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Pages in category "Icelandic masculine given names" The following 116 pages are in this category, out of 116 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Hrafn (Old Norse pronunciation:; Icelandic pronunciation:) is both a masculine byname, and personal name in Old Norse. The name translates into English as "raven". The Old English form of the name is *Hræfn. [1] The name is paralleled by the English masculine given name Raven, which is derived from the word "raven". [2] The feminine form of ...
A simple family tree showing the Icelandic patronymic naming system. Icelandic names are names used by people from Iceland.Icelandic surnames are different from most other naming systems in the modern Western world in that they are patronymic or occasionally matronymic: they indicate the father (or mother) of the child and not the historic family lineage.
Snorri (Old Norse pronunciation:; Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈstnɔrːɪ]) is a masculine given name. People with the name include: Snorri Þorbrandsson, a character in the Icelandic Eyrbyggja saga; Snorri Goði or Snorri Þorgrímsson (963–1031), a prominent chieftain in Western Iceland, featured in a number of Icelandic sagas
Ólafur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈouːˌlaːvʏr̥]) is a common name in Iceland, derived from the Old Norse Óláfr [ˈoːˌlɑːvz̠], meaning "ancestor's relic". According to Icelandic custom, people are generally referred to by first and middle names and patronyms are used if disambiguation is required.
75 Old-Fashioned Boys Names The top names for boys in the early 20th century included John, William, James, George, Robert and Richard. In 2021, the name Mac rose in popularity 260 spots and ...
The Old Norse name Kjartan was a shortening of Mýrkjartan, from Old Irish: Muirchertach, the name of an Irish king whose daughter Melkorka (Old Irish Mael Curcaigh, "servant of Curcach") was brought to Iceland as a slave. [1] The Irish name Muirchertach, meaning "mariner", is modernised to Muircheartach, anglicised as Murtagh. [2] Kjartan may ...
Name Name meaning Referred to as a valkyrie in Brynhildr "Armor battle" or "bright battle" [6] Skáldskaparmál: Eir "Peace, clemency" [7] or "help, mercy" [8] Nafnaþulur: Geirahöð Connected to the Old Norse words geirr ("spear") and höð ("battle"). [9] Appears in some manuscripts of Grímnismál in place of the valkyrie name Geirölul [9 ...