Norwegian Baby Names
49 Norwegian names with researched meanings, U.S. popularity, and audio pronunciation on every page.
Explore 49 Norwegian baby names below. Every name links to a full page with its sourced meaning, origin, popularity chart, famous bearers, and a clear audio pronunciation so you can hear it said correctly. Names are listed most-popular first.
Norwegian Girl Names
Kristina#1732 in the U.S.A Christian▶Katarina#1743 in the U.S.Each of the two▶Milly#1791 in the U.S.Pet form of Millicent, Emily, Amelia or Camilla; via Millicent meaning 'strong in work'.▶Klara#1854 in the U.S.Clear, bright, famous▶Karoline#1946 in the U.S.Man▶Violett#2208 in the U.S.Purple (the color)▶Ina#2636 in the U.S.Bane, ruin▶Runa#2871 in the U.S.Secret lore, rune▶Oline#5069 in the U.S.Oline is chiefly the Norwegian feminine of Ole (from Olaf, 'ancestor's descendant', Old Norse A▶Teigen#7204 in the U.S.Variously a Norwegian surname ('an enclosed field/meadow') and a spelling of the Welsh Tegan ('▶Trine#10217 in the U.S.Trine is a Scandinavian (Danish/Norwegian) short form of Katrine/Katharina, the Nordic forms of▶Espen#12531 in the U.S.A Norwegian name, a form of Asbjorn, from Old Norse ass ('god') plus bjorn ('bear') — 'god-bear▶Gyda#12584 in the U.S.A Viking-age Scandinavian name, generally derived from Gyrid or from an element read as gud ('g▶Aren#13603 in the U.S.Read variously as an Armenian man's name, as a form of Scandinavian Arne ('eagle'), or as a mod▶Synnove#13651 in the U.S.A form of the Norwegian Synnove/Sunniva, from Old Norse sunn ('sun') and gjof ('gift') — 'sun g▶Anitra#14767 in the U.S.A literary coinage: Anitra is the dancing girl in Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play 'Peer Gynt,' set to ▶Bergan#15490 in the U.S.From the surname Bergan, tied either to the Norwegian berg ('mountain') or to an Irish name for▶Kjersti#15874 in the U.S.Kjersti is a Norwegian form of Kirsten, itself a Scandinavian form of Christina, from the Greek▶Jensine#17651 in the U.S.Jensine is a traditional Scandinavian girls' name, the feminine of Jens, which is the Danish an▶
Norwegian Boy Names
Oskar#1721 in the U.S.Form of Oscar, from Gaelic 'os' (deer) and 'cara' (friend), 'deer friend'.▶Konrad#1896 in the U.S.Brave counsel▶Oslo#1922 in the U.S.Meadow of the gods (or meadow beneath the ridge); from the Norwegian capital▶Rune#1925 in the U.S.Secret lore, rune▶Viggo#1980 in the U.S.War▶Theodor#2109 in the U.S.Gift of god▶Iver#2191 in the U.S.Yew tree, bow▶Filip#2564 in the U.S.Friend of horses▶Sven#2620 in the U.S.Boy▶Thor#2820 in the U.S.Thunder▶Olen#2895 in the U.S.Origin uncertain▶Erling#2915 in the U.S.Descendant of the jarl▶Asta#2946 in the U.S.Origin uncertain▶Aarvik#3036 in the U.S.Possibly 'eagle bay' or 'river bay,' from Old Norse arn/á and vík▶Roald#3284 in the U.S.Roald is a Norwegian name from the Old Norse Hrodvaldr, combining hrod, 'fame,' with valdr, 'ru▶Hansen#3341 in the U.S.Son of Hans — Hans being the German-Scandinavian John, 'God is gracious'▶Ingvald#4532 in the U.S.Ingvald joins the fertility god Ing (Yngvi), an old Norse deity, with the element valdr, 'ruler▶Haaland#5728 in the U.S.From the Norwegian surname Håland/Haaland — from Old Norse, 'the high land; a farm on high grou▶Haakon#6259 in the U.S.From Old Norse Hakon — variously 'a high son; a chosen son' and 'of the high/exalted race' (ha,▶Bergen#8399 in the U.S.From a Scandinavian/German place name and surname, tied to berg ('mountain; hill') — as in the ▶Solan#8846 in the U.S.From the Norwegian — variously 'born near the sun/of the sun' (linked to sol, 'sun') and 'a gan▶Trygve#9762 in the U.S.From the Old Norse Tryggvi — 'trustworthy; true; reliable'; borne by early Norwegian kings▶Esten#11302 in the U.S.Esten is a Norwegian name, a form of Øystein ('island-stone; rock') — and it also reads as a mo▶Thorsen#12093 in the U.S.From the Scandinavian patronymic surname Thorsen (also Thorsson), 'son of Thor' — Thor being th▶Rockne#12167 in the U.S.Rockne is a Norwegian surname taken up as a given name. It came into American use almost entire▶Olie#13586 in the U.S.Olie is a variant spelling of Ollie, the pet form of Oliver, and also mirrors the Norwegian Ole▶Steffen#13926 in the U.S.The German, Norwegian and Danish form of Stephen, from Greek Stephanos, 'crown; garland'. Steff▶Tron#14028 in the U.S.Tron is best known in the U.S. from the 1982 Disney film Tron and its sequel — a pop-culture ro▶Ulrik#14057 in the U.S.The Scandinavian form of Ulrich, from Germanic wulf, 'wolf' (or uodal, 'heritage'), plus ric, '▶Trygg#14146 in the U.S.From the Old Norse and Norwegian word trygg, 'trustworthy; safe; secure' — a rare virtue name s▶
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Popular Norwegian baby names include Oskar, Kristina, Katarina, Milly, Klara, Konrad. Each page has the meaning, popularity, and an audio pronunciation.
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More4Kids lists 49 Norwegian baby names, each with a sourced meaning and audio pronunciation.