48 viking name ideas
A starter list from the same word banks. Press Generate names above for fresh ones, as many times as you like.
- Helga Asgersdóttir
- Frode Ottarsson
- Astrid Svensdóttir
- Ivar the Fair
- Bodil Leifsdóttir
- Geir Gunnarsson
- Ylva Ottarsdóttir
- Gorm Torvaldsson
- Tove Ketilsdóttir
- Geir Asgersson
- Ingrid Ragnarsdóttir
- Erlend Magnusson
- Sigrid Haraldsdóttir
- Thorfinn the Quiet
- Solveig Hrafnsdóttir
- Sten Asgersson
- Astrid the Bold
- Magnus Ulfsson
- Runa the Quiet
- Arne Einarsson
- Unn Ketilsdóttir
- Rolf Rolfsson
- Gudrun the Quiet
- Leif Vidarsson
- Borghild the Generous
- Ragnar the Far-Traveller
- Signy Iron-Arm
- Thorfinn the Generous
- Freydis Sea-Wolf
- Thorstein Olafsson
- Torunn Olafsdóttir
- Ketil Ravenhair
- Ylva Silverhand
- Halfdan Ragnarsson
- Gunhild the Red
- Thorfinn Olafsson
- Tove Haraldsdóttir
- Rolf Haraldsson
- Unn Thorsteinsdóttir
- Ragnar Leifsson
- Ingrid the Far-Traveller
- Orm Leifsson
- Sigrid Geirsdóttir
- Orm the Quiet
- Tove the Wise
- Hrafn Ingvarsson
- Frida Broad-Shoulders
- Skeggi Skeggisson
These are real Old Norse names, the kind carved on rune stones across Scandinavia. Vikings did not have family names. A person was known by their father's name (a patronymic, like Haraldsson, “son of Harald”, or Haraldsdóttir, “daughter of Harald”) or by a byname describing them.
Bynames
Bynames could praise (the Wise), describe (the Red, the Tall) or tease. Famous examples include Harald Fairhair and Ivar the Boneless. They were often more widely known than the person's real name.