Swede's Personal Name List

Liv 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
Pronounced: LEEV
Rating: 52% based on 19 votes
Derived from the Old Norse name Hlíf meaning "protection". Its use has been influenced by the modern Scandinavian word liv meaning "life".
Love 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: LOO-veh
Rating: 48% based on 18 votes
Swedish form of Louis.
Ocean
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: O-shən
Rating: 47% based on 18 votes
Simply from the English word ocean for a large body of water. It is ultimately derived from Greek Ὠκεανός (Okeanos), the name of the body of water thought to surround the Earth.
Runa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Pronounced: ROO-nah(Norwegian) ROO-na(Danish, Swedish)
Rating: 51% based on 19 votes
Feminine form of Rune.
Sol 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: SOL(Spanish) SAWL(European Portuguese) SOW(Brazilian Portuguese)
Rating: 61% based on 18 votes
Means "sun" in Spanish or Portuguese.
Storm
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Dutch (Modern), Danish (Modern), Norwegian (Modern)
Pronounced: STAWRM(English, Dutch)
Rating: 57% based on 20 votes
From the vocabulary word, ultimately from Old English or Old Dutch storm, or in the case of the Scandinavian name, from Old Norse stormr. It is unisex as an English name, but typically masculine elsewhere.
Svea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: SVEH-ah
Rating: 49% based on 17 votes
From a personification of the country of Sweden, in use since the 17th century. It is a derivative of Svear, the Swedish name for the North Germanic tribe the Swedes. The Swedish name of the country of Sweden is Sverige, a newer form of Svear rike meaning "the realm of the Svear".
Viking
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: VEE-king
Rating: 19% based on 18 votes
From the Old Norse name Víkingr meaning "viking, raider", ultimately from vík "cove, inlet".
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