300+ Viking Names

A European nickname for Katherine variations.

Trygve peaked in popularity in mid-century Norway, making it a grandpa name today.

Popular in mid-century Norway, Turid was ultimately derived from the Old Norse name Þórfríðr, from Þórr, "Thor," and fríðr, "beautiful." Turi is a more contemporary spelling, connected to aviator Turi Widerøe.

Ødger is the Old Danish form of Audogar, written as AuðgæiRR in Old Norse.

An old Norwegian name derived from ketill, the word for a cauldron or kettle used to catch sacrificial animal blood in ancient Norse pagan rituals. Today the name is more often seen in its Kjetil and Kjell variations for boys, and Katla for girls.

Åge is a common element of Scandinavian names — in Sweden, it's a nickname for August — but it's also a given name in its own right. It comes from the Old Norse name Áki, meaning "ancestor".

The Old Norse Finnr or Finnur may resemble the Irish Finn or Fionn but is a name referring to a Finn or Laplander, the original meaning of which is wanderer.

A simple and attractive feminization of the Nordic name Finn.

Firmly in Dad name territory in Norway, where it peaked in the early 1970s.