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Scandinavian and Finnish names

Names that share a history or a tradition.

35 namesThemed list

  1. Norse

    Anders

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

    49UncommonSteady

    >99% boys

  2. Biblical

    Johan

    “champion”

    58FamiliarSteady

    >99% boys

  3. Latin · Old-fashioned

    Anna

    “a woman graced with God's favor”

    76CommonEasing

    >99% girls

  4. Greek · Timeless

    Andrew

    “manly; a warrior”

    82CommonEasing

    >99% boys

  5. Hebrew · Norse

    John

    “God is gracious”

    89Very commonEasing

    >99% boys

  6. Norse

    Sigurd

    “the protector of victory”

    20RareRising fast

    >99% boys

  7. Old Norse · Norse

    Gunnar

    “a bold warrior”

    57FamiliarEasing

    >99% boys

  8. Scandinavian · Norse

    Gudrun

    “a battlemaiden”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% girls

  9. Danish · Old-fashioned

    Gustav

    “of the staff of the gods”

    26RareSteady

    >99% boys

  10. Royal

    Margrethe

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

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% girls

  11. Norse · Royal

    Knut

    “a knot” · “knot”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% boys

  12. Royal

    Olav

    “the last of the ancestors”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% boys

  13. Old Norse · Royal

    Håkon

    Håkon is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk.

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% boys

  14. Old Norse · Norse

    Stein

    “as solid as a stone” · “stone”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% boys

  15. Old Norse · Mythological

    Tor

    “one who is peaceful”

    17Very rareEasing

    >99% boys

  16. Old Norse · Norse

    Frode

    “a wise man”

    No U.S. birth series

    99% boys · 1% girls

  17. Old Norse · Norse

    Bror

    “brother”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% boys

  18. 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

  19. Old Norse · Norse

    Björn

    “bear”

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% boys

  20. Norse

    Bjørn

    “bear”

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% boys

  21. Norse

    Torbjørn

    “Thor, god of thunder”

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% boys

  22. Norse

    Abelone

    “a gift from the god Apollo” · “woman who is manly”

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% girls

  23. Norse

    Jytte

    “jewess” · “woman from Judea”

    No U.S. birth series

    1% boys · 99% girls

  24. Norwegian · Norse

    Gro

    “one who works the earth”

    No U.S. birth series

    1% boys · 99% girls

  25. Norse

    Terje

    “the power of Thor's spear”

    No U.S. birth series

    98% boys · 2% girls

  26. Old Norse · Norse

    Birger

    “helper”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% boys

  27. Saints

    Göran

    “farmer” · “one who works the earth”

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% boys

  28. Mythological

    Pirjo

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

    No U.S. birth series

    1% boys · 99% girls

  29. Swedish · Norse

    Pirkko

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

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% girls

  30. Norse

    Oskari

    “spear of god”

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% boys

  31. Norse

    Pentti

    “one who is blessed”

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% boys

  32. Norse

    Ransu

    “a man from France; one who is free” · “frenchman”

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% boys

  33. Latin · Virtue

    Toivo

    “hope”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% boys

  34. Finnish · Virtue

    Usko

    “faith” · “having much faith”

    No U.S. birth series

    50% boys · 50% girls

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