Cinnabar's Personal Name List

From Old Norse Víðarr, which was possibly derived from víðr "wide" and herr "army, warrior". In Norse mythology Víðarr was the son of Odin and Grid. At the time of the end of the world, Ragnarök, it is said he will avenge his father's death by slaying the wolf Fenrir.

Means "chooser of the slain", derived from Old Norse valr "the slain" and kyrja "chooser". In Norse myth the Valkyries were maidens who led heroes killed in battle to Valhalla.

Scandinavian form of Waldemar, also used as a translation of the Slavic cognate Vladimir. This was the name of four kings of Denmark and a king of Sweden. It was introduced to Scandinavia by the 12th-century Danish king Valdemar I who was named after his mother's grandfather: Vladimir II, a grand prince of Kievan Rus.

Modern form of the Old Norse name Tófa, a short form of Þórfríðr.

Norwegian form of Torbjörn.

Modern Scandinavian form of Þórr (see Thor). It was not used as a personal name until the 18th century. It is sometimes used as a short form of names of Old Norse origin that begin with the element Tor, which is also a derivative of Þórr.

Short form of Dorothea, Theodora and other names containing a similar sound.

Means "lilac" in Swedish and Danish.

It could be also a variant of the English word siren meaning "mermaid".

From the Old Norse byname Sveinn meaning "boy". This was the name of kings of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Scandinavian form of the Old English name Sunngifu, which meant "sun gift" from the Old English elements sunne "sun" and giefu "gift". This was the name of a legendary English saint who was shipwrecked in Norway and killed by the inhabitants.

Danish form of Severinus. Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a Danish philosopher who is regarded as a precursor of existentialism.

From an Old Norse name, which was derived from the elements sól "sun" and veig "strength". This is the name of the heroine in Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt (1876).

Means "buttercup (flower)" in Icelandic (genus Ranunculus), derived from sól "sun" and ey "island".

Derived from Old Norse snerra "attack, onslaught". This name was borne by Snorri Sturluson, a 13th-century Icelandic historian and poet, the author of the Prose Edda.

Norwegian variant form of Cecilia.

Short form of Sigrid.

Means "sparkle" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology this was the name of a dwarf, also named Eitri. With his brother Brokkr he made several magical items for the gods, including Odin's ring Draupnir and Thor's hammer Mjölnir.

Norwegian form of Sindri.

Modern Scandinavian form of Signý.

German and Scandinavian form of Severinus.

Dutch and Danish short form of Susanna.

Dutch, Estonian, Danish and Norwegian short form of Alexander.

Derived from the Old Norse elements rún "secret lore, rune" and herr "army, warrior". This name did not exist in Old Norse, but was created in the modern era.

From the Old Norse name Hreiðarr, which was derived from the elements hreiðr "nest, home" and herr "army, warrior".

Scandinavian and Breton form of Peter.

Feminine form of Olav.

Variant of Olaf.

Medieval Danish variant of Margrethe.

Norwegian and Swedish form of Margaret.

Danish diminutive of Marina or Maria.

Derived from the Old Norse name Hlíf meaning "protection". Its use has been influenced by the modern Scandinavian word liv meaning "life".

From the name of a flower, also known as the twinflower. The Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus named it after himself, it being his favourite flower.

Variant of Linnéa.

From the Old Norse name Leifr meaning "descendant, heir". Leif Eriksson was a Norse explorer who reached North America in the early 11th century. He was the son of Erik the Red.

Scandinavian and Finnish form of Laurence 1.

Scandinavian form of Laurence 1.

Means "lark" in Danish.

Variant of Ketil.

Norwegian form of Christina.

From the Old Norse name Ketill meaning "kettle, cauldron" (later also acquiring the meaning "helmet"). In old Scandinavian rituals the ketill was used to catch the blood of sacrificed animals.

Scandinavian form of Kenneth.

Form of Katya in various languages.

Norwegian short form of Katarina.

Scandinavian diminutive of Katarina.

Meaning uncertain, possibly a Frisian diminutive of Gerhard, Nicolaas, Cornelis or Gaius [1]. It is borne by a boy captured by the Snow Queen in an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Spreading from Germany and Scandinavia, this name became popular in the English-speaking world and other places in Western Europe around the end of the 20th century.

Danish form of Jutta.

From the Old Norse name Jórunnr, derived from the elements jǫfurr "boar" and unna "to love".

Danish form of John.

Scandinavian feminine diminutive of Jan 1, from Low German.

Scandinavian form of Ivor.

Short form of Johannes.

Short form of Margrethe.

Variant of Asbjørn.

Scandinavian form of Eric. This was the name of kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway. King Erik IX of Sweden (12th century) is the patron saint of that country.

Modern form of Eir.

Danish diminutive of Cecilia.

Means "armour" in Old Norse.

Danish and Norwegian form of Björn.

Short form of Astrid.

Scandinavian form of Andreas (see Andrew). A famous bearer was the Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström (1814-1874).

Variant of Axel.