Viking Boy Names
From Leif and Harald to Gunnar and Sigurd, these names connect with Viking-age history or the northern sagas. Modern spellings sit beside older forms, with each name linked to its particular bearer or tradition.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A modern form of Eirik, borne by Viking-age rulers and explorers. | 549#546 | Down 124 rank positions in five years | 1980 | ||
A royal hero's name in the Volsung legend. | 462#612 | Down 85 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Leif Erikson is remembered for voyages to North America. | 257#917 | Down 3 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
The Scandinavian bear name appears throughout the sagas. | 298#829 | Down 52 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
A Scandinavian compound name with eagle and tree elements. | 9#8,319 | Down 2,320 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
A Scandinavian form of Hrolfr, familiar from northern history. | 5#13,492 | Down 1,764 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
A hero of the Volsung cycle and father of Sigurd. | 7#10,520 | Up 1,297 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
A Scandinavian form of an Old Norse eagle name. | 7#9,790 | Down 150 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
A royal Norwegian name with Viking-age bearers. | 5#13,365 | Down 3,069 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
A modern form of Sveinn, borne by the Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard. | 31#3,644 | Down 1,183 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
A Scandinavian name attested in the Icelandic sagas. | 47#2,724 | Up 2,179 rank positions in five years | 1915 | ||
A modern form of Ivarr, borne by Viking leaders. | 133#1,384 | Up 497 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The name by which Normandy's first Viking ruler is known. | 9#8,776 | Down 188 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
The dragon-slayer of the Volsung legend. | 16#5,815 | Up 2,145 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
Harald Bluetooth was a tenth-century king of Denmark. | 15#5,950 | new | 1925 | ||
The legendary Ragnar Lodbrok made this saga name famous. | 52#2,561 | Down 518 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
A Scandinavian name combining Thor with a stone element. | 14#6,411 | Down 2,507 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
A familiar spelling of Hakon, borne by Norwegian kings. | —Unranked | — | 2016 | ||
An alternative spelling of the Thor-and-stone compound. | 13#6,760 | Down 1,560 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
The Scandinavian word for stone, used as a name. | —Unranked | — | 1965 | ||
A Scandinavian royal name, familiar in English as Canute. | —Unranked | — | 1968 | ||
A modern spelling of the royal name Olaf. | —Unranked | — | 1919 | ||
A Norwegian royal name with Viking-age roots. | 5#12,688 | new | 2021 | ||
The Old Norse word for wolf, used as a personal name. | —Unranked | — | 1965 |
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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.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.