Mal means speech and vor means alertcareful.

Ancient viking women's names. Interestingly many popular Viking baby names actually come from Norse mythology. Female Viking names. The name Hildr is used for one of the Valkyries but is also a very common womans name in Norway and Iceland during the Viking Age.

It is also recorded in Sweden and Denmark. From a medieval form of any of the Old English names Ælfwine Æðelwine or Ealdwine. The names gave the Vikings strength and protection in life.

For instance Frida means peace and Astrid beautiful and loved- probably a much sought after woman. 23 and Hilda Þráinsdóttir in ch. As a Scandinavian name it is derived from Alfvin an Old Norse cognate of Ælfwine.

In day to day life most women presided over the farm work house work weaving and childcare. Magn means power and strength and hildr means battle and combat. Hlif means protection and unna means love.

These Old Norse exonyms are plotted on the map below although historians have differing views on. In his famous work Gesta Danorum Saxo wrote of a shieldmaiden named Lagertha who fought alongside the famous Viking Ragnar Lothbrok in a. The warrior was in fact female.

Ás- god and that. Her father was Duke Richard of Normandy descended from its Viking founder. One of the most widespread female Viking names in Norse culture is Astrid which etymologically comes from As God and Frid beloved.