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Scandinavian Names

Scandinavian baby names are a hot group, attracting new interest from parents beyond the Scandinavian countries. The Scandinavian names here include names with origins in all the Scandinavian countries — Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, but not Finland.

If you want more names from one of the individual Scandinavian countries, check out our master lists of Swedish baby names, Norwegian baby names, and Danish baby names.

Here, our master list of Scandinavian baby names. The top names below rank among the current US Top 1000 Baby Names and are ordered by popularity. Unique names rank below the Top 1000 and are listed alphabetically.

Thurston

Meaning: Thor's stone

Origin:Scandinavian
2757
Garth

Meaning: groundskeeper, enclosure

Origin:Norse
2806
Latham

Meaning: the barn

Origin:English from Scandinavian
4033
Niles

Meaning: son of Neil

Origin:Scandinavian
1577
Erik

Meaning: eternal ruler

Origin:Spelling variation of Eric
1201
Kristian Traditionally a boy’s name, the meaning of K...
Origin:Danish and Greek variation of Christian
5680
Daan

Meaning: God is my judge

Origin:Scandinavian & Dutch variation of Daniel
2928
Ulrik

Meaning: rich and noble heritage

Origin:Scandianvian variation of Ulrich, German
5020
Sindri

Meaning: sparkle

Origin:Norse
2368
Kent

Meaning: edge

Origin:English surname and place-name
1115
Hanson

Meaning: son of Hans

Origin:Scandinavian
2886
Ericson

Meaning: son of the eternal ruler

Origin:Old Norse
3451
Rana

Meaning: queenly

Origin:Arabic
6491
Fjord The name Fjord is male and female and derive...
Origin:Norwegian nature name
5164
Kristine The name Kristine is derived from Scandinavi...
Origin:Scandinavian variation of Christine
6004
Thora

Meaning: thunder goddess

Origin:Norse
1101
Origin:Arabic
3410
Gudrun

Meaning: god's rune; secret battle

Origin:Scandinavian
6100
Hedvig Hedvig is the Swedish variant of the Old Hig...
Origin:Old German
6336
Rut

Meaning: companion, friend

Origin:Czech, variation of Ruth
6740