Popular modern name picks inspired by Vikings Many Viking Age names are still widely given to children throughout Scandinavia.

Common male viking names. A popular Viking name all across Scandinavia Ragnar was made popular internationally by the success of the Vikings TV show and its lead character Ragnar Lothbrok Sigurdsson. Popular Viking names are devoted to an authentic Norse heritage. It came from Berg defense and Ljot light.

The viking god Yngve. It is a common Viking name for boys. In 2018 1 Viking name listed among.

However variations of Thor were popular and many boys got names with the prefix Thor as in Thoralf Thorbjorn Thorgeir and Thorgrim. To start simply click on the button to generate 10 random names. In the Viking Age many boys were named after the god Thor like Toke and Thorsten.

Arnulf Arnvald Arnstein Arnthor Arnbjorn. Isnt it a perfect choice for your future trooper. Other famous Ragnars include wartime politician Ragnar Sigvald Skancke and Ragnar Frisch the co-recipient of the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Erik ehr-ick- A famous explorer known as Erik the Red who founded the first viking settlement in Greenland and was the father of Leif Ericsson. It is the most-used Nordic male name that got immense popularity among Nordic warriors. Agatha Barbara former and first woman President of Malta Agatha Christie British author Peak Popularity.

It was not unusual to meet Vikings with names like Orm Serpent Ulf Wolf and Bjørn Bear. As far as names go Vikings didnt know last names in the same way as many of us do now. At the height of their usage in 1973 2351 of baby boys were given Viking names.