Asgard(Region)Norse Mythology English form of Old Norse Ásgarðr meaning "enclosure of the Æsir", composed of Old Norse áss meaning "god, Æsir" and garðr meaning "enclosure, stronghold". This is the name of the home of the Æsir gods in Norse Mythology.
Begbie(Settlement)Scottish Derived from the Old Norse name Baggi and býr meaning "farm, settlement". This is the name of a small town in East Lothian, Scotland.
Cawston(Settlement)English From the Old Norse given name Kálfr combined with Old English tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town". This is the name of towns in Norfolk and Warwickshire.
Denmark(Country)English From Danish Danmark, derived from the ethnic name Dane, which is possibly from Germanic den meaning "low ground", combined with mark meaning "borderland". This is the name of a country in Northern Europe.
Finland(Country)English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Malay From Old Norse Finnr, which referred to the Finn and Sami peoples, combined with land. This is the name of a country in Northern Europe, called Suomi in Finnish.
Ruotsi(Country)Finnish Probably borrowed from Old Norse róðr meaning "rowing", referring to people from the coastal region of Roslagen in Sweden. This is the Finnish name for Sweden.
Rus(Region)Russian, Ukrainian, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish Probably of Old Norse origin, possibly from róðr meaning "rowing", referring to the Norse Varangians and their main mode of transportation. This was the name of a medieval Slavic state of Eastern Europe (around Belarus, Ukraine and western Russia), originally founded by the Varangians in the 9th century.
Russia(Country)English, Italian, Late Roman Derived from the name of the medieval state of Rus. The modern country of Russia includes the eastern portions of Rus, and has also expanded far to the east across Asia.
Russland(Country)German, Norwegian Derived from the medieval state of Rus and land meaning "country, state". This is the German and Norwegian name for Russia.
Selby(Settlement)English From Old Norse selja "willow, sallow" and býr "farm, settlement". This is the name of a city near York in England.
Sverige(Country)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish From Swedish svear "Swede" and rike "realm, kingdom". This is the Swedish, Norwegian and Danish name for Sweden.
Sweden(Country)English, Medieval Dutch From Middle Dutch, ultimately from the Old Norse ethnic name Svíar"Swede", itself possibly from Proto-Norse Swihoniz meaning "one's own tribe". This is the name of a country in Northern Europe.
Valhalla(Other)Norse Mythology From Old Norse Valhǫll meaning "hall of the battle-dead", from valr meaning "those slain in battle" and hǫll meaning "hall, manor". In Norse mythology this is the name of Odin's enormous hall where half of all warriors go after they die.
Willoughby(Settlement)English From Old English welig meaning "willow" and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement". This is the name of several towns in England.