Diccionario de nombres
75 nombres con significado y origen verificados
ALFR
Old Norse form of ALF (1).
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...
ALVIS
Means "all wise" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology this was the name of a dwarf who was to marry Thor's daughter Thrud. T...
ASK
Derived from Old Norse askr "ash tree". In Norse mythology Ask and his wife Embla were the first humans created by the g...
ASKR
Old Norse form of ASK.
BALDR
Old Norse form of BALDER.
BALDER
Means "prince" from Old Norse. In Norse mythology Balder was the son of Odin and Frigg. Because of the disturbing dreams...
BORGHILDR
Old Norse form of BORGHILD.
BORGHILD
Derived from the Old Norse elements borg "fortification" and hildr "battle". In Norse mythology she was the wife of Sigm...
BRYNHILD
Norwegian form of BRYNHILDR.
BRYNHILDR
Old Norse cognate of BRÜNHILD. In the Norse legend the 'Volsungasaga' Brynhildr was rescued by the hero Sigurd in the gu...
EIR
Means "mercy" in Old Norse. This was the name of a Norse goddess of healing and medicine.
EMBLA
Meaning uncertain, perhaps related to Old Norse almr "elm". In Norse mythology Embla and her husband Ask were the first ...
ERNA (2)
Means "brisk, vigourous, hale" in Old Norse. This was the name of the wife of Jarl in Norse legend.
FREA
Variant of FREYA.
FREY
Variant of FREYR.
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...
FREYA
From Old Norse Freyja meaning "lady". This was the name of the goddess of love, beauty, war and death in Norse mythology...
FREYJA
Icelandic and Old Norse form of FREYA.
FRIGG
Means "beloved" in Old Norse, ultimately derived from Indo-European *pri "to love". In Norse mythology she was the godde...
GANDALF
Means "wand elf" in Old Norse, from the elements gandr "wand, staff, cane" and álfr "elf". This name belongs to a dwarf ...
GERD (2)
Derived from Old Norse garðr meaning "enclosure". In Norse myth Gerd was a fertility goddess, a frost giantess who was t...
GRID
Means "peace" in Old Norse. In Norse myth she was a frost giantess, the mother of Víðarr by Odin. She also aided Thor in...
GUDRUN
From the Old Norse name Guðrún meaning "god's secret lore", derived from the elements guð "god" and rún "secret lore". I...
GRÍMHILDR
Old Norse cognate of KRIEMHILD. In the Norse 'Volsungasaga' Grímhildr is the mother of Gunnar and Gudrun, while in the l...
GRÓA
Derived from Old Norse gróa "to grow". This is the name of a seeress in Norse mythology.
GUNNAR
From the Old Norse name Gunnarr which was derived from the elements gunnr "war" and arr "warrior" (making it a cognate o...
GUÐRÚN
Old Norse form of GUDRUN, as well as the modern Icelandic form.
GUNNARR
Old Norse form of GUNNAR.
GUNNR
Derived from Old Norse gunnr meaning "war". This was the name of a valkyrie in Norse legend.
HEL
In Norse mythology this was the name of the daughter of Loki. She got her name from the underworld, also called Hel, whe...
HEIDRUN
Derived from Old Norse heiðr meaning "bright, clear" and rún meaning "secret". In Norse mythology this was the name of a...
HEIÐRÚN
Old Norse and Icelandic form of HEIDRUN.
HULD
Old Norse variant of HULDA (1).
HILDR
Old Norse cognate of HILDA. In Norse legend this was the name of a valkyrie.
HULDA (1)
Derived from Old Norse hulda meaning "hiding, secrecy". This was the name of a sorceress in Norse mythology. As a modern...
IDUN
Modern Scandinavian form of IÐUNN.
IÐUNN
Probably derived from Old Norse ið "again" and unna "to love". In Norse mythology Iðunn was the goddess of spring and im...
JARL
Means "chieftain, nobleman, earl" in Old Norse. In Norse legend Jarl was the son of the god Ríg and the founder of the r...
LOKE
Modern Scandinavian form of LOKI.
LOKI
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from the Indo-European root *leug meaning "to break". In Norse legend Loki was a trick...
MAGNI
Derived from the Old Norse element magn meaning "mighty, strong". In Norse mythology this name is borne by a son of Thor...
NANNA (1)
Possibly derived from Old Norse nanþ meaning "daring, brave". In Norse legend she was a goddess who died of grief when h...
NJORD
From Old Norse Njörðr, which was possibly derived from the Indo-European root *ner meaning "strong, vigourous". Njord wa...
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 ...
NJÖRÐR
Old Norse form of NJORD.
ODEN
Swedish form of ODIN.
ODIN
Anglicized form of Old Norse Óðinn which was derived from óðr "inspiration, rage, frenzy". It ultimately developed from ...
ORVAR
Means "arrow" in Old Norse. Orvar Odd is a legendary Norse hero who is the subject of a 13th-century Icelandic saga.
SAGA
Possibly means "seeing one" in Old Norse. This was the name of the Norse goddess of poetry and history, sometimes identi...
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 ...
SIGURD
From the Old Norse name Sigurðr, which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and varðr "guardian". Sigurd was the...
SIV
Means "bride" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology Siv was the wife of Thor.
SIGRÚN
Derived from the Old Norse elements sigr "victory" and rún "secret". This was the name of a Valkyrie in Norse legend.
SIGURÐR
Old Norse form of SIGURD.
SINDRI
Possibly means either "small, trivial" or else "sparkling" in Old Norse. In Norse legend this was the name of a dwarf wh...
SKADI
Variant of SKAÐI.
SKAÐI
Means "damage, harm" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology she was a mountain giantess associated with the winter and skiing,...
SKULD
Means "future" in Old Norse. She was one of the three Norns, or goddesses of destiny, in Norse mythology. She was also o...
SVANHILD
Scandinavian cognate of SWANHILD. In Norse legend she was the daughter of Sigurd and Gudrun.
SVANHILDR
Old Norse form of SVANHILD.
THOR
From the Old Norse Þórr meaning "thunder", ultimately from the early Germanic *Þunraz. Thor was the Norse god of strengt...
TÝR
Old Norse form of TYR.
TYR
Norse form of the name of the Germanic god Tiwaz, related to Indo-European dyeus (see ZEUS). In Norse mythology Tyr was ...
URD
From the Old Norse Urðr meaning "fate". In Norse mythology Urd was one of the three Norns, or goddesses of destiny. She ...
VERDANDI
From the Old Norse Verðandi meaning "becoming, happening". Verdandi was one of the three Norns, or goddesses of destiny,...
VIDAR
From the Old Norse Víðarr, which is possibly derived from víðr "wide" and arr "warrior". In Norse mythology Víðarr was t...
VÍÐARR
Old Norse form of VIDAR.
VÖLUNDR
Old Norse form of WIELAND.
VÖLUND
Scandinavian form of WIELAND.
YNGVI
Possibly an Old Norse cognate of ING. This was an alternate name of the god Freyr, who as Yngvi-Freyr was regarded as th...
ÓÐINN
Old Norse and Icelandic form of ODIN.
ÞÓRR
Original Old Norse form of THOR.
ǪRVAR
Old Norse form of ORVAR.