The names listed here occur in Norse mythologies and legends.

ALF (1)   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Derived from Old Norse alfr "elf"... [more]

ALVIS   m   Norse Mythology
Means "all wise" in Old Norse... [more]

BALDER   m   Norse Mythology
Means "prince" from Old Norse... [more]

BORGHILD   f   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Derived from the Old Norse elements borg "fortification" and hildr "battle"... [more]

EIR   f   Norse Mythology
Means "mercy" in Old Norse... [more]

FREA   f   Norse Mythology
Variant of FREYA

FREY   m   Norse Mythology
Variant of FREYR

FREYA   f   Norse Mythology
From Old Norse Freyja meaning "lady"... [more]

FREYJA   f   Norse Mythology
Older form of FREYA

FREYR   m   Norse Mythology
Means "lord" in Old Norse... [more]

FRIGG   f   Norse Mythology
Means "beloved" in Old Norse, ultimately derived from Indo-European *pri "to love"... [more]

GANDALF   m   Norse Mythology, Literature
Means "wand elf" in Old Norse, from the elements gandr "wand, staff, cane" and álfr "elf"... [more]

GERD (2)   f   Norse Mythology, Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse garðr meaning "enclosure"... [more]

GRID   f   Norse Mythology
Means "peace" in Old Norse... [more]

GRÍMHILDR   f   Norse Mythology, Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse cognate of KRIEMHILD

GUDRUN   f   Norse Mythology, Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Guðrún meaning "god's secret lore", derived from the elements guð "god" and rún "secret lore"... [more]

GUNNAR   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse name Gunnarr which was derived from the elements gunnr "war" and arr "warrior"... [more]

HEIDRUN   f   Norse Mythology
Derived from Old Norse heiðr meaning "heath" and rún meaning "secret"... [more]

HEL   f   Norse Mythology
In Norse mythology this was the name of the daughter of Loki... [more]

ING   m   Germanic Mythology, Norse Mythology
From old Germanic Ingwaz, which possibly means "he who is foremost"... [more]

JARL   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Means "nobleman, earl" in Old Norse... [more]

LOKI   m   Norse Mythology
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from the Indo-European root *leug meaning "to break"... [more]

NJORD   m   Norse Mythology, Scandinavian
From the Old Norse Njörðr, which was possibly derived from the Indo-European root *ner meaning "strong, vigourous"... [more]

ODEN   m   Norse Mythology
Swedish form of ODIN

ODIN   m   Norse Mythology
Anglicized form of Old Norse Óðinn which was derived from óðr "inspiration, rage, frenzy"... [more]

SAGA   f   Norse Mythology
Possibly means "seeing one" in Old Norse... [more]

SIF   f   Norse Mythology
Variant of SIV

SIGNY   f   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse name Signý, which was derived from the element sigr "victory" combined with ný "new"... [more]

SIGRÚN   f   Ancient Scandinavian, Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements sigr "victory" and rún "secret"... [more]

SIGURD   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse name Sigurðr, which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and vörðr "guardian"... [more]

SINDRI   m   Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Possibly means either "small, trivial" or else "sparkling" in Old Norse... [more]

SIV   f   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Means "bride" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology Siv was the wife of Thor.

SKAÐI   f   Norse Mythology
Possibly means "damage" in Old Norse... [more]

SKULD   f   Norse Mythology
Means "future" in Old Norse... [more]

SVANHILD   f   Norwegian, Norse Mythology
Scandinavian cognate of SWANHILD... [more]

THOR   m   Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse Þórr meaning "thunder", ultimately from the early Germanic *Þunraz... [more]

ÞÓRR   m   Norse Mythology
Original Old Norse form of THOR

TYR   m   Norse Mythology
Old Norse form of the name of the Germanic god Tiwaz, related to Indo-European dyeus (see ZEUS)... [more]

URD   f   Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse Urðr meaning "fate"... [more]

VERDANDI   f   Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse Verðandi meaning "necessity"... [more]

VIDAR   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse Víðarr, which is possibly derived from víðr "forest" and arr "warrior"... [more]

VÖLUND   m   Norse Mythology
Old Norse cognate of WIELAND