The Washington Post was among the global media to report on the study.

Female names from the viking era. It means blessed or successful. The Viking Era is generally held to have lasted from about 793 to 1066 AD. It was also the name of several queens of the main Nordic sagas.

Variation was not limited to keeping the first syllable unchanged. Possibly the goddess Freyja. For instance Frida means peace and Astrid beautiful and loved- probably a much sought after woman.

Looking for some more. Silver figure from the Viking period depicting a woman. There are plenty of Viking girl names to go around.

Norman female given names from Semitic languages 1 c 0 e Pages in category Norman female given names The following 180 pages are in this category out of 180 total. This name means daughter of the sun or woman of the house. 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 the shield or shrine Revna.

Gud god run secret knowledge. Family names might use variation by changing the first name element in the various names while keeping the second name element the same for example. In his famous work Gesta Danorum Saxo wrote of a shieldmaiden named Lagertha who fought alongside the famous Viking Ragnar Lothbrok in a battle against the Swedes and so impressed Ragnar.

Gunnborga is the only known female Viking Runemaster. Her father was Duke Richard of Normandy descended from its Viking founder. Girls names Meaning In Scandinavia today.