By nature these names are strong in sound like Gunilda meaning battle maid and Urszull meaning little she-bear Some are more versatile to other languages like Dagny meaning new day and Astris star Our viking girl name to watch is Lova a sweet rhyming twin to Nova meaning battle noise.

Princess viking names. Looking for the perfect name for your little one. This was the language of Norse sagas telling magical stories about Scandinavian and Germanic history Viking voyages a battles Norse. Idona Idun Iduna Idunn.

Other valkyrie names appear solely outside these lists such as Sigrún who is attested in the poems Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II. Saga names meanings not given. Search Belly Ballot to discover the popularity meanings and origins of thousands of names from around the world.

For more check out our list of royal baby names. Closely related to Old English Old Norse is a North Germanic language once used by Germanic tribes in Northern Europe. For instance Frida means peace and Astrid beautiful and loved- probably a much sought after woman.

Not a name thats unique to the Viking era but still a cracker of a name for your favourite little princess. Female Viking names. The meaning of the name is autocrat sole ruler or ever powerful Eternal ruler.

Maa-Emoinen An earth mother goddess of the Finno-Ugric and consort of Ukko the supreme sky god. Many names from the Viking Age are still in use today. This was in contrast to Hilda which means the fighter.

Her festival was celebrated on the fifteenth of July. The Old Norse poems Völuspá Grímnismál Darraðarljóð and the Nafnaþulur section of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál provide lists of valkyrie names. Translated from the old language Freya means lady.