WRITER IN THE DARK ⋆ Names

⤷ norse

norse names
( meaning )

feminine

aasta ( love )
aelfsi ( one who is like an elf )
adalbjorg ( protection )
agatha ( goodhearted )
ailsa ( elf victory )
alfdis ( divine woman )
alfina ( elf )
arna ( eagle )
arthea ( follower of thor )
artice ( follower of thor )
asdis ( goddess )
asgerd ( god's fence )
astri ( divine beauty )
astrid ( divine beauty )

birget ( protecting woman )
botilda ( commanding heroine )
brenna ( sword )
brunhild ( battle armor )

dagnija ( day )
dagny ( new day )
dagomara ( glorious day )
dahlia ( flower )
diss ( one who is spirited )

eda ( poetry )
ella ( compassion )
emma ( universal )
erika ( eternal ruler )
estrid ( beautiful )

fraida ( adored by all )
freja ( goddess of beauty )
freya ( goddess of love )
frida ( woman of peace )
fridrika ( peaceful ruler )
frigg ( from iceland )

gerdur ( protective )
gerrie ( one who rules with the mighty spear )
gerta ( enclosure )

haldis ( firm helper )
halle ( heroine )
helga ( sacred )
hilda ( fighter )
hjordis ( sword goddess )
howea ( horse )
hulda ( loved one )

ingrid ( beautiful woman )
ingrida ( beautiful woman )

kari ( pure )
kelsey ( from the island of ships )
kolbrun ( coal )

liv ( of life )

matilda ( mighty in battle )

odine ( eager )
olaug ( destroyer )

piper ( pipe player )

ragnild ( goddess/warrior )
randi ( shrine )
rannveig ( house woman )
ronna ( well-advised ruler )

sagga ( the seeing one )
sandy ( protector of humanity )
shelba ( from the farm of willows )
sif ( wife )
sigourney ( victorious conqueror )
sigrid ( marvelous victory )
sigrun ( close friend )
solveiga ( strength )
svala ( bird )
sylvi ( from the house of strength )

tove ( dove )
true ( genuine )
turrid ( master of natural thunder )
tyra ( like thunder )

yrsa ( she-bear )
ylva ( she-wolf )

masculine

ake ( ancestor )
anders ( brave )
andor ( eagle )
ari ( eagle )
arne ( eagle )
arnfinn ( eagle/from finland )
aron ( eagle ruler )
arvid ( eagle/tree )
asger ( spear of god )
askild ( gods' helmet )
axel ( man of peace )

bill ( will to protect )
birger ( one who helps )
bjarke ( bear )
bjorn ( bear )
bo ( fair )
brandt ( sword )

calder ( rough waters )
canute ( rope )
carr ( swamp )
colborn ( burning charcoal )
colby ( town of darkness )
corey ( chosen )
crosby ( cross farm )

dag ( day )
dane ( dweller in the valley )
darby ( deer park )
dustin ( thor's stone )

einar ( lone warrior )
eluf ( sole heir )
erik ( eternal ruler )
erland ( outsider )

fell ( from the mountains )
finn ( fair )
fiske ( fisherman )
freyre ( god of weather )
frode ( enlightened )

garth ( enclosed yard )
geir ( spear )
gorm ( attentive )
gram ( gravelly land )
gudbrand ( divine sword )
gudmund ( great ruler )
gunnar ( warrior )
gustav ( staff of the gods )

hafdan ( half-danish )
hagen ( protected place )
haldor ( rock of thor )
halstein ( rock )
halvar ( flat stone )
harald ( lord and ruler )
hemming ( shape shifter )
herleif ( descendant of a warrior )
hjalmar ( one who battles in a helmet )
holger ( island/spear )
holmes ( island )
hrafn ( raven )
hrooar ( warrior )

igor ( one who battles with ing's army )
ingolf ( ing's wolf )
ingmar ( famous ing )
ingvar ( ing's army )
ivar ( one who fights with a bow and arrow )

jari ( one who will rise up )
jarl ( noble man )

kettil ( cauldron )
kirk ( church dweller )
kirkland ( land near church )
kirkwood ( church near woods )
kol ( victory of the people )

lamont ( lawyer )
leif ( descendant )
loki ( god of mischief )

magnus ( powerful )
manning ( valiant )

narve ( enclosed )

odin ( god of war )
olaf ( ancestor's descendant )
oliver ( descendent )
olsen ( son of ole )
oscar ( friend of deer )
osmon ( godly protection )
ove ( godly protection )

per ( rock )

randolph ( wolf shield )
rangvald ( powerful judgement )
roscoe ( from near a buck forest )
rune ( secret )

selby ( from near a farm of willows )
sigmund ( protector )
sigurd ( victory )
sten ( tiny rock )
stigr ( voyager )
sven ( young man )

tarben ( thor's bear )
thor ( god of thunder )
thorsen ( god of thunder )
thurmund ( protector of thor )
torbjorn ( thor's bear )
tore ( thunder warrior )
torsten ( thor and stone )
torvald ( thor's ruler )
tove ( beautiful thor )
tyr ( from the stars )

ulf ( wolf )
ulrik ( ruler of all )

vali ( great and powerful )
viggo ( battle )

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