KathosAnnora's Personal Name List

Valkyrie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Pronounced: VAL-ki-ree(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "chooser of the slain", derived from Old Norse valr "the slain" and kyrja "chooser". In Norse myth the Valkyries were maidens who led heroes killed in battle to Valhalla.
Torsten
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, German
Pronounced: TOSH-tehn(Swedish) TAWRS-tən(German)
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
From the Old Norse name Þórsteinn, which meant "Thor's stone" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor) combined with steinn "stone".
Thorsten
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, German
Pronounced: TAWRS-tən(German)
Rating: 34% based on 17 votes
Variant of Torsten.
Thornton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: THAWRN-tən(American English) THAWN-tən(British English)
Rating: 34% based on 17 votes
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "thorn town" in Old English.
Thora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish
Rating: 59% based on 18 votes
Modern form of Þóra.
Thor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Pronounced: THAWR(American English) THAW(British English) TOOR(Norwegian, Swedish) TOR(Danish)
Rating: 37% based on 15 votes
From the Old Norse Þórr meaning "thunder", ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz. In Norse mythology Thor is a god of storms, thunder, war and strength, a son of Odin. He is portrayed as red-bearded, short-tempered, armed with a powerful hammer called Mjölnir, and wearing an enchanted belt called Megingjörð that doubles his strength. During Ragnarök, the final battle at the end of the world, it is foretold that Thor will slay the monstrous sea serpent Jörmungandr but be fatally poisoned by its venom.
Storm
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Dutch (Modern), Danish (Modern), Norwegian (Modern)
Pronounced: STAWRM(American English, Dutch) STAWM(British English)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From the vocabulary word, ultimately from Old English or Old Dutch storm, or in the case of the Scandinavian name, from Old Norse stormr. It is unisex as an English name, but typically masculine elsewhere.
Sanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced: SAHN-nah(Finnish)
Rating: 72% based on 5 votes
Short form of Susanna. It can also be derived from Swedish sann meaning "true".
Saga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Swedish, Icelandic
Pronounced: SAH-gah(Swedish) SA-gha(Icelandic)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
From Old Norse Sága, possibly meaning "seeing one", derived from sjá "to see". This is the name of a Norse goddess, possibly connected to Frigg. As a Swedish and Icelandic name, it is also derived from the unrelated word saga "story, fairy tale, saga".
Rune
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Pronounced: ROO-nə(Norwegian) ROO-neh(Danish, Swedish)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Derived from Old Norse rún meaning "secret lore, rune".
Rook
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Archaic)
Pronounced: RO:K
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Short form of Rochus as well as of its variant forms Rocus and Rokus. This name is not to be confused with rook, the Dutch word for "smoke".
Mikko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MEEK-ko
Rating: 97% based on 3 votes
Finnish form of Michael.
Lillemor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Pronounced: LIL-le-moor(Swedish) LIL-leh-moor(Norwegian)
Rating: 75% based on 4 votes
Means "little mother", from Swedish and Norwegian lille, an inflected form of liten meaning "little", combined with mor meaning "mother". This name was first recorded in Norway and Sweden at the beginning of the 20th century.
Lærke
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Means "lark" in Danish.
Keijo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Derived from Finnish keiju meaning "elf, fairy".
Freyr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Pronounced: FRAY-ər(American English) FRAY-ə(British English) FRAYR(Icelandic)
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Means "lord" in Old Norse, derived from the Germanic root *fraujô. This is the name of a Norse god. He may have originally been called Yngvi, with the name Freyr being his title. Freyr is associated with fertility, sunlight and rain, and is the husband of the giantess Gerd. With his twin sister Freya and father Njord he is one of the group of deities called the Vanir.
Freyja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Norse Mythology
Pronounced: FRAY-ya(Icelandic) FRAY-ə(English)
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Icelandic and Old Norse form of Freya.
Freya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, English (Modern), German
Pronounced: FRAY-ə(English) FRAY-a(German)
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
From Old Norse Freyja meaning "lady". This is the name of a goddess associated with love, beauty, war and death in Norse mythology. She claims half of the heroes who are slain in battle and brings them to her realm of Fólkvangr. Along with her brother Freyr and father Njord, she is one of the Vanir (as opposed to the Æsir). Some scholars connect her with the goddess Frigg.

This is not the usual spelling in any of the Scandinavian languages (in Sweden and Denmark it is Freja and in Norway it is Frøja) but it is the common spelling of the goddess's name in English. In the 2000s it became popular in Britain.

Frey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Pronounced: FRAY(English)
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Variant of Freyr.
Esper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish (Rare)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Variant of Asbjørn.
Erith
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Old Danish
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Danish Ærre 'Honor, Honorable'.
Elina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian, Swedish
Pronounced: EH-lee-nah(Finnish) eh-LEE-nah(Swedish)
Rating: 97% based on 3 votes
Finnish, Estonian and Swedish form of Helen.
Eira 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian
Pronounced: AY-rah(Swedish)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Modern form of Eir.
Bláinn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
From Old Norse blár meaning "blue, dark, black".
Arith
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Old Danish
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Danish Ærre 'Honor, Honorable'.
Anika 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, Danish, Polish, Slovene
Pronounced: A-nee-ka(German, Dutch)
Rating: 59% based on 35 votes
Diminutive of Anna or Ana.
Aki 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AH-kee
Rating: 51% based on 10 votes
Short form of Joakim.
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