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.

Showing 2,113–2,160 of 9,914 names

bright, shining one

bright, shining one

God is my light

God is my light

My God is Yahweh

My God is an oath

my God is abundance

My God is abundance

My God is an oath; God is abundance

2122.Eljero

♂ Male

Dutch (possibly a modern coinage)

unknown, possibly a modern coinage or variant

noble kind, noble

Noble, day, and glorious

2125.Elky

♀ Female

Germanic, Hebrew

noble, sacred, or elk

2126.Ell-Britt

♀ Female

Germanic and Old English

noble, bright, and famous

2127.Ëlla

♀ Female

Germanic, Old English, Hebrew

goddess; foreign; other; all

2128.Ella Britt

♀ Female

Germanic, Old English

foreign; bright, famous

2129.Ella Karin

♀ Female

Germanic (Ella), Greek (Karin)

Ella: 'goddess', 'fairy', or 'all'; Karin: 'pure'

2130.Ella-Britt

♀ Female

Germanic, Old Norse

Foreign, other, or goddess; and strength, exalted one, or bright

2131.Ella-Greta

♀ Female

Germanic and Greek

foreign, other, and pearl

Foreign, other; pure

Fairy maiden; May

foreign and Christian woman

2135.Ellbritt

♀ Female

Germanic

noble, bright, and famous

2136.Elle-Kari

♀ Female

Scandinavian, Hebrew, Greek

God is my oath and pure

sole heir

brave, sacred, or noble

2139.Elli

♀ Female

Germanic, Greek

old age, other, foreign

elf battle

noble, kind, or light

2142.Ellin

♀ Female

Greek

light, torch, bright one

2143.Elline

♀ Female

Greek, Germanic

light, torch, or foreign, other

bright, shining one

noble, foreign, or from the clan of Eli

God is my light

God is my light

My God is abundance

My God is an oath

bright, shining one

elf friend

noble and famous

noble, famous

Scandinavian, German, Greek

bright, shining one; or noble

2155.Elnar

⚥ Unisex

Old Norse, Old German

army, warrior, or elf army

always heir

sole survivor

eternal ruler

God is my oath and exalted one

2160.Els-Maj

♀ Female

Hebrew and Greek

God is my oath (Elisabeth) and pearl (Margareta)

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