This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is masculine; and the usage is Swedish.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Herje m Swedish (Rare)Short form of names beginning with Old Norse name elements
Här- or
Her- meaning "army".
Hilderik m Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, FinnishDutch and Nordic form of
Hilderic. There's no evidence of use in the Nordic countries, it's only used in translations of historical documents about the 6th century AD king of the Vandals and Alans.
Holmfrid m & f SwedishCombination of Old Norse name elements
holmr "small island" and
friðr "peace" or
fríðr "beautiful, beloved". The name was originally a feminine name, but is nowadays almost exclusively masculine.
Idar m Norwegian, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)Possibly intended to be a masculine form of
Ida created by combining the Old Norse element
ið "industrious, work, activity" (compare the Germanic element
id) and the common name suffix
-r, taken from Norse
herr "army, warrior".
Jannes m Dutch, Flemish, German (Rare), Limburgish, East Frisian (Rare), North Frisian (Rare), West Frisian, Danish (Rare), Finnish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Medieval DutchDutch, Flemish, Frisian, Limburgish and (Low) German short form of
Johannes, which has also seen some use in Scandinavia.
Lindorm m Swedish (Rare)Combination of Old Swedish
linnr "dragon" and
ormber "snake". A lindorm (lindworm) was a type of being in Northern European folklore. It is depicted on several runestones from the 11th century.
Liss m & f SwedishDialectal name from Dalarna, Sweden meaning "small, little".
Milli m Icelandic, SwedishPossibly a variant form of Millan, or from the Icelandic milli- meaning 'in between' or 'middle'.
Moltas m Swedish (Modern)Swedish name of uncertain meaning. This was the nickname of Swedish entertainer Moltas Erikson (real name Jan Henning Erikson).
Movitz m Swedish (Modern, Rare), Popular CultureTransferred use of the surname
Movitz. Its modern usage is likely inspired by Fredrik Movitz, a character appearing in several songs in Swedish poet, songwriter and composer Carl Michael Bellman's well-known 18th century work
Fredman's epistles.
Nore m Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)Younger form of
Nóri, an Old Norse name meaning either "north" (derived from
norðr) or "small person" (derived from
nóri). Swedish writer Esaias Tegnér used the name in a 1814 poem celebrating the union between Sweden and Norway... [
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Obbe m Frisian, Old Swedish, SwedishFrisian short form of Germanic names containing the first element
AUD and a last element beginning with
-b... or an Old Swedish and Swedish form of
Ubbi.
Örn m Icelandic, SwedishFrom an Old Norse name and byname derived from
ǫrn meaning "eagle". It coincides with the modern Icelandic and Swedish noun
örn, also denoting the bird.
Palme m Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)Variant of
Pálmi. This is also a Swedish surname. The name was adopted by a notable Swedish family in honor of their ancestor Palme Lyder (born 1570s, died 1630), a merchant who immigrated to Sweden from the Netherlands or Germany in the early 1600s.
Peo m SwedishSwedish diminutive of
Per-
Olof and other names with the initials P and O.
Punkt m Swedish (Rare, Archaic)Means "full stop, point, dot" in Swedish (from Latin
punctum). This name was traditionally given to ensure that its bearer would be his (or her?) parents' last child.
Rig m SwedishShort form of names containing the name element
RIK or a Swedish form of
Rex.
Roine m & f Swedish, Finnish (Rare)From the name of a lake in Häme, Finland. There are theories on the origin of this name, it could've come from Germanic
hreini meaning "clean, clear" or from Pre-Germanic/Baltic
*kroinis meaning "clean"... [
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Sällfrid m Swedish (Rare)Relatively modern name (late 19th century) created by combining Swedish
säll meaning "blissful, happy" with
frid meaning "peace, protection".
Schamyl m Swedish (Rare)Derived from the name of the leader of the Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia in the 1800s, Imam
Shamil. A notable bearer was Swedish film director Schamyl Bauman (1893-1966).
Seved m SwedishA more modern variant of the old Norse name Sigvid consisting of the Old Norse elements 'sig' meaning victory and 'vidh' meaning forest. It is also possible that Seved is a Swedish spelling change of the Latin name Severinus.