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These names were used by speakers of Old Norse in Scandinavia and other places that the Norse settled. See also about Germanic names.

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Véfreyja f Old Norse
Possibly meant "devotee of Freyja" from the Old Norse element vé meaning "devoted, dedicated" or "home, temple, sanctuary" (compare the word *véseti "one who sits with (= is in charge of) a Vé (= temple, sanctuary)") combined with the name of the goddess Freyja.

Végeirr m Old Norse
Variant of VígæiRR, a combination of Old Norse vé "temple, sacred enclosure, sanctuary" and geirr "spear".

Végerðr f Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse vé "holy place, temple, sanctuary" (which is related to Gothic weihs "holy") combined with Old Norse garðr "enclosure".

Vékell m Old Norse, Icelandic (Rare, Archaic)
Old Norse variant of Víkæll.

Vélaug f Old Norse, Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements vé meaning "temple, sanctuary" and laug possibly meaning "vowed, promised, bound in oath".

Vémundr m Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse vé "temple, sanctuary" combined with Old Norse mundr "protection."

Véný f Old Norse, Icelandic (Rare)
Old Norse name derived from the elements vé "temple, sanctuary" (related to Gothic weihs "holy") and nýr "new".

Veraldr m Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse verr "man" and valdr "ruler, mighty one, powerful one".

Vermundr m Old Norse
Combination of either Old Norse verr "man" or verja "to defend", with mundr "protector". The name appears on an 11th century copper box that was engraved with runes.

Véseti m Old Norse
Means "one who is in charge of a sacred place" (see also Vé) in Old Norse.

Vésteinn m Old Norse, Icelandic
Combination of Old Norse vé "temple, sanctuary" and steinn "stone".

Vestmárr m Old Norse
Old Norse variant of Vestmarr.

Vestmarr m Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse vestr "the west" and mærr "famous".

Vestmaðr m Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse vestr "west" and maðr "man".

Vestri m Old Norse
From Old Norse vestr meaning "west".

Vethildr f Old Norse, Algonquian
Variant of Vætildr.

Veðr m Old Norse
Old Norse byname, from Old Norse veðr meaning "ram" or "weather".

Vetr m Old Norse
From Old Norse vetr meaning "winter".

Ví m Old Norse
From Old Norse ví "sanctuary".

Víf f Old Norse, Icelandic
From Old Norse víf meaning "wife, woman".

Vífastr m Old Norse, Old Swedish
An Old Norse masculine name, used in Sweden.... [more]

Vífi m Old Norse
Old Norse pet form of combinations of the first name element vé "home, temple, sanctuary" and a last name element beginning with f-

Vífill m Old Norse, Icelandic
Old Norse word vefa meaning "to weave".

Vífríðr f Old Norse
Combination of Old Norse vé "home, temple, sanctuary" and fríðr "beautiful".

Vígbiǫrn m Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse víg "fight, battle" and biǫrn "bear".

Vígbjǫrn m Old Norse
Old Norse variant of Vígbiǫrn.

Vígdiarfr m Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse víg "fight, battle" and djarfr "bold, daring".

Vígdiarfr m Old Norse
Variant of Vígdiarfr.

Vígfúss m Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse víg "fight, battle" and fúss "willing, eager".

Vigfúss m Old Norse
Old Norse variant of Vígfúss.

Vígmarr m Old Norse
Combination of Old Norse víg "fight, battle" and marr "famous".

Vígmaðr m Old Norse
Derived from the Germanic name elements víg "fight, battle" and maðr "man".

Vígmundr m Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse víg "fight, battle" and mund "protection".

Vígnir m Old Norse
Derived from the Old Norse element víg "war".

Vígniútr m Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse víg "fight", "battle" and njóta "to use".

Vígr m Old Norse
From Old Norse vígr meaning "in fighting condition, able to fight".

Vígráðr m Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse víg "fight", "battle" and ráð "advise", "counsel", "decision".

Vígsterkr m Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse víg "fight, battle" and starkr "strong, healthy".

Vígþorn m Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse víg "battle, fight" and þorn "thorn".

Vígulfr m Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse víg "fight, battle" and ulfr "wolf".

Vígundr f Old Norse
Derived from the Germanic name elements vé "home, temple, sanctuary" and gunnr "battle, fight".

Víkæll m Old Norse
Old Norse short form of Víkætill.

Víkætill m Old Norse
Derived from the Germanic name elements vé "home", "temple", "sanctuary" and ketill "cauldron".

Vilgerðr f Old Norse
Old Norse combination of vil 'will, desire' and garðr 'enclosure', 'protection'.

Vilhiálmr m Old Norse
Old Norse variant of Vilhialmr.

Vilhialmr m Old Norse
Old Norse form of Wilhelm.

Vilhjalmr m Old Norse
Old Norse form of William.

Víli m Old Norse
Variant of Vili or Fíli.

Vilken m Old Norse, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Nordic form of Wilken.

Vímundr m Old Norse
Derived from the Germanic name elements vé "home, temple, sanctuary" and mund "hand, protection".

Vinandr m Old Norse
Meaning uncertain. This name might possibly be an Old Norse cognate of Winand.

Vindkaldr m Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Means "wind-frozen". Svipdagr uses this as an alias when he goes to woo Menglǫð.

Vintr m Old Norse
Old Norse variant of Vetr.

Vintrliði m Old Norse
Old Norse variant of Vetrliði.

Vírún f Old Norse
Derived from the Germanic name elements vé "home, temple, sanctuary" and rún "secret".

Visna f Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Old Norse name of unknown origin and meaning. Visna is the name of a warrior-like queen mentioned in the Gesta Danorum.

Viðbiǫrn ᚢᛁᚦᛒᛁᚢᚱᚾ m Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse viðr "tree" combined with Old Norse björn "bear".

Viðfastr m Old Norse
Derived from the Germanic name elements viðr "forest, wood, tree" and fastr "firmly, fast".

Víðkunnr m Old Norse, Old Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse víðkunnr "famous".

Víurðr m Old Norse
From Old Norse *vévǫrðr, véurr meaning "holy warder, guide of a sanctuary", combined with vé "home", "temple", "sanctuary" and vǫrðr "guard".

Vór f Old Norse
Old Norse variant of Vár.

Vræistr m Old Norse
Related to Old Norse ríða ("to twist, knit, wind").

Vræiðr m Old Norse
Originally a byname derived from Old Norse reiðr "angry".

Wiwaz ᚹᛁᚹᚨᛉ m Old Norse
A Proto-Norse name attested on the Tune Stone.

Wolþuþewaz ᛟᚹᛚᚦᚢᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ m Old Norse
A possible Proto-Norse name composed of ᚹᛟᛚᚦᚢ (wolþu) "glory, glorious one, Ullr" + ᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ (þewaz) "slave, servant", meaning "servant of Ullr"... [more]

Yngvǫr f Old Norse
Old Norse combination of Ing and vár "spring".

Ýri f Old Norse
Variant of Ýrr.

Yri f Old Norse
Variant of Ýrr.

Ýrr f Old Norse, Icelandic
From Old Norse œrr meaning "mad, furious, wild".

Yrr f Old Norse
Variant of Ýrr.

Yrsa f Old Norse, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese
Of unknown meaning. Theories include a derivation from an Ancient Norse word for "she-bear" with the same roots as Latin ursa (compare Ursula, which used to be used as a Latinization of Yrsa), even though this seems rather unlikely... [more]

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