Old Norwegian Submitted Names

Alfastr m Old Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of the name elements alfr "elf" and fastr "firm".

Alfiva f Old Norwegian
Norwegianized form of Ælfgifu. Ælfgifu (Alfiva) of Northampton was the regent of Norway from 1030 to 1035.

Ama f Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Old Norwegian
Variant of Amma or short form of Amalia.

Amdi m Old Norwegian, Old Danish, Danish, Swedish (Rare)
Old Danish short form of Ámundi and Old Norse form of Amadeus.

Androder m Old Norwegian (Rare)
Old Norwegian form of Arnrøðr.

Annbjørn m Norwegian (Rare), Old Norwegian
Variant of Arnbjørn (see Arnbjörn).

Annfinn m Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Old Norwegian
Variant of Arnfinn.

Arntrud f German (Rare), Old Norwegian
Modern transcription of the Old Nose name Arnþrúðr.

Audgerd f Old Norwegian
Norwegian form of Auðgærðr.

Balki m Medieval English, Old Norse, Old Norwegian
From Old Norse balkr meaning "beam, rafter, ridge of land."

Baugeid f Old Norwegian
Norwegian form of Baugeiðr (see Baugheiðr).

Belest m Old Norwegian
Variant of Býleistr.

Bellest m Old Norwegian
Variant of Belest.

Bergulfr m Old Norwegian
Variant of Bjǫrgulfr (see Borgulfr).

Broddi m Medieval English, Old Norwegian, Icelandic
Old Norse variant of Broddr.

Elsebe f Low German (Archaic), Medieval Baltic, Medieval Scandinavian, Old Norwegian, Norwegian (Rare)
Low German variant of Elsabe, recorded between the 15th and 18th centuries, which was also used in 15th-century Latvia and in Medieval Norway.

Faster m Old Norwegian (Rare)
Younger form of Fasti.

Fjallar m Old Norwegian
Norwegian spelling of Fjallarr.

Freiya f Old Norwegian
From Norse mythology, an alternate spelling of Freya

Gandalv m Old Norwegian
Norwegian form of Gandalfr. This name was used in the Norwegian translation of Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings'.

Gautrek m Old Norwegian
Younger form of Gautrekr.

Herjulf m Old Norwegian, Norwegian (Archaic), Danish (Rare)
Modern form of HæriulfR (see Hariwolfar).

Jænis m Old Norse, Old Swedish, Old Danish, Old Norwegian
Variant of Jonis.

Jarp m Old Norwegian
Norwegian form of Jarpr.

Jórunna f Old Norwegian
Variant of Jórunn.

Magga f Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Old Norwegian, Old Swedish, Sami, Faroese
Short form of Margareta (or sometimes of Magnhilda). This is also a Lule Sámi form of Margareta.

Nottung m Old Norwegian
Possibly means "descendant of Nótt" (a combination of the given name Nótt and Old Norse ungr "young" (compare Sveinung))... [more]

Oddsteinn m Icelandic (Rare), Old Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse oddr "point of a weapon" and steinn "stone".

Oluff m Swedish (Rare), Old Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Oluf.

Ǫnundr m Old Norwegian

Østein m Norwegian (Archaic), Old Norwegian
Dialectal variant of Øystein.

Pedr m Old Norwegian
Variant of Pétr.

Rådgjerda f Old Norwegian
Variant of Ráðgerðr.

Sigga f Danish (Rare), Faroese, Icelandic, Old Norwegian, Anglo-Norman
Short form of names beginning with the element Sig-, such as Sigrid or Signe.

Torgaut m Old Norwegian, Medieval Scandinavian
Torgaut was the name of a Torgaut Jonson who was assumed to be the son of knight Jon Ragnvaldson who was the founder of the Smør house around the mid 13th century for being lord of Blindheim at the time, the Smør house was one of the few remaining original Norwegian houses that survived from being wiped out by the Black Plague.... [more]

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