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Pages in category "Scandinavian masculine given names" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Swedish masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 235 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Rune is a unisex, though predominantly masculine given name derived from the Old Norse word rún, meaning "secret".It is earliest attested in a runestone as runi. [1] It is a common name in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and popular in Belgium, where it ranked in top thirty names for baby boys in 2006 and was the tenth most popular name for boys in 2006 in the Flemish Region of Belgium. [2]
Sven is a Scandinavian masculine first name. In Old Norse the meaning was "young man" or "servant" and the original Old Norse spelling was sveinn. [1]Variants such as Svend are found in Danish and Norwegian. [1]
Dag is a masculine Scandinavian given name derived from the Old Norse dagr, meaning "day" (or the name of the god Dagr, a personification of the day), most commonly used in Norway and Sweden. In Sweden, September 16 is Dag's Name Day. Dag is uncommon as a surname. People with the name Dag include: [1]
Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. It originated from Andres via metathesis. [1] In Sweden, Anders has been one of the most common names for many centuries, earliest attested in 1378. It was common for priests and farmers during medieval ...
Pelle is a Scandinavian pet form of the name 'Per'. Forms of this name deriving from other languages include 'Petter' and 'Peter'. Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived, via Latin petra, from the Greek word πέτρος (petros) meaning 'stone' or 'rock'.
Arne is a common masculine given name for males in Scandinavia.It is also a surname in England.. The name Arne originates from the old Norse name Arnfinn, which in turn is derived from the old Norse name for "eagle" combined with the word for a Finnic or Sami person. [1]