The table below lists names alphabetically.

Norway female given names. Solveig is a central character in the play Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen. The data come from Statistics Norway Statistisk sentralbyrå. From the Scandinavian Peninsula of fjords expansive forests salmon and cross-country skiing comes an old naming tradition based on Vikings and Norse mythology.

So Carl Johanssen is Carl son or Johan. Solveig Kringlebotn is a Norwegian classical music singer who has toured worldwide. Names in bold occurred at least 20 000 times in the 2008 population.

Kirsten given name Kirsti. Kristi given name Kristin name Kristina. Popular Norwegian Family Names However there is considerable diversity among names.

Norwegian form of Latin Agatha. This is a list of all given names in Norway recorded for at least 10 percent of the gender group in any year between 1880 and 2008 and each decade when at least one such year occurred. Pages in category Norwegian Female Names The following 200 pages are in this category out of 7538 total.

The remaining names in the top ten are Olivia Emilie SofieSophie LeahLea SofiaSophia and Ingrid. Female Names Arnora - Daughter of Einar of Laugarbrekka 1 Ase - A common name 2 Astrid - Norwegian woman mentioned in a rune stone 2. A female name of Norse origin Solveig is used in Denmark Iceland Norway and Sweden.

Karin given name Karlina. There is a second page for female names. Thats because before 1923 the most common last names in Norway ended in -son -sen -dotter or -datter which mean son of or daughter of and changed with each generation.