Nordic Names

Names used across the Nordic countries — Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. A broad collection of modern and traditional names from the Nordics.

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Old Norse via English

place of the springs/fountain farm

victorious ship

spring, fountain

Possibly 'cauldron' or 'helmet valley'

Old Norse, Middle English, Irish

spring, well, or narrow ridge

worthy, suitable, good

victorious ship

English place name

valley of the River Kent

English surname, transferred use

royal valley or king's valley

royal valley

Old English (Kent), Old Norse (Åke)

Kent: 'edge, border, coast'; Åke: 'ancestor, father'

Old English and Old Norse

from Kent (England) and eagle

5149.Kent Göran

Kent: Brythonic/Old English; Göran: Greek

Kent: 'edge, border'; Göran: 'farmer, earth-worker'

Old English (Kent), Old Norse (Inge)

Kent: 'coastal district'; Inge: 'ancestor' or 'Ing's protection'

Old English (Kent), Old Norse (Ove)

Kent: 'edge, border'; Ove: 'awe, fear' or 'blade'

Old English (for Kent), Old Norse (for Åke)

Kent: 'edge, border'; Åke: 'ancestor, father'

English and Old Norse

from Kent (England) and eagle

Old English and Old Norse

Kent: 'edge, border' (Old English); Erik: 'eternal ruler' (Old Norse)

5155.Kent-Göran

Old English and Greek (via Swedish)

Kent: 'edge, border' (Old English); Göran: 'farmer' (Greek via Swedish)

English and Old Norse

from Kent (England) and 'Ing' (a Germanic god)

Old English and Old Norse

Kent: 'edge, border'; Ola: 'ancestor's relic' or 'holy'

Old English, Old Norse

Kent: 'edge, border' (Old English); Olof: 'ancestor's relic' (Old Norse)

English (Kent) and Old Norse (Olov)

From Kent (place name) and 'ancestor's relic' or 'heirloom'

English, Old Norse

from Kent (England) and an unknown element, possibly 'awe' or 'fear'

5161.Kent-Roger

English (place name) and Old Germanic

from Kent (England) and famous spear

Celtic, Old English

coast, edge

5163.Kenth-Åke

Germanic, Old Norse

brave, bold, and ancestral heir

5164.Kenth-Olof

Old English and Old Norse

royal descendant and ancestor's relic

Germanic and Old Norse

Royal ancestor and island

Irish, Scottish Gaelic

dark, dusky

Old Norse, Old English

settlement by the church

from the Kerttu farm

church

free man, or possibly 'from the ker-mouth'

Scottish Gaelic

rough, rocky place

pure

Cherry

Dutch, Low German

Christian, follower of Christ

Anointed, follower of Christ

Christian, follower of Christ

follower of Christ

enclosure, garden

5179.Kertasnikir

Candle-Thief

free man

Finnish, diminutive of Gertrude

pledge, oath, or enclosed garden

pure

summer

cauldron, helmet, sacrificial cauldron

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