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Rare viking names. As reported in 2019. Ok Americans heres the deal no one names their child Loki or Odin. A number of the names on this list are also words that describe traits either physical or personality traits which is in keeping with the style of the time.

The names of Odin Ulfur and Hydyr are visible. Tali Tarjei Tjodgeir Tjodolf Tjoldolv Tjodrek Tjodrik Toki Thor Thórr thunder the Viking god Thórr Thoralf -Thoralv Thorbjorn Thord Tórdr composed of Thor thunder and a word meaning peace or protection Thorfinn Thorgeir Thórr thunder the Viking god Thor geirr spear Thorgrim Thorkel Thorkell Thorleik Thorleiv Thormod Thorodd Thorolf. The Viking names Come from the Nordic and Scandinavian languages that have given rise to current languages like Swedish Finnish or.

The name became rare in England during the late Middle Ages but revived in the 19th century. Animal names were also popular. Some are more versatile to other languages like Dagny meaning new day and Astris star.

The Vikings were a Norse people who between the 8th and 11th century traded with and plundered much of Europe as well as parts of Asia and North Africa. Hilda of Whitby was a seventh-century English saint and abbess. During the Viking era family names as we currently understand them werent in use.

Picture the god Thor and his thunderous hammer. The viking god Vidar. Asher became one of the most popular rare boy names in the US in the 90s.

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. It was not unusual to meet Vikings with names like Orm Serpent Ulf Wolf and Bjørn Bear. If you want to honor an ancestor named John name your son Jansen which means Jans son.