The greatest number of people were given this name.

Strong boy viking names. Arvid Tree of the eagle. Hastein Means stony rock and is the name of a Viking that raided around Spain and the Mediterranean in the 9 th century. This name was used in Old Norse in the Viking Age too.

Norse Male Names Eldgrim Erp Eyfrod Eyjolf Eyvind. Artist and television personality Kari Matchett Canadian actress Peak Popularity. It was not unusual to meet Vikings with names like Orm Serpent Ulf Wolf and Bjørn Bear.

Germanic boy names are often the best examples of strong names for boys and Barrett is living proof of that. My grandfather was named Guttorm which means boy-snake. Alternative Spellings Variations.

This was the language of Norse sagas telling magical stories about Scandinavian and Germanic history Viking voyages a battles Norse. A rare name of Ethiopian origin that translates to someone powerful. He named his sons Jostein which means horse-stone and Arnulv which means eagle-wolf.

Birger Birger is a Scandinavian name from Old Norse bjarga meaning to help to save to protect. Finnbogi Floki Flosi Freyvid Fridleif. This strong name translates as sword.

Canute Old Norse King Canute was a famous Viking warrior and ruler of the English and Danish peoples. Hagen or Hakon Means the highest son and Hakon the Powerful was a king of Norway at the end of the 10 th century. Closely related to Old English Old Norse is a North Germanic language once used by Germanic tribes in Northern Europe.