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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hamlet mountain or fortified mountain

warm, protected, or sheltered place

home ruler

Home ruler

red, red-haired

High protector

Home ruler

unknown, possibly related to 'to acquire' or 'to obtain'

Finnish, Germanic

enclosure, pen, or a variant of John meaning 'God is gracious'

3418.Hanna-Karin

Hebrew and Greek

Grace; favor; pure

3419.Hanna-Leena

Hebrew and Greek

favor, grace, and light, torch

3420.Hanna-Lena

Germanic, Hebrew

Graceful or favored light

Hebrew and Germanic

grace, favor, and people

3422.Hanna-Louise

Hebrew and Germanic

graceful warrior

3423.Hanna-Mari

grace, favor, and bitter, or star of the sea

3424.Hanna-Maria

grace, favor, and wished-for child, bitter, or rebellion

3425.Hanna-Marie

Hebrew and Latin

grace, favor, and bitter, beloved

3426.Hanna-Sofia

Hebrew and Greek

Graceful wisdom

3427.Hannaleena

Finnish, combining Hebrew and Greek elements

Graceful, gracious, or favored light

3428.Hannaliina

Finnish, from Hebrew and Germanic

graceful, favored, or gracious

3429.Hannaliisa

Finnish, combining Hebrew and Germanic elements

Gracious, favored, and consecrated to God

Finnish, combining Hannah and Mari

Graceful sea of bitterness or beloved star

Danish, Scandinavian, Hebrew

Grace, favor

Hebrew (via Finnish)

God has favored me; grace, favor

3433.Hanneleele

Finnish diminutive of Johanna, ultimately from Hebrew

God is gracious

grace, favor

Germanic, Hebrew

gracious, favored, and consecrated to God

3436.Hannemieke

Dutch, Germanic, Hebrew

gracious, beloved, and famous

grace, favor

grace, favor

Germanic (Low German)

God is gracious

Germanic (Hans), Old Norse (Åke)

God is gracious (Hans) and ancestor/forefather (Åke)

Germanic, Old Norse

God is gracious, eagle

3442.Hans Bertil

Germanic, Old German

God is gracious; bright, noble

3443.Hans Christer

Germanic, Greek

God is gracious; Christ-bearer

3444.Hans Christian

Germanic (Hans), Latin (Christian)

God is gracious (Hans) and follower of Christ (Christian)

Germanic, Hebrew

God is gracious; eternal ruler

Germanic, Hebrew

God is gracious, eternal ruler

3447.Hans Göran

Germanic, Greek

God is gracious; farmer

3448.Hans Gösta

Germanic, Old Norse

God is gracious; Geat, Goth

3449.Hans Gunnar

Germanic, Old Norse

God is gracious, battle/warrior

Germanic, Old Norse

God is gracious, son of Ing

3451.Hans Jörgen

Germanic, Greek

God is gracious; farmer/earth-worker

3452.Hans Lennart

Germanic, Old German

God is gracious; brave as a lion

Germanic, Old Norse

God is gracious; ancestral heritage

Germanic (Hans), Old Norse (Olof)

God is gracious (Hans) and ancestor's relic/heir (Olof)

Germanic, Old Norse

God is gracious; ancestor's relic

Germanic, Old Norse

God is gracious and awe-inspiring

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