Diccionario de nombres
200 nombres con significado y origen verificados
AAGE
Danish and Norwegian form of ÁKI.
ABELONE
Danish form of APOLLONIA.
ADRIAN
Form of Hadrianus (see HADRIAN). Several saints and six popes have borne this name, including the only English pope, Adr...
ABRAHAM
This name may be viewed either as meaning "father of many" in Hebrew or else as a contraction of ABRAM (1) and הָמוֹן (...
ADAM
This is the Hebrew word for "man". It could be ultimately derived from Hebrew אדם ('adam) meaning "to be red", referring...
ADOLF
From the Germanic name Adalwolf, which meant "noble wolf" from the Germanic elements adal "noble" and wulf. It was borne...
AGATHE
Cognate of AGATHA.
AGNES
Latinized form of the Greek name ‘Αγνη (Hagne), derived from Greek ‘αγνος (hagnos) meaning "chaste". Saint Agnes was a v...
AGNETHA
Scandinavian variant of AGNES.
AINA (1)
Variant of AINO. It also means "always" in Finnish.
AGNER
Danish form of AGNAR.
AGNETE
Danish variant of AGNES.
AGNETHE
Danish variant of AGNES.
AKSEL
Variant of AXEL.
ALBERT
From the Germanic name Adalbert, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright". This name was comm...
ALBERTE (2)
French and Danish feminine form of ALBERT.
ALEKSANDER
Cognate of ALEXANDER.
ALFRED
Derived from the Old English name Ælfræd, composed of the elements ælf "elf" and ræd "counsel". Alfred the Great was a 9...
ALLAN
Variant of ALAN. The American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) got his middle name from the surname of the parents who...
ALBIN
Form of ALBINUS.
ALEX
Short form of ALEXANDER, ALEXANDRA, and other names beginning with Alex.
ALEXANDER
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defen...
ALEXANDRA
Feminine form of ALEXANDER. In Greek mythology this was a Mycenaean epithet of the goddess Hera, and an alternate name o...
ALF (1)
Derived from Old Norse alfr "elf". In Norse legend this was the name of king, the suitor of a reluctant maiden named Alf...
ALF (3)
Short form of ADOLF.
ALVILDA
Danish form of ALFHILD.
AMANDA
In part this is a feminine form of AMANDUS. However, it was not used during the Middle Ages. In the 17th century it was ...
ANDERS
Scandinavian form of Andreas (see ANDREW). A famous bearer was the Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström (1814-1874).
ANDREAS
Ancient Greek and Latin form of ANDREW. It is also the form used in modern Greek, German and Welsh.
ANE (1)
Danish diminutive of ANNA.
ANITA (1)
Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian and Slovene diminutive of ANA.
ANJA
Form of ANYA.
ANNA
Form of Channah (see HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Many later Old Testament translations, including...
ANNE (1)
French form of ANNA. In the 13th-century it was imported to England, where it was also commonly spelled Ann. The name wa...
ANNELIE
Short form of ANNELIESE.
ANNELISE
Danish form of ANNELIESE.
ANDREA (2)
Feminine form of ANDREW. As an English name, it has been used since the 17th century, though it was not common until the...
ANIKA (1)
German, Dutch, Danish and Slovene diminutive of ANNA or ANA.
ANNETTE
French diminutive of ANNE (1). It has also been widely used in the English-speaking world, and it became popular in Ame...
ANSGAR
Derived from the Germanic elements ans "god" and ger "spear". Saint Ansgar was a 9th-century missionary who tried to con...
ANTON
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANTONIA
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ARNE (1)
Originally an Old Norse short form of names beginning with the element arn meaning "eagle".
ARON
Polish, Croatian and Scandinavian form of AARON.
ARTHUR
The meaning of this name is unknown. It could be derived from the Celtic elements artos "bear" combined with viros "man"...
ARVID
From the Old Norse name Arnviðr, derived from the elements arn "eagle" and viðr "tree".
ASBJØRN
Norwegian and Danish form of ÁSBJÖRN.
ASGER
From the Old Norse name Ásgeirr, derived from the elements áss meaning "god" and geirr meaning "spear".
ASLØG
Danish form of ASLAUG.
ASTRID
Modern form of ÁSTRÍÐR. This name was borne by the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), the author of 'Pippi Long...
ASTA
Short form of ASTRID.
AUGUST
German, Polish, Scandinavian and Catalan form of AUGUSTUS.
AXEL
Medieval Danish form of ABSALOM.
BARBARA
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign". According to legend, Saint Barbara was a young woman killed by...
BEATA
Derived from Latin beatus meaning "blessed". This was the name of a few minor saints.
BENDT
Danish form of BENEDICT.
BENJAMIN
From the Hebrew name בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand". Benjamin in the O...
BENT (1)
Danish form of BENEDICT.
BENTE
Danish feminine form of BENEDICT.
BERIT
Variant of BIRGIT.
BERNT
Scandinavian form of BERNARD.
BERTIL
Scandinavian form of BERTILO or BERTHOLD.
BENEDIKTE
Danish and Norwegian feminine form of BENEDICT.
BERNHARD
German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of BERNARD.
BINE
Short form of JACOBINE.
BIRGER
From the Old Norse name Birgir, probably derived from bjarga meaning "help, save, rescue".
BIRGIT
Scandinavian variant of BIRGITTA.
BIRGITTE
Danish form of BIRGITTA.
BIRTE
Danish diminutive of BIRGITTA.
BJARNE
Modern form of BJARNI.
BJØRN
Danish and Norwegian form of BJÖRN.
BODIL
From the Old Norse name Bóthildr, derived from bót "remedy" and hildr "battle".
BIRGITTA
Most likely a Scandinavian form of BRIDGET via the Latinized form Brigitta. Alternatively it could be a feminine derivat...
BIRTHE
Danish diminutive of BIRGITTA.
BJARKE
Danish diminutive of BJØRN.
BJOERN
Variant of BJÖRN or BJØRN.
BO (1)
From the Old Norse byname Búi which was derived from Old Norse bua meaning "to live".
BRITT
Scandinavian short form of BIRGITTA.
BRITA
Diminutive of BIRGITTA.
BRITTA
Scandinavian short form of BIRGITTA.
CAJ
Variant of KAI (1).
CAMILLA
Feminine form of CAMILLUS. This was the name of a legendary warrior maiden of the Volsci, as told by Virgil in the 'Aene...
CAI (1)
Variant of KAI (1).
CAJA
Variant of KAJA (1).
CARINA (2)
Variant of KARINA.
CAROLINE
French feminine form of CAROLUS.
CARSTEN
Variant of KARSTEN.
CATHRINE
Scandinavian form of KATHERINE.
CECILIA
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind". Saint Cecilia wa...
CECILIE
Norwegian, Danish and Czech form of CECILIA.
CHARLOTTE
French feminine diminutive of CHARLES. It was introduced to Britain in the 17th century. A notable bearer was Charlotte ...
CARL
German form of CHARLES. Two noteworthy bearers of the name were the German mathematician Carl Gauss (1777-1855), who mad...
CASPER
Dutch and Scandinavian form of JASPER. This is the name of a friendly ghost in a series of comic books.
CHRISTA
Short form of CHRISTINA.
CHRISTIAN
From the medieval Latin name Christianus meaning "a Christian" (see CHRISTOS). In England it has been in use since the M...
CHRISTINA
From Christiana, the Latin feminine form of CHRISTIAN. This was the name of an early, possibly legendary, saint who was ...
CILLE
Danish diminutive of CECILIA.
CLARA
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous". The name Clarus was borne by a few earl...
CLAUS
German short form of NICHOLAS.
CHRISTEN (1)
Variant of KRISTEN (1).
CHRISTER
Swedish and Danish diminutive of CHRISTIAN.
CHRISTIN
Variant of KRISTIN.
CHRISTINE
French form of CHRISTINA, as well as a variant in other languages.
CHRISTOFFER
Scandinavian variant of KRISTOFFER.
CLEMENS
Original Latin form of CLEMENT, as well as the German, Dutch and Scandinavian form.
DAG
Derived from Old Norse dagr meaning "day".
DAGMAR
From the Old Norse name Dagmær, derived from the elements dagr "day" and mær "maid". This was the name adopted by the po...
DAGNY
From the Old Norse name Dagný, which was derived from the elements dagr "day" and ný "new".
DAN (2)
Short form of DANIEL.
DAGFINN
From the Old Norse name Dagfinnr, which was composed of the elements dagr "day" and Finnr "Sámi, person from Finland".
DAN (3)
From the Old Norse byname Danr meaning "a Dane". This was the name of several semi-legendary Danish kings.
DANIEL
From the Hebrew name דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge". Daniel was a Hebrew prophet whose story is told in...
DAVID
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved". David was the s...
DIANA
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS). Diana was a Rom...
DITTE
Danish diminutive of EDITH or DOROTHEA.
DORETE
Danish variant of DOROTHEA.
DOROTHEA
Feminine form of the Late Greek name Δωροθεος (Dorotheos), which meant "gift of God" from Greek δωρον (doron) "gift" and...
DORTHE
Danish form of DOROTHY.
DORIT (2)
Danish diminutive of DOROTHEA.
DORTE
Danish form of DOROTHY.
EA (2)
Short form of names ending in ea.
EBBA (1)
Feminine form of EBBE.
EBBE
Diminutive of EBERHARD and other names beginning with the Germanic element ebur meaning "wild boar". In Scandinavia it i...
EDITH
From the Old English name Eadgyð, derived from the elements ead "wealth, fortune" and gyð "war". It was popular among An...
EILERT
Frisian and Scandinavian form of EGILHARD.
EDVARD
Form of EDWARD.
EDVIN
Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian form of EDWIN.
EGIL
From the Old Norse name Egill, a diminutive of names that began with the element agi "awe, terror". This was the name of...
EINAR
From the Old Norse name Einarr, derived from the elements ein "one, alone" and arr "warrior". This name shares the same ...
EJVIND
Danish form of ØYVIND.
ELEONORA
Cognate of ELEANOR.
ELISABET
Scandinavian and Finnish form of ELIZABETH. It is also used in Spain alongside the traditional form Isabel.
ELISABETH
German and Dutch form of ELIZABETH. It is also a variant English form, reflecting the spelling used in the Authorized Ve...
ELLA (2)
Diminutive of ELEANOR, ELLEN (1), and other names beginning with El. It can also be a short form of names ending in ell...
ELVA (2)
Feminine form of ALF (1).
EMBLA
Meaning uncertain, perhaps related to Old Norse almr "elm". In Norse mythology Embla and her husband Ask were the first ...
EMIL
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".
EMMA
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element ermen meaning "whole" or "universal". It was intro...
ELI (3)
Spanish, Norwegian and Danish short form of ELISABET or ELIN.
ELIAS
Cognate of ELIJAH. This is the form used in the Greek New Testament.
ELIN
Scandinavian and Welsh form of HELEN.
ELISE
Short form of ELIZABETH.
ELLINOR
Scandinavian form of ELEANOR.
ELSE
Short form of ELISABETH.
ELUF
Danish form of ELOF.
EMANUEL
Form of EMMANUEL.
EMILIA
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).
EMILIE
German and Scandinavian feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).
ENOK
Scandinavian form of ENOCH.
ERIK
Scandinavian form of ERIC. This was the name of kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway. King Erik IX of Sweden (12th centur...
ERLEND
Variant of ERLAND.
ERNA (2)
Means "brisk, vigourous, hale" in Old Norse. This was the name of the wife of Jarl in Norse legend.
ERNST
German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of ERNEST.
ESBEN
Variant of ASBJØRN.
ESPEN
Variant of ASBJØRN.
ERIKA
Feminine form of ERIK. It also coincides with the word for "heather" in some languages.
ERLAND
From the Old Norse byname Erlendr, which was derived from örlendr meaning "foreigner".
ERLING
Means "descendant of the jarl", a derivative of the Old Norse word jarl meaning "chieftain, nobleman, earl".
ERNA (1)
Feminine form of ERNEST.
ESTHER
Possibly means "star" in Persian. Alternatively it could be a derivative of the name of the Near Eastern goddess ISHTAR....
EVA
Latinate form of EVE. This form is used in the Latin translation of the New Testament, while Hava is used in the Latin O...
FELIX
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin. It was acquired as an agnomen, or nickname, by the 1st-centu...
FILIP
Cognate of PHILIP.
FINN (2)
From the Old Norse name Finnr which meant "Sámi, person from Finland".
FLEMMING
From a medieval Norse nickname meaning "from Flanders".
FOLKE
Short form of various Old Norse names that contain the element folk meaning "people", and thus a cognate of FULK.
FRANS
Dutch, Scandinavian and Finnish form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).
FREDERIK
Danish and Dutch form of FREDERICK. This was the name of nine kings of Denmark over the past 500 years, alternating each...
FREJ
Danish and Swedish form of FREYR.
FRIDA
Germanic name, originally a short form of other feminine names containing the Germanic element frid meaning "peace". Thi...
FRITJOF
From the Old Norse name Friðþjófr meaning "thief of peace", derived from the elements friðr "peace" and þjófr "thief".
FRODE
From the Old Norse name Fróði, which was derived from fróðr meaning "learned, wise".
FREDERIKKE
Danish feminine form of FREDERICK.
FREJA
Danish and Swedish form of FREYA.
FRIDTJOF
Variant of FRITJOF.
GABRIEL
From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) meaning "God is my strong man", derived from גֶּבֶר (gever) "strong man, hero...
GERD (2)
Derived from Old Norse garðr meaning "enclosure". In Norse myth Gerd was a fertility goddess, a frost giantess who was t...
GERDA (2)
Latinized form of GERD (2).
GERHARD
German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of GERARD.
GINA
Short form of GEORGINA, REGINA, LUIGINA, and other names ending in gina. It can also be used as a diminutive of VIRGINIA...
GEORG
Form of GEORGE. This name was borne by the German idealist philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831).
GITTE
Danish short form of BIRGITTE.
GREGERS
Danish and Norwegian form of GREGORY.
GRETE
German, Danish and Norwegian short form of MARGARET.
GRETHE
Short form of MARGRETHE.
GUDBRAND
From the Old Norse name Guðbrandr meaning "god's sword", derived from the elements guð "god" and brandr "sword".
GUDRUN
From the Old Norse name Guðrún meaning "god's secret lore", derived from the elements guð "god" and rún "secret lore". I...
GULBRAND
From the Old Norse name Gulbrandr, a variant of Guðbrandr (see GUDBRAND).
GRY
Means "dawn" in Norwegian.
GUDMUND
From the Old Norse name Guðmundr which was derived from the elements guð "god" and mundr "protection".
GUNNAR
From the Old Norse name Gunnarr which was derived from the elements gunnr "war" and arr "warrior" (making it a cognate o...
GUNVOR
From the Old Norse name Gunnvör meaning "cautious in war" from gunnr "war" combined with vor "vigilant, cautious".
GUSTAV
Possibly means "staff of the Goths", derived from the Old Norse elements Gautr "Goth" and stafr "staff". However, the ro...
GYDA
Danish form of Gyða (see GYTHA).
GULL
Short form of various Scandinavian names beginning with the Old Norse element guð meaning "god".
GUNDA
Short form of names containing the Germanic element gund which means "war".
GUNHILD
From the Old Norse name Gunnhildr, derived from the elements gunnr "war" and hildr "battle".
GUNNA
Feminine form of GUNNE.
GUNNHILD
Variant of GUNHILD.
HAGEN (2)
Danish form of HÅKON.