300+ Viking Names
- Skathi
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"harm, damage"Description:
Skathi is an Anglicized spelling of Skaði, a Scandinavian goddess associated with winter, skiing, bowhunting and mountains. Skathi, also spelled Skadi, is also a moon of Saturn.
- Ingunn
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"Ing's love; Ing's wave"
- Bríet
Origin:
IcelandicMeaning:
"exalted or rescue"Description:
Icelandic short form of Birgitta, which may derive from the Irish Brighid "exalted one" or from the male Norse name Birger, meaning "help, rescue". A famous bearer is Icelandic feminist Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir (1856-1940), founder of the first women's magazine in Iceland.
- Urðr
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"fate"Description:
In Norse mythology, Urðr was one of three goddesses of destiny (or Norns) — she ruled over the past. Today, her name is typically modernized as Urd.
- Ingvild
Origin:
NorwegianMeaning:
"Ing's battle"
- Åsa
Origin:
SwedishMeaning:
"god"Description:
Åsa is not a variation of the Biblical boy name Asa, but a Swedish short form of names beginning with the Old Norse element áss meaning "god". It appears as Åse, Aase, and Ása across various Scandinavian countries.
- Asgot
Origin:
Old Swedish and Old DanishMeaning:
"god of the Goths"
- Gróa
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"to grow"
