PálmeyfIcelandic (Rare) Icelandic name of uncertain derivation, possibly a feminine form of Pálmi using the Old Norse suffix ey meaning "island" or ey meaning "good fortune"... [more]
RáðhildurfIcelandic Derived from Icelandic ráð "advise", "counsel", "decision" and hildr "battle", "fight".
RáðnýfOld Norse, Norse Mythology, Icelandic Derived from the Germanic name elements ráð "advise, counsel, decision" and ný "new moon, waxing moon". This is the name of a character in the Old Norse poem Sólarljóð ("song of the sun").
ReykdalmIcelandic (Modern, Rare) From an Icelandic surname that was probably derived from a place name composed of Old Norse reykr meaning "smoke" and dalr meaning "dale, valley".
ReyndísfIcelandic Icelandic form of Ragndis as well as a combination of the Old Norse name elements reynir "rowan (tree)" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".
ReynirmIcelandic Taken directly from Icelandic and Old Norse reynir meaning "rowan, mountain ash".
ReyrmIcelandic Derived from Old Norse reyrr, a type of plant, known as the common reed in English (genus Arundo). This also coincides with the Icelandic word for a type of grass known as "sweet vernal grass" in English (Anthoxanthum odoratum).
RóseyfIcelandic Combination of the Old Norse name elements rós "rose" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").
RóskafIcelandic (Modern, Rare) In the case of Icelandic avant-garde artist Róska (1940-1996), it was apparently a contraction of her real name, Ragnhildur Óskarsdóttir (i.e. presumably formed from R, the first letter of her given name, and Óska, the first four letters of her surname - itself a derivative of the given name Óskar).
SæbjörtfIcelandic (Rare) Icelandic name meaning "bright sea", derived from Old Norse sær meaning "sea" and bjǫrt meaning "bright, shining" (from bjartr).
SædísfIcelandic Icelandic name meaning "sea goddess", formed from the Old Norse elements sæ "sea" and dís "goddess". The suffix dís is fairly common in Icelandic names.
SalmannmIcelandic (Rare) Derived from Old Norse salr "hall, house" and maðr "person, man" (genitive manns). Alternatively this could be an Icelandic form of a German name in which the first element is derived from Old High German salo "dirty gray" (related to English sallow and Old Norse sölr "dirty yellow").... [more]
SigdísfIcelandic Combination of the Old Norse name elements sigr "victory" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".
SigurörnmIcelandic (Modern, Rare), Pet Derived from Old Norse sigr "victory" and ǫrn "eagle". This was the name given to a white-tailed eagle that was rescued from drowning by a 12-year-old girl in Kirkjufellslón lagoon in Iceland in 2006 (the eagle was found to have damaged tail feathers, was rehabilitated and returned to the wild); the incident received some media coverage in Iceland.
SigurveigfIcelandic Derived from the Old Norse elements sigr meaning "victory" and veig meaning "strong, powerful". This is an Icelandic form of the Old Norse name Sigveig.
SjöfnfNorse Mythology, Icelandic Name of a minor Norse goddess, one of Frigg's handmaidens, said (by the Icelandic chieftain and poet Snorri Sturluson, d. 1241) to be related to Old Icelandic sjafni "love". Modern-day academics, however, argue that it might rather be related to Old Norse sefi meaning "sense" as well as "relation".
SkærmOld Norse, Icelandic Old Norse byname, from Old Norse sker meaning "rock in the sea", "skerry".
SkírnirmNorse Mythology, Icelandic Probably derived from Old Norse skírr meaning "clear, bright, pure". In Norse mythology Skírnir is a servant of the god Freyr.
SnjólaugfOld Norse, Icelandic Derived from the Old Norse elements snjór meaning "snow" (an alternative form of snær) and laug possibly meaning "vowed, promised, bound in oath".