Jasyrus's Personal Name List
Úlfur
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
Icelandic
Icelandic form of
Ulf
.
Sveinn
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
Icelandic, Old Norse [1][2]
Old Norse and Icelandic form of
Sven
.
Signý
Gender:
Feminine
Usage:
Old Norse [1], Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Old Norse name that was derived from the elements
sigr
"victory" and
nýr
"new". In Norse legend she was the twin sister of
Sigmund
and the wife of Siggeir.
Ragnar
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Estonian
Pronounced:
RAHNG-nahr
(
Swedish
)
RAK-nar
(
Icelandic
)
Modern Scandinavian form of
Ragnarr
.
Ólafur
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
Icelandic
Pronounced:
O-la-vuyr
Icelandic form of
Olaf
.
Magný
Gender:
Feminine
Usage:
Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse
magn
meaning "power, strength, might" and
nýr
meaning "new".
Magnús
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
Icelandic
Icelandic form of
Magnus
.
Jakob
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Slovene
Pronounced:
YA-kawp
(
German
,
Icelandic
,
Dutch
)
YAH-kawp
(
Swedish
,
Norwegian
)
YAH-kob
(
Danish
)
Form of
Jacob
(or
James
) used in several languages.
Erlendur
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
Icelandic
Icelandic form of
Erland
.
Björn
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
Swedish, Icelandic, German
Pronounced:
BYUUN
(
Swedish
)
PYUURTN
(
Icelandic
)
BYUURN
(
German
)
From an Old Norse byname derived from
bjǫrn
meaning
"bear"
.
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