Scandinavian Submitted Names

Scandinavian names are used in the Scandinavia region of northern Europe. For more specific lists, see Swedish names, Danish names and Norwegian names. See also about Scandinavian names.
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Oddvin m Norwegian
Relatively modern name (from 1843) created by combining the Old Norse name elements oddr "point (of a weapon), spur" and vinr "friend".
Oddvör f Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Oddvǫr.
Oddvør f Faroese
Faroese form of Oddvǫr.
Oddvor f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian form of Oddvǫr.
Ödgärd f Old Swedish, Swedish
Old Swedish variant and younger form of Ödhgärdh.
Odna f Faroese
Faroese variant of Árna.
Odny f Norwegian
Variant of Oddny.
Odrun f Norwegian
Variant of Oddrun.
Odvar m Norwegian
Variant spelling of Oddvar.
Ófeigur m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Úfeigr.
Ögmunda f Icelandic
Feminine form of Ögmundur.
Ögmundur m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Ǫgmundr.
Øgmundur f Faroese
Faroese form of Ǫgmundr.
Ögn f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Ǫgn.
Ogne m Norwegian (Rare)
Dialectal form of Hogne (see Hagen).
Øivin m Norwegian
Variant of Øyvind.
Øivine f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Norwegian feminine form of Øyvind.
Öjar m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish modern form of Øiar.
Öjer m Swedish
Swedish variant of Öjar.
Öjvind m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Øyvind.
Øjvind m Danish
Variant of Ejvind.
Øksur m Faroese
Faroese variant form of Øssur.
Oktavía f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Octavia.
Oktavíus m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Octavius.
Októ m Icelandic
Short form of Októvíus.
Októvíus m Icelandic
Icelandic variant of Oktavíus.
Óla m & f Faroese, Icelandic
Faroese form of Ola 1 and Icelandic feminine form of Óli.
Ólafía f Icelandic
Feminine form of Ólafur.
Olanda f Norwegian (Rare)
Elaboration of Ola 1 as well as a feminine form of Olander. This name was first recorded in the mid-1800s.
Olander m Norwegian
Combination of Ole and Anders in the style of Alexander.
Olava f Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Olav.
Olavia f Swedish (Rare)
Elaborated form of Olava, if not an adoption of Icelandic Ólafía.
Olbjørn m Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian form of Ǫlbjǫrn.
Oldus m Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Perhaps a quazi-latinization of Ole or a short form of names containing -old. The name was first used in the 19th century.
Olea f Norwegian, Swedish (Rare), Faroese
Feminine form of Ole.
Oleana f Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Ole.
Oleanna f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Feminine elaboration of Ole using Anna, as well as a variant of Olena (which is also derived from Ole).
Oleif f & m Norwegian
As a masculine name, it is a cognate of Olaf (being the modern form of the Old Norse name Ólæifr, variant of Álæifr, itself a variant of Áleifr)... [more]
Oleiv f & m Norwegian
Variant of Oleif.
Olen m Norwegian (Archaic), Sami
Masculine form of Olena, a name ultimately derived from Ole.
Olena f Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Younger form of Oleana and variant of Olina.
Olene f Norwegian
Variant of Olena.
Olette f Norwegian (Rare)
Feminine form of Ole.
Olevine f Norwegian (Rare)
Feminine form of Ole.
Óli m Old Norse, Icelandic, Faroese
Old Norse diminutive of Ólafr. In modern times it is used as a diminutive of Ólafur (Icelandic) or Ólavur (Faroese).
Olin m & f Norwegian (Rare)
Feminine variant as well as masculine form of Oline.
Ólína f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Olina.
Olise f Norwegian (Rare)
Feminine form of Ole as well as a combination of Ole and Lise.
Oliv f Norwegian (Rare)
Either a variant of Oleiv or feminine form of Oliver or Ola 1.
Ólivar m Faroese
Faroese form of Oliver.
Ólíver m Icelandic
Icelandic variant of Oliver.
Óliver m Icelandic, Spanish
Icelandic and Spanish variant of Oliver.
Olivert m Icelandic (Modern, Rare), Filipino, Spanish (Caribbean), South American
Icelandic name of unknown origin and meaning. Probably inspired by Oliver and Ivert.
Ólivía f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Olivia.
Olivina f Faroese
Faroese variant of Olivia.
Olivur m Faroese
Faroese form of Oliver.
Öllegård f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of the Old High German name Odalgart. It's possibly a combination of Ancient Germanic *ôþela "patrimony" and *gardaz "enclosure".
Olluff m Danish (Rare, Archaic)
Former Danish variant of Oluf.
Olo f Norwegian (Archaic)
Dialectal form of Olov.
Olöf f Swedish (Archaic)
Archaic Swedish form of Ólǫf. Any modern usage in Sweden today is likely a transcription error of Icelandic Ólöf.
Oløv f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Olov (see Ólǫf) or perhaps a variant of Olaug. This name fell out of use in the mid 20th century, possibly due to its similarity to the Norwegian masculine name Olav and Swedish Olov.
Olov f Norwegian (Rare)
Form of Ólǫf. This name is rarely used as a female name in modern Scandinavia.
Olova f Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Olov.
Ölrún f Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Ǫlrún.
Olu f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Dialectal variant of Olof which was previously also a feminine name (although rare).
Olufine f Norwegian (Rare)
Feminine form of Oluf.
Óluva f Faroese
Faroese form of Oluva.
Oluva f Danish, Swedish
Variant of Oluffa.
Olydia f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Combination of Ole and Lydia. This name was first recorded in 1846 and has already disappeared again.
Ómar m Icelandic
Icelandic form of the Hebrew name Omar 2 and the Arabic name Omar 1. It can also be interpreted as a compound of Old Norse name elements, such as the negative prefix Ó- (found in Ómundi and Óblauðr) and mærr meaning "famous".
Ómi m Icelandic
Diminutive of Ómar.
Öndólfur m Icelandic (Rare, Archaic)
Icelandic combination of and (Germanic element meaning "angry", "wrathful", "aggressive") and ulfr "wolf".
Önnert m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Øyvind.
Örbrún f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse ǫr "arrow" (also compare Ǫrvar) and brún "eyebrow" or brúnn "brown".
Ored m Swedish (Rare)
Modern Swedish form of Ofradh.
Örlaugur m Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse ǫr "arrow" and laug possibly meaning "vowed, promised, bound in oath".
Örlygur m Icelandic
Modern form of Ørlygr.
Orm m Medieval English, Old Danish, Old Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Norse Mythology
Medieval English, Old Danish, Old Swedish and modern Scandinavian form of the Old Norse name Ormr, which itself was derived from Old Norse ormr "snake, serpent".... [more]
Ormhildur f Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Ormhildr.
Ormstein m Faroese
Younger form of Ormsteinn.
Ormur m Faroese, Icelandic
Faroese and Icelandic form of Ormr.
Örn m Icelandic, Swedish
From 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.
Ørn m Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Norwegian and Danish form of Örn. It could also be a short form of any name starting with ørn-.
Örnólfur m Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Ǫrnólfr.
Ørnolvur m Faroese
Faroese modern form of Ǫrnólfr.
Ørnulf m Norwegian
Norwegian form of Ǫrnulfr.
Ørnulv m Norwegian
Modern form of Ǫrnulfr.
Orri m Old Norse, Icelandic
Old West Norse byname meaning "black grouse", a type of game bird (Lyrurus tetrix).
Ørvur m Faroese
Faroese form of Orvar.
Ósa f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Osa.
Osa f Danish (Rare)
Short form of names beginning with the element Os-, itself derived from Old Norse óss "god" or ǫss "heathen god".
Osbjørn m Faroese
Faroese variant of Ásbjørn.
Oselie f Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Åselie. In some cases, however, it may have been a borrowing of the stage name of the Norwegian opera singer Gina Oselio (Ingeborg Mathilde Laura Aas, 1858-1937), who had based it on the Norwegian surname Aas.
Ósk f Old Norse, Icelandic
Old Norse name, directly from Old Norse ósk meaning "wish". This is related to Óski, one of the names of the Norse god Odin, and is found in ósk-mær or "wish-maiden", a common epithet of the Valkyries.
Oskara f Swedish (Archaic)
Feminine form of Oskar.
Ósklín f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse elements ósk "wish" and lín "flax; linen; linen garment, linen gear".
Osla f Faroese, Scots (Archaic)
Faroese variant and Shetlandic Scots adoption of Ásla. As a Shetlandic name, Osla was usually Anglicized as Ursula.
Oslakur m Faroese
Faroese variant of Áslakur.
Ösp f Icelandic
Means "aspen tree" in Icelandic, from Old Norse ǫsp.
Össur m Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Assar.
Øssur m Faroese
Faroese form of Assar.
Öste m Swedish
Swedish form of Auste or variant of Östen.
Ósvífr m Icelandic
Old Norse variant form of Úsvífr, a combination of svífr = "to swerve, drift" with the negative prefix U.
Otelie f Norwegian
Norwegian form of Odilia.
Otelius m Norwegian (Rare)
Masculine form of Otelie meaning "prosperity, fortune, riches".
Othelius m Norwegian
Masculine form of Othelie meaning "prosperity, fortune, riches".
Óðin m Faroese
Faroese modern form of Óðinn.
Óðný f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Old Norse óðr "inspiration, rage, frenzy" (the source of Óðinn) and nýr "new".
Otkell m Old Norse, Icelandic
Old Norse variant of Oddkell.
Otri m Icelandic
Variant of Otur.
Otta f Scandinavian
Feminine form of Otto, or a short form of Ottilia (perhaps modeled on the earlier Lotta)... [more]
Otte m Greenlandic, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Medieval Dutch
Variant of Otto. It can also function as a short form of names containing the name element ott, itself derived from Old Norse ótti or ōtti, meaning "terror, fear, dread"... [more]
Otti m Icelandic, English
Variant of Otto.
Ottomine f Danish (Archaic)
Perhaps intended to be a feminine form of Otto, using the popular name suffix mine (see Mina 1; possibly modeled on Ottoline).
Ottonia f Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Otto.
Otur m Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Otr.
Ova f Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Feminine form of Ove as well as a contracted form of Olova.
Ovedia f Norwegian (Rare)
Feminine form of Ove as well as a variant of Ovidia.
Øven m Norwegian (Rare)
Dialectal form of Even.
Ovet f Norwegian
Possibly a dialect variant form of Yvette.
Oydis f Faroese
Faroese form of Øydís.
Øyfrid f Norwegian
Relatively modern name (1894) created by combining the Old Norse name elements ey "island" and fríðr "beautiful".
Oygló f Faroese
Faroese form of Eygló.
Oyleivur m Faroese
Faroese modern form of Øylæifr.
Oyleyg f Faroese
Faroese form of Eylaug.
Øyrun f Norwegian
Norwegian form of Eyrún.
Oystan m Faroese
Faroese variant of Oystein.
Oystein m Faroese
Faroese younger form of Øystæinn.
Øyunn f Norwegian
Derived from the Old Norse elements ey "good fortune" or ey "island" and unnr "to wave, to billow".
Øyvard m Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements ey "island" and vǫrðr "guard".
Oyvindur m Faroese
Faroese modern form of Øyvindr.
Oyvør f Faroese (Rare)
Faroese form of Eyvǫr.
Paal m Norwegian
Norwegian form of Paul.
Pætur m Faroese
Modern Faroese form of Pétr.
Pálfríður f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Paulfrid.
Pálína f Icelandic
Feminine form of Páll. In other words, you could also say that Pálína is the Icelandic form of Paulina.... [more]
Påline f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Norwegian feminine form of Paul.
Pállfríða f Faroese
Faroese form of Paulfrid.
Palli m Faroese
Faroese form of Palle.
Pálma f Faroese, Hungarian
Faroese and Hungarian form of Palma.
Palma f Spanish, Croatian (Rare), Italian, Medieval Italian, Catalan, Norwegian (Rare)
Spanish, Catalan, Italian and Croatian word for "palm". This name typically referred to Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, and was historically given to girls born on this day.
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.
Pálmey f Icelandic (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]
Pálmfríður f Icelandic (Rare)
Combination of Pálmi and the Old Norse element fríðr meaning "beautiful", originally "beloved".
Pálmi m Icelandic
Means "palm tree" in Icelandic.
Palmina f Italian, Swedish
Diminutive of Palma.
Pálrún f Icelandic (Rare)
Formed from Pála and the Old Norse name suffix rún meaning "secret lore, rune".
Parelius m Norwegian (Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Parelius.
París f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Paris 2.
Pärla f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Directly taken from Swedish pärla "pearl" and thus a Swedish cognate of Pearl.
Påske m Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Norwegian form of Paschalis. This is also the Norwegian word for Easter.
Patrek m Icelandic (Rare)
Variant of Patrekur, the usual Icelandic form of Patrick (via Old Norse Patrekr)... [more]
Patrekur m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Patrekr.
Pátrikur m Faroese
Faroese form of Patrick.
Patrisía f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Patricia.
Paulfrid f Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Paul and the Norse name element fríðr "beautiful" or friðr "peace, protection".
Pedró m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Pedro.
Peik m Finland Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. It could be derived from Finnish peikko "troll" or poika "boy" (the Swedish word for boy, pojke, is derived from the Finnish word). The name appears in folk tales in the Swedish-speaking parts of Finland.... [more]
Penetta f Norwegian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Per using the popular suffix netta, found in such names as Annette and Jeanette.
Peo m Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Per-Olof and other names with the initials P and O.
Peolive f Norwegian (Archaic)
Combination of Per and Oliv.
Peppe m Swedish
Diminutive of Per and Peter.
Perdis f Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Per and the Norse name element dís "goddess", first used in the early 1900s.
Pergot f Norwegian (Rare)
Possibly a combination of Per and got (from names like Ågot).
Petrea f & m English, Romanian, Danish, Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Icelandic (Rare)
Elaborated form of Petra and Romanian variant of Petre.
Petrína f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Petrina.
Petrine f Danish, Norwegian (Rare)
Feminine form of Peter.
Petrónella f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Petronella.
Petrún f Icelandic (Rare)
Formed from Petra and the Old Norse name suffix rún meaning "secret lore, rune".
Petsy f Faroese
Variant of Patsy.
Philine f Ancient Greek, German, Danish (Rare), Literature
Feminine form of Philinos. In Germany it was brought to public attention when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe used it for a character in his novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (1795-96).
Pi f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Either a variant of Py or a diminutive of names containing or starting with pi.
Pialotta f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Pia and Lotta.
Piere m Swedish
Variant of Pierre.
Píl f Faroese
Derived from Faroese pílur "willow tree".
Pil f Danish (Rare)
Danish form of Píl.... [more]
Pilou m Danish (Rare)
French diminutive of Philip.
Pjär m Swedish
Variant of Pierre.
Pjetur m Icelandic
Icelandic variant spelling of Pétur.
Plútó m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Pluto
Po m Swedish (Rare)
Short form of hyphenated names starting with P and O, like Per-Olof.
Pólina f Faroese
Faroese variant of Poulina.
Porfyr m Danish
Danish form of Porphyrios (see Porfirio).
Pouline f Danish
Variant of Pauline.
Povline f Danish (Rare)
Variant of Pouline. Famous bearer is Povline Lütken (6 May 1893 - 30 December 1977), Danish writer.
Pría f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic adoption of Priya.
Prinsessa f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Means "princess" in Swedish.
Prior m Danish (Rare)
Ecclesiastical title, derived from the Latin adjective for "earlier, first".
Puk f Danish, Dutch
Danish and Dutch variant of Puck.... [more]
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.
Putte m Swedish
Often used as a diminutive of Patrik.
Py f Swedish
Meaning uncertain. It could be derived from Swedish pyre "small child, tot".
Qvintinus m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish variant of Quintinus.