[name_u]Cody[/name_u] and I like the name [name_f]Valkyrie[/name_f] at the moment and he is really into the viking lifestyle.
He is interested in finding more names, so I wanted to see what y’all could come up with.
I know they seem obvious, but my favorites have always been [name_m]Leif[/name_m] and [name_m]Erik[/name_m]. [name_m]Leif[/name_m] caught my attention as a child and [name_m]Erik[/name_m] as a preteen.
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Valkyrie feels very connected to Nazi germany to me. Because of those associations I would unfortunally deem it unusable
Viking- style names
Male:
Sven
Harald
Erik
Egil
Hastein
Helge
Ivar
Ingvar
Toste
Olav/Olof
Torlov
Rode
Erinvard
Sigvard
Ioar/Joar
Torgils (Truls)
Rune
Female:
Stena
Torun
Asa
Torfrida
Disa
Jorid
Gyrid
Virun
Embla
Helga
Hilda
Signe/Signy
Nordic mytology:
Male:
Tor
Oden
Loke (very negative since he betrayed the orders so personally I find this name strange to give a child)
Alvar
Balder
Magne
Vidar
Female:
Eir
Freja
Hild
Idun
Saga (means fairytale/story in Swedish)
Verdandi
Many of these are still used in Sweden today.
There’s always Víkingur of course (vee-king-ur).
Other than that, being half Icelandic, I’m a bit confused about what you mean by “Viking style” baby names. Scandinavian names? [name_u]Warrior[/name_u] names?
Names that come to mind are:
[name_m]Ulf[/name_m]
[name_m]Björn[/name_m]
[name_u]Rune[/name_u]
[name_f]Tove[/name_f]
All kinds of [name_m]Thor[/name_m] names: [name_m]Thorsten[/name_m], Thorbjörn, [name_m]Thor[/name_m] etc.
Trygve
[name_m]Gunnar[/name_m]
Revna
Sif
[name_f]Ursa[/name_f]
[name_f]Edda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ebba[/name_f]
[name_f]Thora[/name_f]
If you haven’t already, I’d recommend watching Vikings - not only is it good (imo) but you’ll get loads of name inspiration! [name_f]My[/name_f] favourite names from there are Floki, [name_m]Rollo[/name_m], Torstein & [name_f]Torvi[/name_f]
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heidrun
rolland
hal
sigurd
sigmund
olaf
ulf
wulf
greta
signy
dagny
edvin
jesper
[name_m]Brynmor[/name_m], [name_m]Thorfin[/name_m], [name_m]Caedmon[/name_m], Rosfrith and [name_f]Embla[/name_f] came to mind