Old Norse Names

General Name Discussion
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I’ve been seeing some Old Norse and ancient Scandinavian names recently and I’ve been really enjoying them.
A few of you may know that I’m currently trying to add lots of names to my list and also discover some new names that I hadn’t thought to be my style previously. I think that some Old Norse names that I’ve seeing are the type of names I’d like to add to my list
In the Writers’ Corner, I saw the names Embla -I love the meaning (Elm!), Selka -also love the meaning (Berry) and Solfrid which I really like
Does anyone have any Old Norse name suggestions?

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Because I’m Icelandic, I have quite a few Old Norse names on my list :wink: Here are some of my favorites. I’ve only listed the ones that are actually Old Norse. Most Icelandic names are modernizations of Old Norse names, but I don’t know if that’s what you’re looking for.

Girls:

Auðr
Brynja
Dagrún
Ebba
Edda
Frigg
Gry
Gulla
Hallþóra
Hildr
Hulda
Iðunn
Svanhildr
Þórný

Boys:

Ásmundr
Bjarni
Brandr
Félagi
Fólki
Gauti
Hrafn
Kári
Magni
Njáll
Rúni
Sumarliði - probably my favorite. It means “summer traveller”
Suni
Sverrir
Víkingr

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Haha, that was me! I’ve been really into Old Norse names lately too, so I decided to write something so that I could use the names lol

I found some of them with this generator, so I thought I’d share the link :slight_smile:

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[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
Aesir
[name_u]Rune[/name_u] / [name_f]Runa[/name_f]
[name_m]Sindre[/name_m]
[name_f]Beyla[/name_f]
[name_m]Tyr[/name_m]
[name_f]Edda[/name_f]
[name_f]Idun[/name_f]
[name_m]Sigurd[/name_m] / [name_m]Sigmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Vidar[/name_m]
Kvasir
[name_f]Vali[/name_f]
Austri
[name_f]Signy[/name_f] / Sigyn
Astrilde
[name_f]Skadi[/name_f]
Atla / [name_m]Atli[/name_m]
[name_m]Eisa[/name_m]
[name_f]Eostre[/name_f]
[name_u]Sol[/name_u]
Vanadis
Svanhild
Hretha
Zisa
Forseti
Hermod
[name_m]Fenrir[/name_m]
[name_f]Brynhild[/name_f]
Bestla
[name_u]Loki[/name_u]
[name_f]Valkyrja[/name_f]
Valder

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These are mostly all girl names but they’re all I can think of right now:

Gyða
Frøydis / Freydis - Like Freya but not
Finnr
Þyri / Thyri
Sigríðr
Aslaug - Norse Mythology - Appears in the Völsunga saga
Siv / Sif - Norse Goddess
Isleif
Bjørn - means bear

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:hushed: that one does not come across well the way Im seeing it…

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[name_f]Holy[/name_f] cow I just noticed that lol :joy: :flushed:

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That’s because you’re seeing it wrong :wink: Þ is transcribed as th. So it’s essentially [name_m]Thorny[/name_m].

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Yea, I saw that it’s not actually a ‘P’, but if you were to actually name an English-speaking kid that, there would be no end to the teasing. If we saw it, then other people are bound to see it too.

It’s a cool name though!

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Since it’s a letter that doesn’t exist in [name_f]English[/name_f], I suppose you couldn’t legally use it for an [name_f]English[/name_f] speaking child. Also, making fun of someone’s native language can be quite hurtful, so maybe consider that for the future :wink:

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[name_f]My[/name_f] all time favorite is Freydís! :butterfly: :snowflake:

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Not everyone on this site is primarily English-speaking though

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Yes, I realize that

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[name_f]Selka[/name_f] and Solfrid are beautiful! I really like [name_f]Ebba[/name_f] and on the name generator I got Alfhild which is amazing haha (means elf battle).

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Some names from my family:
Berentine/Berntine
[name_f]Solveig[/name_f]
[name_f]Gudrun[/name_f]
[name_m]Ketil[/name_m]
Ottar
[name_f]Beret[/name_f]
[name_m]Erling[/name_m]
[name_m]Sverre[/name_m]
[name_m]Einar[/name_m]

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I really like this name, it’s cute! I also like the meaning and where it is derived from in Norse mythology

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