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Beppe m SwedishSwedish diminutive of masculine given names that start with
Be-, such as
Bertil.
Birghild f SwedishSwedish name with the combination of
Birga or other names that start with
birg and
hildr "battle, fight".
Blå m & f Swedish (Rare)Means "blue" in Swedish. Ultimately derived from Old Norse
blár meaning "blue" but often denoting "dark, black" (compare
Bláinn). A few hundred years ago sometimes used as a variant or short form of
Blasius.
Blåsippa f Swedish (Modern, Rare)Swedish name for the plant hepatica nobilis. It is the second middle name of popular Swedish folk singer Sofia Karlsson.
Blenda f SwedishFrom a place name which was derived from Old Swedish
blædh "blade". According to Swedish tradition, the place was named after a woman named Blenda who defended the land against invading Danes in the local men's absence... [
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Bodel f & m SwedishFor feminine uses it is a Swedish dialectal variant form of
Bodil and for masculine uses it is a Swedish dialectal variant form of
Botolf.
Bore m SwedishDerived from Greek βορέας (
boreas) "north wind". Kung Bore (King Bore) is a Swedish personification of winter.
Borka m Literature, Swedish (Rare)Borka is the father of
Birk Borkason and one of the antagonists in Astrid Lindgren's 'Ronia the Robber's Daughter'. Lindgren might have gotten the name from Lake Borkasjön in Lapland, northern Sweden.
Botulf m Germanic, Swedish (Rare)Derived from Gothic
biutan "to offer" or Old High German
boto "bid, offer" combined with Gothic
vulfs "wolf." There are also instances where this name is a later form of the ancient Scandinavian name
Bótulfr.
Botvid m SwedishDerived from the old Norse elements 'bot' meaning penance and 'vidh' meaning forest. Known to have been used since the 9th century
Brun m Medieval English, Old Danish, Old Swedish, SwedishThe Old English masculine name Brun is identical with the adjective
brun meaning ‘brown’ (OE
brūn). It appears to have become established as an independent forename only in the later tenth century, its earliest recorded bearers living c. 970... [
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Bure m SwedishModern 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).
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.
Conny f & m Dutch, English, SwedishVariant of
Connie. In Sweden, it is primarily used as a masculine name and as a full name rather than a diminutive.
Disa f Swedish, Old SwedishFrom 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... [
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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... [
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Edel f German, German (Austrian), Danish, English, Finnish, Greenlandic, Icelandic (Rare), Norwegian, Sami, SwedishShort form of names that begin with or end in the element "Edel-" meaning "noble", for example
Edeltraud,
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Edor m Swedish, Norwegian (Archaic)Meaning unknown. Perhaps derived from the Norse name element
þórr "thunder". The name has been used since the mid-19th century.
Ekke m Finnish, Swedish, EstonianFinnish and Swedish diminutive of
Erik. As an Estionian name, it might also be derived from various Germanic names beginning with the name element
ag (compare
Ekkehard).
Elving m SwedishSwedish name of uncertain meaning. Possibly derived from Old Norse
alfr "elf", Swedish
älv "river", or Swedish
elva "eleven".