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Filter by meaning, origin, style, era and sound. Every card shows how the name divides between boys and girls, and how its popularity has moved since 1880. Or see the whole shape of it in the name graph.

65 names

  • Hebrew · Norse

    John

    “God is gracious”

    89Very commonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Greek · Timeless

    Andrew

    “manly; a warrior”

    82CommonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Latin · Old-fashioned

    Anna

    “a woman graced with God's favor”

    76CommonEasing

    >99% girls

  • Scandinavian · Royal

    Astrid

    “fair” · “beautiful”

    63FamiliarRising fast

    >99% girls

  • Biblical

    Johan

    “champion”

    58FamiliarSteady

    >99% boys

  • Old Norse · Norse

    Gunnar

    “a bold warrior”

    57FamiliarEasing

    >99% boys

  • German · Modern

    Annika

    “a woman graced with God's favor”

    50UncommonEasing

    >99% girls

  • Old Norse · Old-fashioned

    Harold

    “the ruler of an army”

    49UncommonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Norse

    Anders

    “manly; a warrior” · “the son of Andrew”

    49UncommonSteady

    >99% boys

  • Scandinavian · Norse

    Ingrid

    “having the beauty of the god Ing”

    48UncommonEasing

    >99% girls

  • Royal

    Henrik

    “home” · “power”

    47UncommonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Danish · Norse

    Viggo

    “battle”

    39RareRising fast

    >99% boys

  • Biblical

    Marta

    “lady”

    38RareRising

    >99% girls

  • Norse

    Malena

    “woman from Magdala”

    37RareSteady

    >99% girls

  • Literary

    Sonja

    “wisdom” · “having great wisdom and foresight”

    29RareEasing

    >99% girls

  • Norse

    Sven

    “a youthful man; a lad”

    27RareSteady

    >99% boys

  • Danish · Old-fashioned

    Gustav

    “of the staff of the gods”

    26RareSteady

    >99% boys

  • Slavic · Norse

    Valeska

    “a glorious ruler”

    23RareRising

    >99% girls

  • Norse

    Mikkel

    “who is like God?”

    21RareSteady

    >99% boys

  • Norse

    Sigurd

    “the protector of victory”

    20RareRising fast

    >99% boys

  • Old Norse · Modern

    Torsten

    “from Thor's town; Thor's stone”

    19Very rareEasing

    >99% boys

  • Norse

    Kristoffer

    “a follower of Christ” · “one who bears Christ inside”

    17Very rareCooling

    >99% boys

  • Royal

    Elisabet

    “God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”

    17Very rareEasing

    >99% girls

  • Old Norse · Mythological

    Tor

    “one who is peaceful”

    17Very rareEasing

    >99% boys

  • Norse

    Amma

    “born on a Saturday”

    16Very rareSteady

    >99% girls

  • Latin · Virtue

    Toivo

    “hope”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% boys

  • Royal

    Else

    “God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% girls

  • Scandinavian · Norse

    Gudrun

    “a battlemaiden”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% girls

  • Modern

    Rakel

    “ewe” · “the innocent lamb”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% girls

  • Irish · Mythological

    Birgit

    Birgit is a feminine given name from Swedish, ultimately from Danish. It is used in German, Swedish, Danish, Estonian, and 2 other languages.

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% girls

  • Norse

    Hedda

    “suffering strife during war”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% girls

  • Norse

    Roald

    “praise, fame” · “ruler, chieftain”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% boys

  • Old Norse · Norse

    Stein

    “as solid as a stone” · “stone”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% boys

  • Norse · Royal

    Knut

    “a knot” · “knot”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% boys

  • Modern

    Benedikt

    “one who is blessed”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% boys

  • Royal

    Olav

    “the last of the ancestors”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% boys

  • Old Norse · Norse

    Birger

    “helper”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% boys

  • Royal

    Margrethe

    Margrethe is a feminine given name. It is used in Danish and Norwegian.

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% girls

  • Old Norse · Norse

    Bror

    “brother”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% boys

  • Norse

    Jytte

    “jewess” · “woman from Judea”

    No U.S. birth series

    1% boys · 99% girls

  • Norse

    Torbjørn

    “Thor, god of thunder”

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% boys

  • Swedish · Norse

    Pirkko

    Pirkko is a feminine given name. It is used in Finnish.

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% girls

  • Saints

    Göran

    “farmer” · “one who works the earth”

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% boys

  • Finnish · Virtue

    Usko

    “faith” · “having much faith”

    No U.S. birth series

    50% boys · 50% girls

  • Mythological

    Pirjo

    Pirjo is used as a given name. Pirjo is connected with Bridget.

    No U.S. birth series

    1% boys · 99% girls

  • Norse

    Pentti

    “one who is blessed”

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% boys

  • Old Norse · Norse

    Björn

    “bear”

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% boys

  • Norse

    Tormod

    “a raan from the north”

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% boys

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