The name Sigrid was common amongst viking women and has remained popular in modern times with a famous Norwegian singer.

Common female viking names. It was also the name of several queens of the main Nordic sagas. Aife word is deprived of a Celtic word which means a great warrior woman of myth. Popular Viking names are devoted to an authentic Norse heritage.

Aside from the already mentioned female Viking names other interesting Viking names included Astrid signifying the beautiful loved Bodil signifying penance and fight Frida meaning peace Gertrud signifying the spear Gro signifying to grow Estrid signifying god and beautiful Gudrun meaning god and rune Gunhild signifying fight Liv signifying of life Randi signifying. Favorite Viking names for boys are Rune Bjorn Leif Magnus and girl names include Freya Randi and Helga. Aslaug Woman engaged to god.

Instead of an actual name they would usually refer to people as son of or daughter of hence why the last names all end in either son son of or dottir daughter of. Girls names Meaning In Scandinavia today. King Hrolf and his Champions.

The names gave the Vikings strength and protection in life. To start simply click on the button to generate 10 random names. Freyr fertility goddess dis low rank goddess.

There are plenty of Viking girl names to go around. Gunnr fight hild fight. Many have their roots in the names of Norse goddesses and some even have come back into fashion in recent years as popular baby girl names in Norway.

Bryn chain mail hild fighter. Pages in category Old Norse Female Names The following 200 pages are in this category out of 1127 total. Alvilda Battle of elves.