144 Strong Viking Boy Names And Meanings

Viking boys were named for bears, wolves, spears and gods. I have hand-picked the following Viking boy names, each with its meaning.

List Of Strong Viking Boy Names And Their Meanings:

Ingólfr

Ing’s wolf. Ingólfr Arnarson is the first Norse settler of Iceland. He left Norway after becoming involved in a blood feud.

Egil

Edge of a sword or terror. Egil Skallagrímsson made his first poem at three, and he was seven when he killed a boy over a ball game.

Bjarte

Bjarte is Norwegian and has a meaning I love: bright.

Ivar

From ýr, yew or bow, and herr, army. Ivar the Boneless led invasions into England and Ireland. It is unclear the source of his nickname “boneless”

Asbrand

“God’s sword.”

Sindri

According to Behind the Name, Sindri means ‘sparkle’. This dwarf forged Mjölnir for Thor, and with his brother Brokkr he made Odin’s gold ring Draupnir.

Leif

Heir or descendant. Leif Erikson reached North America around the year one thousand. This was centuries before Columbus. US celebrates Leif Erikson Day on October ninth.

Harald

Army and power. Harald Bluetooth was a king of Denmark and Norway (name is written as haraltr: kunukʀ ᚼᛅᚱᛅᛚᛏᚱ ᛬ ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛦ). His wife was Slavic and is known as Tófa.

Gunnar

Gunnar of Hlíðarendi is described as nearly invincible in combat. Reportedly there was no game at which he had an equal. It means war and warrior.

Snorri

attack/onslaught

Dag

Day in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Dutch.

Viking Baby Names For Your Little Conqueror

Name	Meaning	Pronunciation
Styrbjorn	”battle bear.”	STEER-byurn
Viggo	war	VIG-oh
Brynjar	armoured fighter	BRIN-yar
Hjalti	hilt in Norse	HYAHL-tee
Sigmund	”victory protector”	SIG-mund
Varg	wolf, or outlaw	VARG
Ragnar	counsel of armies	RAHG-nar
Jarl	chieftain, nursery included	YARL
Gunnvald	”war ruler”	GOON-vahld
Styrmir	he storms in	STEER-meer
Sixten	stone of victory	SIKS-ten
Erik	”ever ruler.”	EH-rik or AIR-ik
Hamund	battle protector	HAH-mund
Magni	might or strength	MAHG-nee
Sighvat	bold victory	SIG-vaht
Asgeir	spear of a god	AHS-gayr

The lsit continues.

Torsten

Torsten is symbolizing Thor’s stone.

Halfdan

Half Dane. Halfdan the Black was father of Harald Fairhair, first king of all Norway.

Thorgeir

Thor’s spear. Thorgeir Ljosvetningagodi Thorkelsson served as a lawspeaker in Iceland’s Althing

Torvald

Thor’s ruler, and Thorvald Eriksson was the brother of Leif and died in Vinland from an arrow. Save

Hroar

Hroar is meaning fame and spear. As Hrothgar, he rules Denmark in Beowulf.

Olaf

It means ancestor’s descendant. Saint Olaf passed away at Stiklestad, and Norway made him its patron saint.

Brand

torch/sword

Tyr

Tyr is pronounced as TEER and means god. He lost a hand to the wolf Fenrir and Tuesday is named after him.

Haakon

High son. Haakon the Good spent his boyhood at King Æthelstan’s court in England.

Sigurd

Sigurd, SIG-urd, means victory and guardian. He killed the dragon Fafnir and understood birdsong.

Sven

Swedish form of Sveinn, which comes from sveinn, a boy.

Rurik

Fame and ruler. Rurik’s dynasty ruled in Russia for over seven hundred years.

Gorm

Gorm comes from Guðormr, god and serpent. He raised a runestone at Jelling for his wife Thyra.

Celtic Viking Names For Boys:

Name	Meaning	Pronunciation
Feilan	little wolf	FAY-lahn
Dougal	”black stranger”	DOO-gul
Tormod	Thor’s courage	TOR-mod
Ospak	the unwise one	OHS-pahk
Kjartan	from Irish Muirchertach	KYAR-tahn
Lochlann	”land of lakes”	LOKH-lan
Uisdean	stone of fortune	OOSH-jan
Kormak	charioteer, or raven	KOR-mahk
Godred	”god’s peace.”	GOD-red
Brodir	brother, in Norse	BROH-theer
Melbrigdi	he serves Brigid	MEL-brig-thee
Fingal	”fair stranger.”	FING-gul
Ascall	god and helmet	AS-kal
Patrekur	nobleman, in Latin	PAH-treh-kur
Leod	ugly, honestly	LEE-od or LYAWD

Scroll for more.

Roald

Glory and power. Roald Amundsen was first to stand at the South Pole, in December nineteen eleven. He also successfully flew an airship over the North Pole.

Holger

Island and spear. Holger Danske is a paladin of Charlemagne who is featured in La Chevalerie Ogier, In Scandinavia he was initially known as Oddgeir danski. Save

Einar

Einar (AY-nar) is meaning one warrior. At the battle of Svöldr his bow was broken by an arrow and told King Olaf Tryggvason: “It was Norway, Sire, that sprang from your hands.”

Bjorn

Swedish form of Bjǫrn, which comes from bjǫrn, a bear.

Fridtjof

Peace and thief. Fridtjof Nansen crossed Greenland on skis. He’s the co-founder of the Fatherland League and also won a Nobel Peace Prize.

Thorfinn

Thor and a Sámi man. Thorfinn Karlsefni is the protagonist of the manga series Vinland Saga.

Thor

Thunder. Thor Heyerdahl is notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition, which was a journey by raft from South America to the Polynesian islands.

Ottar

From ótti, terror, and herr, army. Freya helps Ottar trace his ancestors in Hyndluljóð.

Asbjorn

God and bear. Asbjörn spread via Norway from the middle of the ninth century.

Harthacnut

Tough knot. Harthacnut was the last monarch of the North Sea Empire and the son of King Cnut the Great..

Hrolf

Famous wolf. Hrolf Kraki is a Danish king and hero of Hrólfs saga kraka.

Thorgisl

Thor’s arrow, from Þórr and gísl, a shaft or arrow.

Gisli

It means shaft or hostage. Gisli Sursson was an outlaw who successfully escaped from multiple attacks.

Hallvard

Rock. Saint Hallvard is the patron saint of Oslo and hsi remains are at St. Hallvard’s Cathedral.

Sigtrygg

Victory and trust. Sigtrygg Silkbeard was king of Dublin during Clontarf.

Kol

‘coal’

Torgny

Thor and din, from gnýr, a roar. Torgny the Lawspeaker appears in the Heimskringla, the best known of the Old Norwegian kings’ sagas.

Hjalmar

Helmet and warrior, pronounced YAHL-mar and also spelled Hjálmarr. In Hervarar saga he duels the berserker Angantyr on Samsø.

Hemming

‘Skin of the shanks’. Would you guess that from Hemming?

Gudmund

Gudmund is meaning god and protector, and it lives on in Iceland as Guðmundur.

Valthjof

Slain and thief. Earl Waltheof was beheaded at Winchester on orders from William the Conqueror.

Vidar

it is symbolizing warrior. Vidar kills Fenrir at Ragnarök and is a god among the Æsir associated with vengeance.

Heimdall

Home and bright, from heimr and dallr. In Norse mythology, Heimdall is a god who possesses the resounding horn Gjallarhorn. He is attested in the Poetic Edda.

Fastulf

Fastulf has origins in fastr, firm or solid, and ulfr, wolf.

Steinar

Steinar is symbolizing stone and warrior, and it is still common (according to the data) in Norway and Iceland.

Birger

To help, to rescue. By tradition, Birger jarl founded Stockholm around the middle of the thirteenth century.

Odin

Odin has roots in óðr, fury. In Bellows’ Hávamál, the High One says: “But a noble name will never die, if good renown one gets.”

Ingvar

Ing and warrior. Ingvar runestones were raised in commemoration of those who died in the expedition to the Caspian Sea.

Rune

Rune has a few meanings, depending on language: in Norse, rún is secret lore while Finnish made it runo, a poem.

Vebjorn

Sanctuary and bear, from vé and bjǫrn.

Thorir

Thor’s warrior. Thorir Hound was one of the greatest chiefs in Hålogaland. He was a devout pagan. There is also a character in the Norwegian TV series Beforeigners.

Folke

People, army. Swedish count Folke Bernadotte organised the White Buses that rescued camp prisoners.

Gaute

Gaute is meaning a Geat, a man of Götaland. Gautr is another name for Odin.

Thorkel

Thor’s kettle, or helmet. Thorkell the Tall was a Jomsviking chief who raided England.

Hugleik

Mind and play, from hugr, thought or mood, and leikr.

Hallr

rock/slab

Hrodgeir

Fame and spear. Through Frankish Hrodger, it is a Norse cousin of Roger.

Sumarlidi

Summer traveller. Somerled is its Gaelic form and he was a twelfth-century king of Man and the Isles.

Asmar

God and famous, áss and mærr.

Ragnvald

Ragvnald has origins in regin, counsel, and valdr, ruler.

Aki

Aki means ancestor and is a pet form for anything opening with Á-, from anu.

Geirmund

Spear and protector. Geirmund Heljarskinn travelled Iceland with a bodyguard of eighty men.

Almgeir

Elm and spear, almr and geirr, and a runestone spells it almkar.

Asvald

God and ruler, a Norse variant of English Oswald.

Thorbjorn

Thor and bear. I like Torbjørn the Norwegian variation for that slashed o.

Hilding

Chief or warrior. Hilding was the man who brought Frithiof and Ingeborg in Frithiof’s saga.

Eindride

From einn, one or alone, and ríða means to ride.

Alfvin

Elf and friend, a cognate of English Ælfwine.

Audun

Friend. In a short Icelandic tale, Audun take a polar bear from Greenland to the king of Denmark.

Ask

Ash tree. Odin and his brothers shaped Ask, the first man, this was done from a tree on a beach.

Steingrim

Stone and mask. Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928-2010) was prime minister of Iceland and the chairman for the Progressive Party.

Asmund

Asmund is symbolizing a god and a protector, frequent in Iceland and Norway from the tenth century on.

Arnbjorn

“Eagle bear.”

Algaut

Elf and Geat, the people of southern Sweden.

Forseti

Presiding one (FOR-seh-tih). Forseti is the Norse god of justice and reconciliation as well as the son of Baldr and Nanna.

Baldur

Hero or prince. Blind Hodr killed Baldur with a mistletoe dart from mistletoe that Loki was behind. The gods arranged a lavish funeral for their fallen friend.

Thjodolf

People and wolf, þjóð and ulfr.

Sigfred

Victory and peace, a Norse form of Siegfried.

Ingemar

Ing and famous. I like it for Ingemar Stenmark, who won eighty-six World Cup races.

Agni

Edge or awe. Ynglingatal tells how his wife Skjalf hanged Agni by his necklace.

Ornulf

Eagle and wolf (I nearly called it rare, but early Norway used it alot).

Halldor

Halldor has origins in Hallþórr, Thor’s rock. Halldór Laxness won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Aslak

From áss, god, and leikr, play or battle-play.

Arnfinn

Eagle and Finn, the Norse word for an Sámi man.

Jostein

jór, a horse, and steinn, a stone

Gunnbjorn

Gunnbjorn is symbolizing war and a bear. Gunnbjörn Ulfsson was the first to see Greenland. He is mentioned in Saga of Erik the Red.

Gudleif

God and heir. Russian Gleb is a Slavic form of Guðleifr.

Gardar

Enclosure, yard: Gardar Svavarsson sailed round Iceland and named it after himself, Garðarshólmi.

Barði

Barði began as a nickname for a sort of ship.

Balli

”dangerous”/”risky”/”bold”/”daring”

Bildr

Blade. A berserker called Bildr fights in Örvar-Odds saga, chapter fourteen.

Arnhvat

ǫrn, eagle, and hvatr, quick or daring..

Thorleik

Thor and play, and Norwegians shortened it to Tollak.

Gautstaf

Geat and staff. Viking-age records know only one individual of this form, a horse.

Guthorm

God and respect. Guthrum was baptised as Æthelstan andruled East Anglia after making peace with Alfred.

Skallagrim

Bald Grim, from skalli, a bald head (fine as a nickname but what do you think on a birth certificate?).

Flemming

A man from Flanders.

Gudini

God and friend. Guðini is how Norse speakers wrote English Godwine.

Magnus

Latin magnus, great. Magnus Barefoot (a king of Norway) was bare-legged in Gaelic dress.

Andsvar

One who answer, an avenger, from and- and svara.

Arngeir

Eagle and spear, and one of Iceland’s first settlers had this name.

Asvard

God’s guardian, from áss and varðr, a watchman.

Bjalfi

A fur or a pelt with roots in bjálfi.

Sten

Swedish form of Steinn, which is from steinn, stone.

Havard

Havard is symbolizing a high guardian, or a battle guardian, from hár or hǫð with vǫrðr.

Vegard

Sanctuary and enclosure. I’d pick it for Vegard Ulvang alone who is the winner of three Olympic golds.

Audulf

Wealth and wolf. An Icelandic farm, Auðólfsstaðir, is named after a settler known as Auðólfr.

Bisi

Bisi was initially used for a commander or leader.