Scandinavian Submitted Names

Brynjólfur m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Bryniulfr.

Brynjolfur m Danish
Danish form of Bryniulfr.

Brynjolvur m Faroese
Faroese form of Bryniulfr.

Brynjulf m Norwegian, Old Swedish, Old Danish
Variant of Bryniulfr.

Brynjúlfur m Icelandic
Icelandic variant of Bryniulfr.

Brynjulv m Norwegian
Norwegian form of Bryniulfr.

Brynleifur m Icelandic (Rare)
Combination of Old Norse brynja meaning "coat of mail (or plate), byrnie, corselet" and the name Leifur (which is itself related to Old Norse leif meaning "inheritance, legacy").

Brynleivur m Faroese
Faroese form of Brynleifur.

Brynold m Swedish (Rare, Archaic), Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Bryniulfr or Brynvald.

Brynolf m Finnish, Swedish
Variant of Brynjulf.

Brynsteinn m Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements brynja meaning "coat of mail (or plate), byrnie, corselet" and steinn meaning "stone".

Brynte m Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Pet form of names beginning with Bryn-, derived from the Old Norse word brynja "armour, protection".

Brynþór m Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse brynja meaning "coat of mail (or plate), byrnie, corselet" combined with Þór.

Brynulf m Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Brynolf.

Brytteva f Norwegian (Archaic), Medieval Scandinavian
Variant of Brettiva.

Budle m Swedish (Archaic)
Obsolete Swedish form of Buðli.

Budolf m Danish
Danish form of Botulf.

Bue m Danish, Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Búi.

Búgvi m Faroese
Faroese form of Bo 1.

Burchardt m Danish (Rare, Archaic), Faroese
Form of Burkhard.

Bure m Swedish
Modern Swedish form of Old Norse Buri meaning "son, descendant". Its modern usage is perhaps influenced by the Old Swedish noble family with the same name (see Bure).

Burkney f Icelandic (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements burkni "brake, common fern" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").

Burkni m Icelandic
From Old Norse burkni meaning "brake, common fern".

Bursi m Faroese
Faroese short form of Tiburtius.

Bylgja f Faroese, Icelandic, Norse Mythology
Feminine name taken from the Old Norse word bylgja meaning "billow, wave". In Norse Mythology, Bylgja was one of the nine daughters of the sea deities Ægir and Rán.

Cæcilie f Danish
From the Latin name Caecilia.... [more]

Cæsar m Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Icelandic (Rare)
Scandinavian form of Caesar.

Caia f Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Kaia.

Caisa f Swedish, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Kajsa.

Caisalis f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kajsalisa.

Cajsalisa f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kajsalisa.

Cajsaliza f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kajsalisa.

Calla f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kalla as well as an adoption of the plant name.

Calvander m English (Rare, Archaic), Swedish (Anglicized, Rare, Archaic)
English usage possibly derived from the surnames Callander, Callender... [more]

Canutus m Swedish (Rare)
Latinised form of Knútr.

Carelia f Afrikaans, Spanish (Mexican), Spanish (Latin American), Danish (Archaic)
Afrikaans feminine form of Carel and Spanish and Danish variant of Karelia.

Carit m Danish (Rare)
Invented by the Danish author Carl Brosbøll (1816-1900) for use as a pen name; his pseudonym, Carit Etlar, was an anagram of Carl and Tertia (his given name and that of his muse, Tertia Fabricius).

Carlgustav m Swedish (Rare)
Very rare combination of Carl and Gustav. More commonly spelled with a hyphen, Carl-Gustav, or with a space between the names, Carl Gustav.

Carljohan m Swedish (Rare)
Rare combination of the names Carl and Johan. More commonly spelled with a hyphen, Carl-Johan, or with a space between the names, Carl Johan.

Carosander m Norwegian (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Caro (derived from Latin carus "dear, beloved") and Sander.

Carro f Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Caroline.

Caspara f Dutch (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Late Roman
Feminine form of Caspar.

Caspera f Dutch (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Casper.

Casten m Swedish
Variant of Carsten.

Caterin f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Katrin.

Caterine f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), French (African), Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Caterina, Catherine and Katerine.

Cäthe f German (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Spelling variant of Käthe.... [more]

Cathi f English, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Cathy.

Cathina f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Katina.

Cathinca f Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Katinka.

Cathinka f Norwegian, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Katinka.

Cathrina f Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Faroese, Swedish (Rare), German (Rare), Romansh
Scandinavian variant of Katrina, German contraction of Catharina and Romansh variant of Catrina.

Cathrinus m Dutch (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Masculine form of Catharina (Dutch) and Cathrine (Norwegian).

Catinka f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Katinka.

Cazper m Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kasper.

Cebastian m Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sebastian.

Cecilía f Icelandic
Icelandic variant of Cecilia.

Celian m English (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
English and Swedish form of Caelianus via its variant spelling Celianus. In the case of The Netherlands, Celian really is just a variant form of Celiaan, which is the actual Dutch form of Caelianus (also via Celianus).

Celie f English, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Literature
Adoption of French Célie outside the francophone world. This form of the name was used in Alice Walker's 1982 epistolary novel The Color Purple.

Cenneth m English, Scottish, Norwegian
Variant of Kenneth

Cevia f Swedish (Rare)
Possibly a corruption of Sylvia.

Challe m Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Charles.

Chalottha f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Charlotta.

Chanette f Danish (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Jeanette.

Charlote f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Charlotte.

Charlothe f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Charlotte.

Charlott f Swedish, German (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Variant of Charlotte reflecting the French pronunciation.

Charlotth f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Charlott.

Charolin f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Carolin.

Chatarina f Swedish
Variant of Katarina.

Chatrine f Swedish
Variant of Katrin.

Childerik m Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish (Archaic)
Danish, Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish form of Childeric. The name is only used in translations of historical documents.

Chilperik m Dutch (Archaic), Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Archaic)
Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish form of Chilperic. The name is only used in translations of historical documents.

Chrisander m Norwegian (Modern)
Transferred use of a Swedish surname Chrisander.

Christ m & f Dutch, Flemish, Danish (Archaic), German (Archaic)
Short form of given names that contain the Greek adjective χριστός (christos) meaning "anointed", such as Christiaan, Christian, Christine and Christoffel.... [more]

Christell f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Christel.

Christence f Danish (Rare)
Combination of Christina and Crescentia as well as an obsolete French diminutive of names beginning with Christ-.... [more]

Christenze f Danish (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Christence.

Christiern m Danish, Old Danish, Swedish (Rare), Old Swedish
Variant of Christian.

Christinna f Danish, English
Variant of Christina.

Christjane f Danish (Archaic), Low German (Archaic), German (Archaic)
Variant of Christiane.

Cia f Swedish (Rare)
Short form of Cecilia and Carina 2, or a variant of Kia and Sia.

Cicci f Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Cecilia.

Cicilia f Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Dutch, Corsican, Sicilian, Medieval English
Variant of Cecilia.

Cilia f Danish (Rare), Dutch, Limburgish (Rare), Medieval Italian, Spanish
Short form of Caecilia and Cecilia in various languages.... [more]

Cim f & m Swedish
Variant of Kim 2.

Cina f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kina (see Swedish usage).

Cirka f Danish (Modern, Rare)
From the Danish Word Cirka, meaning about or around (adverb)

Cirkeline f Danish (Modern, Rare)
Usage probably inspired by the Danish comic book character with same name, created by Hanne Hastrup in 1957.

Cissi f Swedish
Diminutive of Cecilia.

Clarelia f German (Archaic), Danish (Archaic)
Elaboration of Clara.

Clarentia f German (Rare), English (American, Archaic), Danish (Archaic), Dutch (Rare)
Feminine form of Clarentius.

Clarentius m Danish (Archaic), German (Archaic), Dutch (Rare)
Saint Clarentius was a bishop of Vienne, in France, who lived in the early part of the 7th century.

Clary f English (Archaic), Swedish (Rare)
English diminutive form of Clara and Clarissa as well as an adoption of the name of the clary sage (salvia sclarea in Latin).... [more]

Clas m Swedish, Medieval Baltic
Swedish variant of Klas and medieval Latvian variant of Clawes.

Cleontina f Romanian (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Italian (Archaic), Swedish (Rare, Archaic)

Conny f & m Dutch, English, Swedish
Variant of Connie. In Sweden, it is primarily used as a masculine name and as a full name rather than a diminutive.

Corfits m Norwegian (Rare, Archaic), Danish (Rare, Archaic)
Vernacular form of Cornificius.

Cornelie f Dutch, Danish (Rare), German (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Cornelia, which was probably influenced by its French form Cornélie.

Cosmus m Danish (Rare)

Crister m Swedish
Variant of Christer.

Cristna f Swedish (Archaic), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Contracted form of Christina.

Cristoffer m Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Kristoffer.

Cýrus m Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic form of Cyrus.

Dæja f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Of unknown origin and meaning.

Daga f Swedish, Danish (Rare)
Feminine form of Dag as well as a short form of names beginning with Dag-.

Dagbjart m Norwegian (Archaic)
Norwegian form of Dagbjartur.

Dagbjartur m Icelandic, Faroese
Masculine form of Dagbjört.

Dagbjörg f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Dagbjørg.

Dagbjørg f Norwegian (Rare), Faroese
Relatively modern name (late 19th century) created by combining Old Norse dagr "day" with bjarga "to help, save, rescue".

Dagbjørn m Norwegian (Rare), Faroese (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements dagr "day" and bjǫrn "bear".

Dagbjört f Icelandic
Means "bright day", derived from the Old Norse elements dagr "day" and bjǫrt "bright, shining" (from bjartr).

Dagbjørt f Faroese
Faroese form of Dagbjört.

Dage m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Dag.

Dageid f Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Dagheid (see Dagheiðr).

Dager m Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Dag via it's Old Swedish form Dagher.

Dagfari m Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse dagr "day" and -fari "farer", from the verb fara "to go, to travel" (compare Náttfari and Sæfari).

Dagfinna f Icelandic
Feminine form of Dagfinnur.

Dagfinnur m Icelandic (Rare), Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese form of Dagfinnr.

Dagfrid f Norwegian
Norwegian form of Dagfríður.

Dagfríð f Faroese
Faroese form of Dagfríður.

Dagfríður f Icelandic
Means "beautiful day", derived from the Old Norse elements dagr "day" and fríðr "beautiful" (originally "beloved").

Dagfryd f Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Dagfrid.

Daggeir m Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic combination of dagr "day" and geirr "spear".

Daggrós f Icelandic (Modern)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dǫgg "dew; wetness" and rós "rose".

Dagheid f Norwegian (Rare)
Modern form of Dagheiðr.

Dagheiður f Icelandic
Younger form of Dagheiðr.

Daghild f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse dagr "day" combined with Old Norse hildr "battle".

Dagmann m Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements dagr meaning "day" and maðr meaning "person, man" (genitive manns).

Dagmoy f Faroese
Older Faroese form of Dagmar.

Dagmund m Norwegian
Derived from the Old Norse elements dagr "day" and mundr "protection".

Dagnýr m Icelandic
Icelandic masculine form of Dagný.

Dagrund f Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Dagrun.

Dagrunn f Norwegian
Variant of Dagrun.

Dagþór m Icelandic
Combination of Icelandic dagr "day" and þórr "thunder".

Dagulv m Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dagr "day" and ulfr "wolf".

Dagvard m Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dagr "day" and varðr "guardian".

Dagveig f Norwegian (Rare)
Relatively modern name (late 19th century) created by combining Old Norse dagr "day" and veig "power, strength".

Dagvi f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Dagveig.

Dagvin m Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dagr "day" and vinr "friend".

Dalbert m Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic combination of dalr "dale, valley" and bjartr "light, shining".

Daldís f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dalr "dale, valley" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".

Daley f Icelandic (Modern)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dalr "dale, valley" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").

Dalía f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Dalia.

Dallilja f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dalr "dale, valley" and lilja "lily".

Dalrós f Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse dalr meaning "dale, valley" and rós meaning "rose".

Dalrún f Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse dalr meaning "dale, valley" and rún meaning "secret lore, rune".

Damgarð m Faroese

Dammö f Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Dagmar traditionally found in Småland.

Danelíus m Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Danelius.

Danelius m Norwegian (Rare)
Latinized form of Daniel.

Danelken f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Possibly a diminutive of a name starting with Dan-, like Daniela (compare Anniken, Gisken, and Maiken).

Danella f Swedish, English
Variant of Daniela.

Danfríður f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements danr meaning "Dane, Danish" (compare Danr) and fríðr meaning "beautiful, beloved"... [more]

Danía f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Dania.

Dánial m Faroese
Faroese form of Daniel.

Daníela f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Daniela.

Daníella f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Daniella.

Danilken f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Danelken.

Daníval m Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic variant of Danival.

Danival m Icelandic
Icelandic name of uncertain derivation, possibly an altered form of Daníel. It has been suggested that the suffix -val was inspired by Old Norse valr meaning "the slain (in Valhalla)" or the name Perceval.

Danjal m Faroese
Faroese variant of Daniel.

Dann m Danish, English (Rare)
Variant of Dan 2.

Danvør f Faroese
Combination of the Old Norse name elements danr "a Dane; Danish" and vár "spring (the season); woman (in a poetic context); truth".

Darri m Icelandic
Originally an Old Norse byname meaning "long lazy man". The word is related to Old Norse darr "dart, spear".

Daði m Icelandic, Old Norse
From Dáði, an Old Norse diminutive of Davíð. Alternatively it may have been a diminutive of Dagr, or an Old Norse form of Irish Dáithí or Saxon Daþa.

Daðína f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Daði.

Dávi m Faroese
Faroese variant of Dávid.

Davia f English, Italian (Rare), Faroese, Corsican (Archaic)
Cognate of Davida.

Dávið m Faroese
Faroese form of David.

Dávur m Faroese
Faroese variant of Dávid.

Dea f Danish, Swedish, Croatian, Slovene, English, Albanian, Italian
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Latin dea "goddess" and a short form of Dorotea, Andrea 2 and Desideria... [more]

Debóra f Icelandic, Hungarian
Icelandic and Hungarian form of Debora.

Deifobos m Romanian (Rare), Polish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Romanian, Polish and Norwegian form of Deiphobus.

Delinda f Italian, Faroese, Swedish (Rare), Hungarian (Rare)
Truncated form of Adelinda.

Demmus m Faroese
Faroese form of Demus.

Demus m Icelandic
Short form of Nicodemus.

Deníel m Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic form of Deniel.

Denize f Swedish, Danish, English (Rare)
Variant of Denise.

Deodor m Norwegian (Archaic)
Archaic variant of Teodor.

Desiré f Swedish, Italian (Modern), Spanish (Modern)
Swedish, Italian and Spanish variant form of Désirée.

Desirée f Spanish, Swedish, Dutch, German
Spanish and Swedish form of Désirée as well as a Dutch and German variant.

Dessi f Scandinavian, English
Commonly used as a nickname for Desiré.

Detlof m Swedish
Swedish form of Detlef.

Detlov m Swedish
Swedish variant of Detlof.

Devard m Norwegian

Día f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Dia.

Díana f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Diana.

Díanna f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Dianna.

Dicte f Danish
Shortened form of Benedicte.

Didda f Icelandic (Modern, Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Didde.

Didde f Danish
Variant of Ditte.

Diderik m Dutch (Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Dutch variant of Diederik as well as a Danish, Norwegian and Swedish variant of Didrik.

Didrik m Danish (Rare), Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch (Rare)
Danish, Norwegian and Swedish form of Dietrich as well as a rare Dutch shortened form of Diederik.... [more]

Didrika f Swedish (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Swedish feminine form of Didrik and rare Dutch variant of Diederika.

Didrikke f Norwegian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Didrik.

Dika f Swedish
Diminutive of Fredrika.

Dikte f Danish (Rare)
Variant of Dicte.

Dilja f Icelandic (Rare)
Variant of Diljá.

Diljá f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Delia 1.

Diljar m Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Masculine form of Dilja.

Dimmey f Icelandic (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dimma "darkness" or dimmr "dark" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").

Dines m Danish
Danish form of Denis.

Díómedes m Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic form of Diomedes.

Dirch m Danish (Rare)
Variant of Dirk.

Disa f Swedish, Old Swedish
From a medieval Swedish form of the Old Norse name Dísa, a short form of other feminine names containing the element dís "goddess". This is the name of a genus of South African orchids, which honours a heroine in Swedish legend... [more]

Dísella f Icelandic (Modern)
Combination of the Old Norse name element dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin" and Ella 2.

Diðrik m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Didrik.

Díðrikur m Faroese
Faroese form of Didrik.

Ditlef m Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Swedish and Norwegian form of Detlef.

Ditleivur m Faroese
Faroese form of Ditlev.

Ditlev m Danish
Danish form of Detlef.

Ditlevine f Norwegian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Ditlev.

Ditmar m Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic), Silesian
Scandinavian variant and Silesian form of Dietmar.

Djóni m Faroese
Variant of Dion.

Dofri m Old Norse, Icelandic, Norse Mythology
Meaning unknown. Possibly related to the word dofrar ("dale, valley"), or a word meaning "lazy one". In Norse mythology this is the name of a giant who lives on the mountain Dofrafjall.

Dögg f Icelandic
From Old Norse dǫgg "dew".

Døgg f Faroese
Faroese form of Dögg.

Dögun f Icelandic (Modern)
Directly taken from Icelandic dögun "dawn".

Dolf m Dutch, German, Swedish
Short form of names that end in -dolf, such as Adolf, Ludolf and Rudolf.

Domalde m Norse Mythology, Scandinavian
Modern Scandinavian form of Dómaldi, which is a variant form of the Old Norse name Dómaldr.... [more]

Dómaldi m Old Norse, Norse Mythology, Icelandic (Archaic)
Variant of Dómaldr. Dómaldi was a legendary Swedish king who appears in the epic works 'Heimskringla' and 'Ynglinga saga' written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.

Dómaldur m Icelandic (Rare, Archaic)
Icelandic younger form of Dómaldr.

Domar m Norse Mythology, Scandinavian, Swedish (Rare)
Modern Scandinavian form of both Dómari and Dómarr. However, when used in the context of Norse mythology, it strictly refers to the latter name.... [more]

Domhild f Norwegian (Archaic)
Younger form of Dómhildr.

Domhilda f Norwegian (Archaic), Medieval Scandinavian
Younger form of Dómhilda.

Dómhildur f Icelandic
Younger form of Dómhildr.

Dónald m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Donald.

Dónaldur m Icelandic (Rare, Archaic)
Icelandic form of Donald.

Donja f Russian (Rare), Dutch, German (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Russian Доня (see Donya). In languages other than Russian, the name Donja can also be derived from the Spanish word doña meaning "lady", in which case it is a more phonetical spelling of the word.... [more]

Dorald m Danish (Archaic), Dutch (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Possibly a variant spelling of Thorald in Denmark, but elsewhere (especially in the anglophone world), this name is most likely a combination of a name that contains the Greek element δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift" (such as Dorus and Theodore) with a name that ends in -ald (such as Archibald, Gerald and Ronald).... [more]

Dordei f Norwegian (Archaic)
Norwegian dialectal variant of Dordi recorded in Buskerud.

Dordi f Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Dorede, which was a variant of Dorete, the Old Swedish form of Dorothea. It has been used in Sweden since at least the 16th century.

Dordia f Swedish (Archaic)
Derived from Dorothea.

Doreta f Swedish (Archaic)
Contracted form of Dorotea.

Dorethea f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Dorothea.

Dórey f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Þórey.

Doritha f Swedish
Variant of Dorita.

Dormod m Norwegian (Archaic)
Combination of Greek doron "gift" and Germanic móðr "mind, spirit, courage".

Dóróthea f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Dorothea.

Dórothea f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dóróthea.

Dorothia f English (Rare), Swedish (Archaic), Old Swedish
Variant of Dorothea.

Dorta f Swedish (Archaic)
Contracted form of Doreta (see also Dorthe and Dörthe).

Dortea f Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Faroese
Contracted form of Dorothea.

Dorthie f Greenlandic, Danish (Rare)
Variant of Dorthea or Dorthe.

Dósóþeus m Icelandic (Rare, Archaic)
Icelandic form of Dositheus.

Drauma f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Directly taken from Old Norse draumr meaning "dream".

Draumey f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Old Norse draumr "dream" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").

Draupnir m Old Norse, Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Means "goldsmith". Draupnir is the name of both a dwarf and Odin's golden arm ring, which he laid on Baldr's funeral pyre to show that Hel was the legitimate ruler of the Underworld... [more]

Dreki m Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
From Old Norse dreki meaning "dragon".

Dreng m Danish (Archaic), Literature
Derived from the Old Norse name Drængr meaning "young man, lad" or "bold man". It coincides with the modern Danish word dreng meaning "boy"... [more]

Drengur m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Drængr.

Drífa f Old Norse, Icelandic, Norse Mythology
Old Norse name meaning "fall of snow, snowdrift". In Norse mythology, Drífa was a daughter of king Snær. She had two sisters, Mjǫll and Fǫnn and one brother, Þorri.

Driva f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Drífa.

Dröfn f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Drǫfn.

Drömma f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
From Swedish drömma "to dream".

Droplaug f Old Norse, Icelandic
Old Norse name, in which the second element is laug possibly meaning "vowed, promised, bound in oath". The first element may be derived from Old Norse dropi meaning "drop".

Dropleyg f Faroese
Faroese modern form of Droplaug.

Drós f Faroese
Derived from Old Norse drós meaning "woman".

Drótt f Icelandic (Rare), Old Norse
Possibly from Old Norse drótt which meant "household, a people" and "the host of the king's men, body-guard of a king".

Drott m Swedish (Rare)
From Old Swedish drōt(t)in meaning "lord, master".

Dúa f Icelandic
Icelandic adoption of Dua.

Dúfa f Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Means "pitching wave" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology, Dúfa was one of nine daughters of Ægir and Rán.

Dúna f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Icelandic dún meaning "down (of the eider duck), eiderdown" (from Old Norse dūnn).

Dúnn m Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
From Old Norse dúnn meaning "(eider)-down".

Dúnna f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dúna.

Durita f Faroese
Faroese form of Dorita, itself a Scandinavian variant of Dorete (or Dorit 2).

Durið f Faroese
Faroese form of Dorit 2.

Duruta f Faroese
Variant of Durita.

Dyggve m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Dyggvi.

Dynþór m Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Possibly derived from Old Norse dynr meaning "din, noise" combined with Þór.

Dyra f Swedish (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse element dýr "deer; wild animal" (though it is also associated with dýrr "dear; expensive"), perhaps via the Old Swedish (masculine) name Dyre or an Old Norse name such as Dýrhildr or Dýrfinna... [more]

Dyre m Norwegian

Dýrfinna f Old Norse, Icelandic
Derived from Old Icelandic dýr "deer" or dýrr "dear, precious" combined with finnr "Sámi, Laplander" (feminine finna).

Dyrfinna f Norwegian (Archaic)
Younger form of Dýrfinna.

Dýri m Icelandic (Rare), Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse dýr "animal", but also associated with the Icelandic adjective dýr meaning "valuable, expensive, precious".

Dýrleif f Icelandic
Icelandic name with the combination of dýr "deer, wild animal" and leif "inheritance, legacy".

Dýrmundur m Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse dýr "animal, beast" or dýrr "dear, precious" combined with mundr "protection".

Dýrunn f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse dýr "deer" or dýrr "dear, precious" combined with unnr "wave" or unna "to love".

Dyveke f Frisian, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Originally a Frisian diminutive of Dietlinde and other names beginning with the Old High German element thiot meaning "people". It is also associated with Frisian düveke "little dove".

Ebbela f Swedish (Archaic)

Ebbertsína f Icelandic (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Ebbert with the suffix -sina

Ebbi m Medieval English, Icelandic, Old Danish, Faroese
Old Danish, Icelandic and Faroese form of Ebbe.

Ebbot m Swedish (Modern)
Ebbot is Tobbe spelled backwards. It was popularized in Sweden by artist Ebbot Lundberg whose real name is Torbjörn.

Ebeneser m Icelandic
Icelandic variant of Ebenezer.

Eberhardt m Danish, German
German and Danish form of Eberhard.

Eberta f Swedish (Rare, Archaic), Norwegian (Rare, Archaic), Danish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Ebert

Ebertine f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Ebert

Ebon f Swedish
Short form of Ebony and Ebonita.

Ebonney f Icelandic
Variant of Ebony.

Echard m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Eckhard.

Eda f Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)

Edbjørn m Norwegian (Rare)
Derived from the Old English element ead "wealth, fortune" combined with the Old Norse element bjǫrn "bear".

Edel f German, German (Austrian), Danish, English, Finnish, Greenlandic, Icelandic (Rare), Norwegian, Sami, Swedish
Short form of names that begin with or end in the element "Edel-" meaning "noble", for example Edeltraud, Edelgard.... [more]

Edevart m Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Edvard.

Edgeir m Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian variant of Edgar.

Edias m Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian form of Egidius (see Giles).

Edine f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Edina.

Edla f Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Contracted form of Edela.

Edle f Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
Variant of Edel, a short form of names beginning with the Germanic name element adal "noble".