Viking Girl Names
Viking-age history and the northern sagas preserve a rich collection of female names. This list includes historical women, legendary figures, and modern Scandinavian forms; a saga connection is identified as a story rather than a historical attestation.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
From the Germanic element for battle, also found in Old Norse names. | 55#3,007 | Up 413 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
An Old Norse name combining the god Ing with an element meaning beautiful. | 209#1,121 | Down 113 rank positions in five years | 1967 | ||
A modern form of an Old Norse name with divine and beautiful elements. | 818#376 | Up 73 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
A familiar Scandinavian form associated with the element for peace. | 135#1,565 | Down 675 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
A Scandinavian feminine name associated with the god Ing. | 10#9,711 | Down 1,102 rank positions in five years | 1969 | ||
A Scandinavian form of an Old Norse victory name. | 32#4,444 | Down 453 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
A modern Scandinavian form of the saga name Signy. | 8#11,785 | Down 5,187 rank positions in five years | 1915 | ||
A feminine Scandinavian name formed from Thor. | 20#6,092 | Down 2,698 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
A Scandinavian form of an Old Norse name associated with holiness. | —Unranked | — | 1961 | ||
The name of a Danish queen commemorated on the Jelling stones. | 8#11,834 | Down 2,351 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
A Scandinavian form of Thora, a feminine name associated with Thor. | 9#10,835 | Down 1,930 rank positions in five years | 1976 | ||
A Scandinavian name connected with the rune element. | 62#2,771 | Down 277 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
A heroine's name in the northern heroic legends. | —Unranked | — | 1915 | ||
A Scandinavian form of Tofa, recorded in Viking-age Denmark. | 17#6,806 | Up 2,101 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
A Scandinavian name built from two battle elements. | —Unranked | — | 1916 | ||
An Old Norse compound name borne by medieval Scandinavian women. | —Unranked | — | 1915 | ||
A woman in the Volsung legend, sister of Sigmund. | —Unranked | — | 2021 | ||
Freydis Eiriksdottir appears in the Vinland sagas. | 6#13,772 | new | 2024 | ||
A Valkyrie's name in the poems about Helgi. | —Unranked | — | 2018 | ||
A queen in Scandinavian heroic legend. | 5#17,202 | new | 2025 |
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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.