Swedish Names

Popular Swedish baby names from Scandinavia, blending modern international choices with classic Old Norse names. Sweden has a rich naming tradition featuring names like Astrid, Björn, Ingrid and Saga that have spread worldwide.

Showing 97–144 of 1,741 names

Old Norse and Hebrew

Goddess-Mary, combining Old Norse 'áss' (god) and Hebrew 'Miryam'

God-bear

divinely beautiful

divinely beautiful

God's spear

blessed, fortunate, or warrior

Divinely beautiful, fair and beautiful goddess

divinely beautiful

divinely beautiful

Swedish, Germanic

son of August

Old Norse, Hebrew

Father of peace

father of peace

goddess

Old Norse, Proto-Germanic

brave, bold, lord, prince

bear, teddy bear

Swedish, from Greek

foreigner, stranger

Old Norse, Latin

Bengt: 'blessed'; Åke: 'ancestor' or 'small ancestor'

114.Bengt Anders

Latin (for Bengt), Greek (for Anders)

Blessed; man, warrior

Latin and Old Norse

blessed, bear, eagle

Latin and Old Norse

Blessed ruler

Scandinavian, Old Norse

Blessed ruler

118.Bengt Göran

Latin and Old Norse

Blessed bear

119.Bengt Gunnar

Old Norse, Old German

Blessed protector of the army

Scandinavian (Bengt from Latin, Inge from Old Norse)

The name 'Bengt' means 'blessed' and 'Inge' refers to the Germanic god Ing.

Old Norse, Latin

Blessed warrior

Latin and Old Norse

Blessed ruler; ancestral heritage

Latin (for Bengt), Old Norse (for Olle)

Blessed; ancestral heritage

Latin and Old Norse

Blessed protector; heir's descendant

Latin and Old Norse

Blessed heir/descendant

Scandinavian, Germanic

Blessed protector

Old Norse, Germanic

blessed counsel

Old Norse, Germanic

Blessed ancestor

129.Bengt-Anders

Swedish compound name from Latin and Greek

blessed and manly

Old Norse, Germanic

blessed eagle

Scandinavian, Germanic

Blessed axe

Scandinavian, Germanic

blessed ruler

Scandinavian (Swedish)

Blessed ruler

134.Bengt-Evert

Germanic, Old Norse

Blessed ruler, brave as a boar

135.Bengt-Göran

Scandinavian, Germanic

Blessed protector

136.Bengt-Gunnar

Old Norse, Old German

blessed warrior

137.Bengt-Håkan

Old Norse, Germanic

Blessed ruler of the high one

138.Bengt-Ingvar

Son of Ingvar, or 'Ing's warrior'

Scandinavian, Slavic

Blessed bowman

Scandinavian, Germanic

blessed warrior

141.Bengt-Johan

Germanic and Hebrew

Blessed wanderer

142.Bengt-Lennart

Germanic, Old Norse

Blessed bear-strong or brave lion

Scandinavian, Old Norse

Bengt: blessed; Ola: ancestor's relic

Blessed protector

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