Viking Names
A COLLATION OF VIKING NAMES
By Stephen Francis Wyley
This paper is an attempt to collate all the different proper names of Vikings from various sources such as the sagas, rune stones and extant Viking artifacts. In regards to memorials on rune stones and other rock carvings I have indicated the location of the memorials used as a source.
This paper is divided up into two main parts with separate lists of male and female names. Other smaller sections consist of sections on: names of unknown gender, nicknames and even dog names.
You will notice that there is a much higher number of male names as to female names in the lists. This could be put down to a number of factors; 1) it is supposed that most of the saga writers were male, and 2) that females played a less obvious role in the reported goings on.
Stephen Francis Wyley
Contributions from:
Note; R.S. = Rune Stone.
MALE
A.
B.
C.
Name
Cnut, see Knut
Source
D.
Name
Dan
Diarf
Source
R.S., Runby, Uppland, Sweden
R.S., Husby-Lyhundra, Uppland, Sweden
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
K.
L.
M.
N.
O.
P.
Name
Paul
Source
King Harald's Saga
R.
S.
T.
U.
V.
W.
Name
Waltheof
Wary
Source
King Harald's Saga
King Hrolf and his Champions
Y.
Name
Yngvar
Source
Egil's Saga
FEMALE
A.
B.
D.
F.
Name
Fastvi
Freygerd
Source
R.S., Ed, Uppland, Sweden
The Vapnfjord Men
G.
H.
I.
J.
K.
Name
Kadlin
Source
Laxdale Saga
L.
Name
Ljufu
Source
Laxdale Saga
M.
N.
Name
Nidbiorg
Source
Laxdale Saga
O.
R.
S.
T.
U.
Name
Ulfeid
Unn
Source
Laxdale Saga
Laxdale Saga
V.
Name
Valgerd
Vigdis
Source
Laxdale Saga
Sturlubók & Hauksbók
W.
Name
White
Source
King Hrolf and his Champions
Y.
Name
Yngvild
Yrsa
Source
Laxdale Saga
King Hrolf and his Champions
Undetermined Gender
Nick Names and Other Add ins
Dog Names
Bibliography.
Carlsson, D. & Owen, Eds., Follow the Vikings, Uppsala, 1996.
Cleasby, R., An Icelandic/English Dictionary, Oxford, 1874.
Elliott, R., Runes an Introduction, USA, 1981.
Graham-Gampbell, J., The Viking World, Great Britain, 1980.
Jones, G. (trans.), Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Saga's, Great Britian, 1980.
Magnusson, M. & Pálsson, H. (trans), Eyrbyggja Saga, Great Britain, 1989.
Magnusson, M. & Pálsson, H. (trans), King Harald’s Saga, Great Britain, 1971.
Magnusson, M. & Pálsson, H. (trans), Njal’s Saga, Great Britain, 1986.
Page, R.I, Chronicles of the Vikings, Great Britan, 1995.
Pálsson, H. & Edwards, P. (trans.), Egil's Saga, Great Britain, 1980.
Pálsson, H., (trans), Hrafnel’s Saga and Other Stories, Great Britain, 1970.
Pálsson, H., (trans.), The Confederates & Hen-Thorir, Edinburgh, 1975.
Press, M., (trans), Laxdale Saga, London, 1965.
Wooding, J., The Vikings, Sydney, 1977.
Zoéga, G.T., A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, London, 1952.
Further Reading.
Adigard des Gautries, J., Les Noms De Personnes Scandinaves En Normandie De 911 Á 1066, Lund, 1954.
Baecklund, A., Les Prénoms Scandinaves Dans La Tradition Médiévale De Velikij Novgorod, Revue des Ètudes Slaves 33, 1956.
Fellows-Jensen, G., Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, Navnestuchier 7, Copenhagen, 1968.
Fellows-Jensen, G., Scandinavian Personal Names in Foreign Fields, Cahier Des Annales De Normandie 23, 1990.
Jansson, S.B.F., Runinskrifter I Sverige, Stockholm, 1963. English ed., Runes in Sweden, trans. P.Foote, 2 ed., Stockholm, 1987.
Sawyer, B., Property and inheritence in Viking Scandinavia, the Runic Evidence, Alingsås, 1988.
Williams, H., Runic Inscriptions as Sources of Personal Names, Runeninschriften als Quellen interdisziplinarer Forschung, 601 - 10, 1998.
Other articles on the Viking by the Author.
A Replica Viking Chest, based on the Mästermyr Find
How to make a replica of a Viking Table based on the Sala Hytta Find
How to make a replica of a Viking Toy Horse
The Gjermundbu Mail Shirt (The only extant Viking Mail Shirt)
The ‘Lund’ Viking Stool. A Method of Replication
Links.
Medieval Name Archive - Scandinavian Names