Old Norse Baby Names
Names recorded as Old Norse in origin — the language of the Viking age. For names from the modern Nordic languages, see the Scandinavian page.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Army + powerful or mighty | 230#993 | Down 61 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Ever ruler, through Eric; also associated with heather | 156#1,399 | Down 288 rank positions in five years | 1986 | ||
Ever ruler | 549#546 | Down 124 rank positions in five years | 1980 | ||
Ever ruler, through Erik | 213#1,109 | Down 92 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
Ing is beautiful | 209#1,121 | Down 113 rank positions in five years | 1967 | ||
Lady | 1,746#176 | Up 2 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
The god Ing or Yngvi, through Inga | 10#9,711 | Down 1,102 rank positions in five years | 1969 | ||
Army + powerful or mighty | —Unranked | — | 1927 | ||
Ancestor + remainder, through Óláfr | 5#13,365 | Down 3,069 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
Form of Þóra | 20#6,092 | Down 2,698 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
Holy | —Unranked | — | 1961 | ||
Literal meaning not recorded; Old Norse origin | 13#6,743 | Up 1,220 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
Ever ruler, through Eric; also associated with heather | —Unranked | — | 1989 | ||
Yew, through Ívarr | 10#7,880 | Up 440 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Ever ruler | —Unranked | — | 1980 | ||
Ever ruler, through Erik | —Unranked | — | 1989 | ||
Possibly high, through Hákon | —Unranked | — | 2016 | ||
Peasant, farmer | 10#7,745 | Up 419 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
From Old Norse Othorere; literal meaning unconfirmed | —Unranked | — | 1916 | ||
Yew, through Ívarr | —Unranked | — | 1921 | ||
Ing is beautiful | —Unranked | — | 1989 | ||
Peasant, farmer | —Unranked | — | 1984 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Names are included when their documented origin matches Old Norse. The list shows up to 100 names for each sex, ordered by current popularity. Origin records are derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); coverage reflects documented records, not every name in the language. Rankings and counts come from official SSA birth records. “—” means fewer than five published applications for that sex and year.