Viking names and what they mean

Today as my first blog for my new topic, vikings, I am going to write about viking names and what they mean.


Girls names:

Name                       Meaning

Astrid                      ás - Word for god in old norse / frid - beautiful (woman.)

Brynhild                Bryn - chain mail / Hild - fighter.

Freydis                  Freyr - fertility goddess /  Dis - low rank goddess.

Gudrun                  Gud - god / run - secret knowledge.

Gunnhild               Gunnr - fight / Hild - fighter.

Gunnvor                Gunnr - fight / Vor - defend.

Hilde                     Hild - fighter.

Ingrid                    Ing - viking god / Frid - beautiful (woman.)

Ragnhild              Regin - council / Hild - fighter.

Ranveig               Rann - house / Veig - Unknown, Perhaps Víg - fight.

Sigrid                  Sigr - victory / Frid - beautiful (woman.)

Sigrunn               Sigr - victory / Secret - Knowledge.

Siv                      Sif - a relation or an inlaw.

Solveig               Sól - house, hall / Veig - Unknown perhaps Víg - fight.

Svanhild             Svan - swan / Hild fighter.

Torhild               Tor - The mighty thor / Hild - fighter.

Torunn               Tor - the mighty thor / Unn - love.

Turid                  Tor - the mighty thor / frid - beautiful (woman.)

Vigdis                Vig - fight / Dis - low rank goddess.

Yngvild             Yng - viking god / Hild - fight.



Boys names:

Names               Meaning

Arne                  Orn - Eagle.

Bjørn                 Bjørn - bear.

Eirik                  Ei - the unique one / Rik - prince.

Geir                   Geirr - javlin.

Gisle                 Gísl - Hostage, the handle of the javlin.

Gunnar             Gunnr - fight / ar - warrior.

Harald             Har - army / Vald - Prince.

Hákon             Hár - A prominent person/ Konr - family.

Inge                Inge - The viking god Yngve.

Ivar                yr - A coniferous tree / Ar - worrier.

Knut              Knutr - A knot

Leif               Leif -  Property, inheritence.

Magnus        Magnus - Mighty, big.

Olav             Anu - ancestor / LaibaR - inheritence.

Rolf             Rod - Honour / Ulfr - wolf.

Sigurd         Sigr - victory / Vard - guardian.

Snorre         Snurre - The unruly one.

Steinar        Stienn - stone / Ar - worrier.

Torstein      Tor - The mighty thor / Steinn - stone.

Trygve       Tryggr - the trustworthy one.

Ulf            Ulfr - wolf.

Valdemar  Valr - Might / Mar - famous.

Vidar        The viking god Vidar.

Yngve      The viking god yngve.