icelandic (Rare)
Old Norse variant and Icelandic form of Gefjon.

Gefn f Old Norse, Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Means "giver". In Norse mythology this is one of the names of the goddess Freyja. It is possible that Gefn was originally a goddess in her own right.

Geirdís f Old Norse, Icelandic (Rare)
Means "spear goddess", derived from Old Norse geirr meaning "spear" and dís meaning "goddess".

Geirfinna f Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of Geirfinnur.

Geirfrid f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian form of Gæirfríðr.

Geirfríður f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic younger form of Gæirfríðr.

Geirid f Norwegian (Rare)
Younger form of Geirríðr.

Geirlaug f & m Old Norse, Norwegian (Archaic), Icelandic
Old Norse variant of Gæirlaug as well as an archaic Norwegian masculine form (via Gæirlaugr).

Geirlöð f Icelandic (Rare, Archaic)
Icelandic combination of geirr "spear" and löð "invitation" (poetic).

Geirný f Old Norse, Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements geirr meaning "spear" and nýr meaning "new".

Geirríður f Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Geirríðr.

Geirrún f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse geirr "spear" and rún "secret lore, rune".

Geirþrúður f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Gertrude.

Geirtrúð f Faroese
Faroese younger form of Geirþrúðr.

Gemanda f Norwegian (Archaic)
Combination of Ge- and -manda recorded in the 19th century.

Geneta f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)

Georgía f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic form of Georgia.

Gerdis f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Geirdís.

Gerður f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Gerðr (see Gerd 2).

Geska f Low German, Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Geske.

Gestheiður f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse gestr meaning "guest" and heiðr meaning "honour" or "bright, clear".

Gestný f Icelandic
Icelandic combination of gestr "guest" and ný "new".

Gestrún f Icelandic
From Old Norse gestr "guest" and rún "secret".

Geythild f Faroese
Faroese younger form of Gauthildr.

Ghita f Scandinavian
Variant of Gita.

Gidsken f Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Gisken.

Gígí f Icelandic
Icelandic diminutive of names beginning with Gí-.

Gígja f Icelandic
Modern adoption of an Old Norse byname meaning "fiddle, violin" in Icelandic (a poetic term), from Old Norse gígja (which relates to (and perhaps derives from) Middle Low German gīge).

Gild f Swedish
Variant of Gilda.

Giljanna f Faroese
Faroese form of Juliana.

Gilla f Medieval Scandinavian, Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare)
Of debated origin and meaning. Some academics consider this name a short form of Gillaug, while others see it as a feminine form of Gilli... [more]

Gine f Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
Variant of Gina.

Ginna f English (American, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Gina.

Ginna f Old Norse, Swedish (Rare)
Short form of Ginnlaug and other names beginning with Ginn-.

Giölin f Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Gölin.

Giöthilda f Swedish (Archaic)
Swedish younger form of Gauthildr.

Gísela f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic form of Gisela.

Gisken f Norwegian
Diminutive of Giske, a Norwegian variant of the Low German name Geseke, itself a diminutive of Gesa. This was common in Norway in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries... [more]

Gísla f Old Norse, Icelandic (Modern)
Feminine form of Gísli.

Gislaug f Norwegian (Rare)
Modern form of Old Norse Gíslaug composed of the elements gisl "hostage, pledge" or gísl "arrow, shaft (of a weapon)" and laug "vowed, promised".

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

Gíslína f Icelandic
Feminine form of Gísli.

Gíslný f Icelandic (Rare)
From the Old Norse elements gísl "shaft, arrow" or gísl "hostage" combined with nýr "new".

Gíslrún f Icelandic (Rare)
From Old Norse gísl "shaft, arrow" or gísl "hostage" and rún "secret lore, rune".

Gissunn f Icelandic (Rare)
From Old Norse geta "guess, get" and unnr "wave" or unna "to love". Also compare Gissur.

Git f Swedish
Diminutive of Birgitta and Margit.

Gíta f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic form of Gita.

Gita f Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Estonian (Rare)
Variant of Gitta.

Gith f Danish, Swedish
Variant of Git.

Gitt f Swedish
Variant of Git.

Gitten f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Gittan.

Gittmay f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Git and Maj 2.

Gjartrud f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian variant of Gertrud. It is mainly used in Trøndelag county in Norway.

Gjellau f Norwegian (Archaic)
Norwegian dialectal variant of Geirlaug recorded in Østfold.

Gjendine f Norwegian (Rare)
Derived from the name of the lake Gjende in Innlandet county, Norway. The name of the lake is taken from Old Norse gandr meaning "staff, stick". A notable bearer is Gjendine Slålien (1871-1972), a Norwegian shepherdess whose singing inspired Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg... [more]

Gjerlaug m & f Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Geirlaug.

Gjertine f Norwegian (Rare)
Feminine form of Gjert.

Gjesine f Norwegian (Archaic)
Norwegian variant of Gesine.

Gjeske f Norwegian (Archaic)
Norwegian form of Geske.

Gjesken f Norwegian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Gjeske.

Gjölin f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Gölin found in northern Sweden.

Gjørid f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian dialectal variant of Gyrid found in Vestlandet.

Gjøril f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian form of Görel.

Glæma f Faroese
Directly taken from Faroese glæma "ray of light".

Gló f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse verb glóa meaning "to glow, to glisten, to shine". Also compare Glóa and the masculine Glói (the name of a dwarf in Vǫluspá).

Glóa f Old Norse, Faroese (Rare), Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Directly taken from Old Norse glóa "to glow, shine, glitter".

Glóbjört f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse glóa "to glow, shine, glitter" and the suffix björt "bright" (from Old Norse bjartr).

Glódís f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements glóa "to shine, to glitter" or glóð "ember; glow" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".

Glóey f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic name with the combination of glóa "to shine, glitter" and ey "island".

Gloría f Icelandic (Modern)
Icelandic form of Gloria.

Glóð f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse noun glóð meaning "ember, glow" (compare Glóði, an Old Norse masculine name). This is also the word for "ember, embers" in Icelandic.

Gøhril f Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Gøril.

Gói f & m Norse Mythology, Icelandic (Rare, ?)
Name of a month in the Old Norse calendar, lasting from the middle of February to the middle of March. In Norse mythology Gói is the daughter of Þorri... [more]

Gölin f Swedish (Rare)
Dialectal variant of Gudlög predominantly found in Norrland.

Gördis f Swedish
Variant of Hjördis.

Görel f Old Swedish, Swedish
Swedish form of Gerhild.

Gøril f Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
Variant of Gerhild.

Gørild f Norwegian
Norwegian variant of Gerhild.

Goro f Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Guro.

Gortra f Faroese
Faroese form of Gertrude.

Göt m & f Swedish
Swedish form of Gautr.

Göthild f Swedish (Rare)
Younger form of Götilda.

Göthilda f Swedish (Rare), Finland Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Götilda.

Götilda f Swedish (Archaic)
Younger form of Gauthildr via the variant Giöthilda.

Gottfrida f Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Gottfrid.

Gotty f Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of names beginning with the Germanic element god, such as Gottfrida and Gotthild.

Gregersine f Danish (Archaic)
Feminine form of Gregers.

Gresilia f Swedish (Archaic)

Gríma m & f Old Norse, Icelandic (Rare), Literature
Old Norse name, both feminine and masculine, either a feminine form or variant of Grímr. As a modern Icelandic name, it is strictly feminine.... [more]

Grímheiður f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse gríma "mask" and heiðr "bright, clear; honour".

Grímhildur f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Grímhildr.

Gúa f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Perhaps derived from Old Norse guðr "god".

Gudbjørg f Norwegian (Rare), Faroese
Norwegian and Faroese form of Guðbjǫrg.

Gude m & f Swedish
Variant of Gautr or diminutive of names containing the element gud ("god" or "good").

Gudfrid f Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements guðr "god" and fríðr "beautiful, beloved", first used in the mid 19th century. This makes it a cognate of Old Norse Guðfriðr.

Gudlög f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish modern form of Gudhløgh found in northern Sweden.

Gudmanda f Norwegian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Gudmann as well as a variant of Gudmunda recorded in the late 19th century.

Gudmunda f Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Archaic), Danish (Archaic)
Feminine form of Gudmund.

Gudny f Norwegian, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Modern form of Guðný.

Gudný f Faroese
Faroese younger form of Guðný.

Gudrid f Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Modern Scandinavian form of Guðríðr.

Gudve f Norwegian (Archaic), Medieval Scandinavian
Variant of Guðvé or Gudveig recorded in the late Middle Ages.

Gudveig f Norwegian, Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Norwegian and Swedish form of Guðveig.

Guit f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Git.

Gul f & m Norwegian (Rare), Old Swedish
Variant of Gull.

Gullan f Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Gunhild, Gunilla, or any other name beginning with the Old Norse element guð meaning "god"... [more]

Gullborg f Norwegian, Faroese, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Gudbjørg (see Guðbjǫrg).

Gulldis f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
A late 19th/early 20th century combination of Old Norse name elements guð "god" and dís "goddess", though the first element could also be derived from Norwegian and Archaic Swedish gull "gold".

Gullevi f Swedish
Variant of Guðví or combination of gull "gold" and vé "home, temple, sanctuary".

Gulli f Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Short form of Gunhild via it's Swedish form Gunilla. It could also be a variant of Gull, a short form of names beginning with the Old Norse element guð meaning "god".

Gullveig f Norse Mythology, Old Norse, Icelandic, Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a variant of Guðveig and a combination of gull "gold" with an obscure name element veig... [more]

Gullvi f Swedish
Variant of Gullevi.

Gullvig f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Gullveig.

Gullviva f Swedish (Rare)
Directly taken from Swedish gullviva (literally "golden hood"), the term for the cowslip flower (Primula veris in Latin).

Gullvor f Swedish (Rare)
An early 20th century combination of Old Norse guð "god" and vǫr "vigilant, cautious". The Old Norse name Guðvǫr uses the same elements, but it is possible that Gullvor was created independently by using common name elements (compare Majvor and Gulldis, two names created around the same time).

Gully f Swedish
Variant of Gulli.

Gulviva f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Swedish variant of Gullviva.

Gund f Swedish
Variant of Gun.

Gundelinde f French, German, Swedish
French, German, and Swedish form of Gundelind.

Gundis f German (Rare), Swedish
Probably a short form of Gundula and Swedish form of Gunndís.

Gundla f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Gunla.

Gundwig f Norwegian (Archaic)
Former Norwegian variant of Gunnveig recorded in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Gunelda f Norwegian (Archaic), American (Archaic)
Variant of Gunhilda.

Gunelie f Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of names starting with the Old Norse element gunnr "battle, fight", such as Gunhilde and Gunnel... [more]

Gunhilde f Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Gunhild.

Gunild f Danish (Rare), Medieval English
Variant of Gunhild.

Gunilda f Old Swedish, Swedish (Archaic), Medieval English
Variant of Gunhilda.

Gunla f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Contracted form of Gunnila and Gunnela.

Gunlies f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Gunlis.

Gunlis f Swedish
Combination of Gun and Lis.

Gunlise f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Gunlis.

Gunliss f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Gunlis.

Gunlöd f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Gunnlǫð.

Gunlög f Swedish, Finland Swedish
Swedish form of Gunnlaug.

Gunmari f Swedish
Variant of Gunmarie.

Gunmarie f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Gun and Marie. Most often spelled with a hyphen, Gun-Marie.

Gunnarda f Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Gunnharda recorded in the 19th century.

Gunnbjørg f Norwegian, Faroese
Norwegian and Faroese form of Gunborg.

Gunnbor f Norwegian (Archaic)
Norwegian dialectal variant of Gunnborg recorded Austlandet and Agder (after the Protestant Reformation).

Gunnborg f Icelandic, Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian and Icelandic form of Gunborg.

Gunndís f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements gunnr "battle; fight" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".

Gunndóra f Icelandic (Rare)
Feminine form of Gunndór.

Gunneborg f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish variant of Gunborg.

Gunnela f Swedish
Younger form of Gunnila.

Gunnemi f Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Gunmarie.

Gunnevi f Finnish, Swedish
Variant of Gunvi.

Gunnfinna f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements gunnr "battle, war" and finnr "Finn, Sámi".

Gunnharda f Norwegian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Gundhard recorded in the late 19th century.

Gunnharða f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Gunnharda.

Gunnheiður f Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Gunnhæiðr.

Gunnil f Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Gunnild.

Gunnila f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Gunhild.

Gunnild f Old Swedish, Old Danish, Danish (Rare)
Old Swedish form of Gunnhildr and Danish variant of Gunild.

Gunnlaug f & m Old Norse, Norwegian, Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements gunnr "battle, fight" and laug "to celebrate marriage, to swear a holy oath".

Gunnlis f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Gunlis.

Gunnlöð f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Gunnlǫð.

Gunnrún f Icelandic (Rare), Old Norse (Hypothetical)
From Old Norse gunnr "war" and rún "secret lore, rune".

Gunnþóra f Icelandic
Feminine form of Gunnþór.

Gunnþórunn f Icelandic
Combination of Old Norse gunnr "war, battle" and the name Þórunn.

Gunnur f Icelandic, Old Danish, Old Swedish, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese form of Gunnr.

Gunnvá f Faroese
Faroese form of Gunnveig.

Gunnveig f Norwegian, Icelandic (Rare)
Combination of Old Norse gunnr "battle, fight" and veig "power, strength".

Gunsan f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish diminutive of Gun.

Gunvar f Danish (Rare), Old Swedish
Younger form of Gunnvǫr.

Gunveig f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Swedish and Norwegian variant of Gunnveig.

Gunvi f Swedish
Combination of Old Norse name elements gunnr "battle" and vígja "to consecrate, to dedicate to God". This name was coined in the 20th century.

Gunvig f Swedish
Swedish form of Gunnveig.

Gurå f Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Guro.

Guri f Norwegian
Short form of Gurid, a Norwegian form of Guðríðr.

Gurid f Norwegian (Rare)
Modern form of Guðríðr.

Gurli f Theatre, Danish, Swedish, Finland Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Faroese
The name of a character in the 1788 or 1790 German play Die Indianer in England (The Indians in England) by Augustus von Kotzebue, explained as either a mistake for Gauri (meaning "white" from Sanskrit) or as the Persian for "rose" (compare Gol)... [more]

Gurri f Danish (Rare)
Danish form of Guri.

Gustafva f Swedish
Variant of Gustava.

Gustaviana f Swedish (Archaic)
Feminine form of Gustav.

Gusten m & f Swedish
Combination of Old Swedish gudh "god" and stēn "stone". This is the modern form of the Old Swedish name Gudhsten, ultimately derived from Old Norse Guðstæinn. It's also a diminutive of Gustav and Gustava.

Gusti f & m Swedish (Rare), German (Austrian), Upper German
German diminutive of Auguste 2 (feminine), or sometimes August (masculine). As a Swedish name it has been used as a diminutive of Gustava or Augusta (feminine), or of Gustav or August (masculine)... [more]

Guðbjörg f Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Guðbjǫrg.

Guðbjørg f Faroese
Faroese modern form of Guðbjǫrg.

Guðbjört f Icelandic
Feminine form of Guðbjartur.

Guðborg f Icelandic
Variant of Guðbjörg.

Guðdís f Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements guð meaning "god" and dís meaning "goddess".

Guðfinna f Icelandic, Old Norse
Feminine form of Guðfinnur.

Guðjóna f Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of Guðjón.

Guðmey f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements guð meaning "god" and mey meaning "maid, girl" (poetic for "daughter", an alternative form of mær).

Guðmunda f Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of Guðmundur.

Guðmundína f Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of Guðmundur.

Guðný f Old Norse, Icelandic
Means "new god" or "young god" in Old Norse, derived from the elements goðr "god(s)" and nýr "new, young".

Guðrið f Faroese
Faroese younger form of Guðríðr.

Guðveig f Icelandic
Composed of Old Norse guð "god" and veig "strength", or may be a variant of Guðví... [more]

Gvøbjørg f Faroese
Variant of Gvøðbjørg (see Guðbjǫrg).

Gvøðbjørg f Faroese
Faroese form of Guðbjørg.

Gvøðni f Faroese
Perhaps a Faroese form of Guðný.

Gvøðny f Faroese
Faroese variant of Gudný.

Gwøni f Faroese
Faroese variant of Gvøðni.

Gya f Swedish (Archaic)
Dialectal form of Gyda and Gyrid found in the late 1600s and throughout the 1700s in Scania and Blekinge.

Gylta f Faroese
Derived from Old Norse gylta "young sow".

Gyri f Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Guri.

Gyrid f Norwegian, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Archaic)
Younger form of Gyríðr.

Gyridh f Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare)
Old Swedish form of Gyríðr.

Gyro f Norwegian (Rare)
Dialectal variant of Guro.

Gyðja f Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of Guði.

Gyve f Norwegian (Archaic)
Dialectal form of Gudve recorded in Aust-Agder (Setesdal).

Gyvi f Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Gudve.

Hadda f Icelandic, Norse Mythology, Old Norse
Feminine form of Haddr. In Norse mythology Hadda is a giantess, the daughter of Svaði and the wife of Norr.

Haddi m & f Icelandic
Variant of Haddr.

Haddý f Icelandic
Diminutive of Hadda.

Hafey f Icelandic (Rare)
Composed of the Old Norse elements haf meaning "sea, ocean" and ey meaning "island" or ey meaning "good fortune".

Haflína f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic feminine form of Hafliði.

Hafrós f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements haf "sea, ocean" and rós "rose".

Hafrún f Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements haf meaning "sea" and rún meaning "secret lore, rune".

Hafsteina f Icelandic
Feminine form of Hafsteinn.

Hagny f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian form of Hagný.

Haidi f Swedish, Danish, Arabic (Egyptian), Italian (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Heidi. Haidi Giulani is the mother of Carlo Giulani who was shot dead during the G8 summit in Genova, Italy in 2001. She later became a politician and member of the Senate of Italy.

Hákonía f Icelandic (Rare)
Feminine form of Hákon.

Haldis f Norwegian, Faroese
From the Old Norse name Halldís, which was composed of the elements hallr "rock" (compare Haldor) and dís "goddess".

Halgerð f Faroese
Variant of Hallgerð.

Halla f Icelandic, Old Norse, Finnish, Norwegian (Archaic), Faroese
Feminine form of Hallr. Halla is also a Finnish word for an occasion when in growing season temperature lowers so much that ground gets covered with frost.

Hallbera f Old Norse, Icelandic, Faroese
Derived from Old Norse hallr meaning "flat stone, slab, big stone, boulder" (compare Hallr, Halli) and (the hypothetical reconstructed root) *ber- "bear" (also found in the noun berserkr), making it a feminine equivalent of Hallbjörn.

Halldís f Icelandic, Old Norse
Icelandic and Old Norse form of Haldis.

Halldis f Norwegian, Faroese
Variant of Haldis.

Hallfrid f Norwegian, Faroese (Rare)
Variant of Hallfríður.

Hallfríður f & m Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic feminine form of Hallfríðr and modern Faroese masculine form of Hallfreðr.

Hallgerð f Faroese
Faroese younger form of Hallgerðr.

Hallgerður f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Hallgerðr.

Hallgjerd f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian form of Hallgerðr.

Hallgríma f Old Norse, Icelandic
Feminine form of Hallgrímr.

Hallgunn f Faroese, Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Old Norse hallr "stone, rock" and gunnr "battle, fight".

Hallgunnur f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Hallgunn.

Hallny f Swedish
Swedish form of Hallný.

Hallný f Icelandic (Archaic)
Derived from Old Norse hallr meaning "(flat) stone, slab" and nýr meaning "new".

Hallvör f Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Hallvǫr.

Hannalena f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish combination of Hanna and Lena.

Hannalene f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Hannalena.

Hannelene f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Hannalena.

Hannelise f Danish (Rare), Afrikaans, Flemish (Rare)
Contraction of Hanne 1 and Elise.

Hannemor f Norwegian (Rare)
Diminutive of Johanne created by combining Hanne 1 with mor "mother" (compare Lillemor and Annemor).

Hanney f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic combination of Hanna 1 and the Old Norse name element ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").

Hansigne f Danish (Rare)
Feminine form of Hans.