Diccionario de nombres
185 nombres con significado y origen verificados
AGNAR
From the Old Norse name Agnarr, derived from agi "awe, terror" or ag "edge of a sword" combined with arr "warrior".
AGNES
Latinized form of the Greek name ‘Αγνη (Hagne), derived from Greek ‘αγνος (hagnos) meaning "chaste". Saint Agnes was a v...
ALBERT
From the Germanic name Adalbert, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright". This name was comm...
ALDA (3)
Means "wave" in Icelandic.
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...
ANNA
Form of Channah (see HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Many later Old Testament translations, including...
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...
ANDRÉS
Spanish and Icelandic form of ANDREW.
ANTON
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ARNBJÖRG
Old Norse name derived from the elements arn meaning "eagle" and björg meaning "help, save, rescue".
ARNÞÓR
Icelandic form of ANDOR (1).
ARI (2)
Old Norse byname meaning "eagle".
ARNÓR
Icelandic variant form of ANDOR (1).
ARON
Polish, Croatian and Scandinavian form of AARON.
AÐALBJÖRG
Derived from the Old Norse elements aðal "noble" and björg "help, save, rescue".
AÐALSTEINN
Derived from the Old Norse elements aðal "noble" and steinn "stone".
BALDUR
German and Icelandic form of BALDER.
BENEDIKT
Form of Benedictus (see BENEDICT).
BENJAMÍN
Spanish, Czech, Slovak and Icelandic form of BENJAMIN.
BERGLJÓT
Old Norse and Icelandic form of BERGLJOT.
BJARTUR
Icelandic form of Bjartr (see BJARTE).
BJÖRG
Old Norse and Icelandic form of BJØRG.
BJÖRK
Means "birch tree" in Icelandic.
BIRGIR
Old Norse and Icelandic form of BIRGER.
BIRGITTA
Most likely a Scandinavian form of BRIDGET via the Latinized form Brigitta. Alternatively it could be a feminine derivat...
BJARNI
Old Norse diminutive of BJÖRN and other names containing the element björn meaning "bear".
BJÖRN
From an Old Norse byname meaning "bear".
BORGHILDUR
Icelandic form of BORGHILD.
BRYNHILDUR
Icelandic form of BRYNHILDR.
BRYNJAR
Derived from the Old Norse elements bryn "armour" and arr "warrior".
BRYNJA
Means "armour" in Old Norse.
DAGMAR
From the Old Norse name Dagmær, derived from the elements dagr "day" and mær "maid". This was the name adopted by the po...
DAGRÚN
Old Norse and Icelandic form of DAGRUN.
DAGUR
Icelandic form of DAG.
DAGNÝ
Old Norse and Icelandic form of DAGNY.
DANÍEL
Icelandic form of DANIEL.
DÓRA
Short form of DOROTTYA and names that end in dóra, such as TEODÓRA and HALLDÓRA.
EDDA (2)
Possibly from Old Norse meaning "great-grandmother". This was the name of two 13th-century Icelandic literary works: the...
EIRÍKUR
Icelandic form of Eiríkr (see ERIC).
EGILL
Old Norse and Icelandic form of EGIL.
EINAR
From the Old Norse name Einarr, derived from the elements ein "one, alone" and arr "warrior". This name shares the same ...
EIR
Means "mercy" in Old Norse. This was the name of a Norse goddess of healing and medicine.
ELFA
Feminine form of ALF (1).
ELÍAS
Spanish and Icelandic form of ELIJAH.
ELSA
Short form of ELISABETH.
ELVA (2)
Feminine form of ALF (1).
ELVAR
Icelandic form of ALVAR.
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".
EMILÍA
Icelandic feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).
EMMA
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element ermen meaning "whole" or "universal". It was intro...
ELÍSABET
Icelandic form of ELIZABETH.
ERLENDUR
Icelandic form of ERLAND.
ERNA (2)
Means "brisk, vigourous, hale" in Old Norse. This was the name of the wife of Jarl in Norse legend.
ERLINGUR
Icelandic form of ERLING.
EYDÍS
Derived from the Old Norse elements ey "good fortune" or "island" and dís "goddess".
EYSTEINN
Derived from the Old Norse elements ey "island" or "good fortune" and steinn "stone".
EYVINDUR
Icelandic form of Eyvindr (see ØYVIND).
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...
FANNAR
Possibly derived from Old Norse fönn meaning "snow drift".
FINNUR
Icelandic form of FINN (2).
FREYR
Means "lord" in Old Norse. This was the name of a Norse god. He may have originally been called Yngvi, with the name Fre...
FRIÐRIK
Icelandic form of FREDERICK.
FREYJA
Icelandic and Old Norse form of FREYA.
FRÍÐA
Old Norse cognate of FRIDA, also in part derived from Old Norse fríðr meaning "beautiful, beloved".
FRIÐRIKA
Icelandic form of FREDERICA.
GEIR
Derived from the Old Norse element geirr meaning "spear".
GEORG
Form of GEORGE. This name was borne by the German idealist philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831).
GRÉTA
Short form of MARGARÉTA (Hungarian) or MARGRÉT (Icelandic).
GRÓA
Derived from Old Norse gróa "to grow". This is the name of a seeress in Norse mythology.
GUÐRÚN
Old Norse form of GUDRUN, as well as the modern Icelandic form.
GUNNHILDUR
Icelandic form of GUNHILD.
GUÐLAUG
Derived from the Old Norse elements guð meaning "god" and laug possibly meaning "betrothed woman".
GYÐA
Old Norse and Icelandic form of GYTHA.
HALLDÓR
Icelandic form of HALDOR.
HALLDÓRA
Icelandic feminine form of HALDOR.
HÁKON
Old Norse form of HÅKON, as well as the modern Icelandic form.
HALLBJÖRN
Derived from the Old Norse elements hallr "rock" and björn "bear".
HANNA (1)
Cognate of HANNAH.
HARALDUR
Icelandic cognate of HAROLD.
HELGA
Feminine form of HELGE.
HEIÐRÚN
Old Norse and Icelandic form of HEIDRUN.
HELENA
Latinate form of HELEN.
HILDUR
Icelandic form of HILDR.
HJÖRTUR
Means "deer" in Icelandic.
HLÍF
Old Norse and Icelandic form of LIV (1).
HRAFN
Means "raven" in Old Norse.
HINRIK
Icelandic form of HENRY.
HJÖRDÍS
Means "sword goddess", derived from Old Norse hjörr "sword" and dís "goddess".
HULDA (1)
Derived from Old Norse hulda meaning "hiding, secrecy". This was the name of a sorceress in Norse mythology. As a modern...
INDRIÐI
Icelandic form of EINDRIDE.
INGA
Strictly feminine form of INGE.
INGIBJÖRG
Old Norse and Icelandic form of INGEBORG.
INGVAR
From the Old Norse name Yngvarr, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god YNGVI combined with arr meaning "wa...
JAKOB
Cognate of JACOB (or JAMES).
JENNÝ
Icelandic form of JENNY.
JÓNA
Icelandic feminine form of JOHN.
JÓNAS
Icelandic form of JONAH.
JÓNATAN
Icelandic form of JONATHAN.
JÓHANN
Icelandic form of Iohannes (see JOHN).
JÓHANNA
Icelandic form of Iohanna (see JOANNA).
JÓHANNES
Icelandic and Faroese form of JOHN.
JÓN
Icelandic and Faroese form of JOHN.
KAREN (1)
Danish short form of KATHERINE. It became common in the English-speaking world after the 1930s.
KATRÍN
Icelandic form of KATHERINE.
KLARA
Form of CLARA.
KRISTÍN
Icelandic form of CHRISTINA.
KRISTJÁN
Icelandic form of CHRISTIAN.
KRISTJANA
Icelandic form of CHRISTINA.
LÁRUS
Icelandic form of LAURENCE (1).
LÁRA
Icelandic form of LAURA.
LILJA
Icelandic and Finnish cognate of LILY.
LINDA
Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element linde meaning "soft, tender". It also coincide...
LEIFUR
Icelandic form of LEIF.
LÚÐVÍK
Icelandic form of LUDWIG.
MÆJA
Icelandic diminutive of MARIA.
MARGRÉT
Icelandic form of MARGARET.
MARÍA
Spanish, Galician and Icelandic form of MARIA. It is occasionally used as a masculine middle name in Spanish-speaking re...
MARTA
Cognate of MARTHA.
NANNA (1)
Possibly derived from Old Norse nanþ meaning "daring, brave". In Norse legend she was a goddess who died of grief when h...
NJÁLA
Icelandic feminine form of NJÁLL.
NJÁLL
Old Norse form of Niall (see NEIL). This is the name of the hero of a 13th century Icelandic saga, based on the life of ...
OLGA
Russian form of HELGA. The Varangians brought it from Scandinavia to Russia. The 10th-century Saint Olga was the wife of...
OTTÓ
Hungarian and Icelandic form of OTTO.
PÁLA
Icelandic feminine form of PAUL.
PÁLL
Icelandic and Faroese form of PAUL.
PÉTUR
Icelandic form of PETER.
RAGNHILDUR
Icelandic form of RAGNHILD.
RAKEL
Scandinavian form of RACHEL.
RAGNA
Short form of Old Norse names beginning with the element regin "advice, counsel".
RAGNHEIÐUR
Icelandic form of RAGNHEIÐR.
REBEKKA
Cognate of REBECCA. It is also the form used in the Greek Old Testament.
RÓBERT
Hungarian and Icelandic form of ROBERT.
RÚNA
Old Norse and Icelandic form of RUNA.
RUT
Cognate of RUTH (1).
SAGA
Possibly means "seeing one" in Old Norse. This was the name of the Norse goddess of poetry and history, sometimes identi...
SANDRA
Short form of ALESSANDRA. It was introduced to the English-speaking world by author George Meredith, who used it for the...
SARA
Form of SARAH.
SELMA
Meaning unknown, possibly a short form of ANSELMA. It could also have been inspired by James Macpherson's 18th-century p...
SIF
Variant of SIV.
SIGNÝ
Old Norse name which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and ný "new". In Norse legend she was the twin sister ...
SIGURÐUR
Icelandic form of SIGURD.
SNORRI
Derived from Old Norse snerra "attack, onslaught". This name was borne by Snorri Sturluson, a 13th-century Icelandic his...
SOFFÍA
Icelandic form of SOPHIA.
SIGRÚN
Derived from the Old Norse elements sigr "victory" and rún "secret". This was the name of a Valkyrie in Norse legend.
SINDRI
Possibly means either "small, trivial" or else "sparkling" in Old Norse. In Norse legend this was the name of a dwarf wh...
STEFÁN
Icelandic form of STEPHEN.
STEINN
Old Norse and Icelandic form of STEN.
SÓLVEIG
Old Norse and Icelandic form of SOLVEIG.
SONJA
Form of SONYA.
SVANHILDUR
Icelandic form of SVANHILD.
SVERRIR
Old Norse form of SVERRE, as well as the modern Icelandic form.
SVANA
Short form of SVANHILDUR.
THEÓDÓRA
Icelandic form of THEODORE.
TÓMAS
Icelandic form of THOMAS.
TRYGGVI
Old Norse and Icelandic form of TRYGVE.
UNNUR
Icelandic form of UNNR.
VALDÍS
Derived from Old Norse valr "the dead" and dís "goddess".
VIGDÍS
Icelandic form of VÍGDÍS.
VIKTOR
Form of VICTOR.
VILHJÁLMUR
Icelandic form of WILLIAM.
ÁKI
Old Norse diminutive of names containing the element anu "ancestor, father".
ÁRMANN
Icelandic form of HERMAN.
ÁRNI
Old Norse and Icelandic form of ARNE (1).
ÁSA
Old Norse, Icelandic and Faroese form of ÅSA.
ÁSBJÖRN
Old Norse name derived from the elements áss "god" and björn "bear". It is therefore a cognate of OSBORN.
ÁSLAUG
Old Norse and Icelandic form of ASLAUG.
ÁSTA
Short form of ÁSTRÍÐR.
ÁSDÍS
Derived from the Old Norse elements áss "god" and dís "goddess".
ÁSGEIR
Icelandic form of ASGER.
ÁSMUNDUR
Icelandic form of ÅSMUND.
ÁSTRÍÐUR
Icelandic form of ÁSTRÍÐR.
ÍRIS
Portuguese and Icelandic form of IRIS.
ÓLAFUR
Icelandic form of OLAF.
ÓSKAR
Icelandic form of OSCAR.
ÓÐINN
Old Norse and Icelandic form of ODIN.
ÞORBJÖRG
Icelandic form of ÞÓRBJÖRG.
ÞORBJÖRN
Icelandic form of ÞÓRBJÖRN.
ÞÓRIR
Means "Thor's warrior" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with Old Norse vér "warrior, fighter".
ÞÓR
Icelandic form of Þórr (see THOR).
ÞÓRA
Either a feminine form of Þórr (see THOR) or else a short form of the various Old Norse names beginning with the element...
ÞÓRARINN
Old Norse name derived from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with arn "eagle".
ÞÓRDÍS
Means "Thor's goddess" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with Old Norse dís "goddess".