I live in Faroe Island and out here in the villages its in fact very common to name your child old nordic names. I have boy students called Eric, Ragnar, Eyðun, Roði, Àsmund, Reinaldur, Ottar, Oddur, Dávur, Finnur, Kjartan, Magni, Edmund, Steinar ,Runi, Rune, Stig, Gunnar ,Owin, Haraldur, Hóraldur, Hugin, Jógvan, Magnus, Herluf, Brynjar, Fríðálvur, Egil, Róar, Eyðfinn, Gestur, Kári, Tróndur, Ivar, Jónstein, Rókur, Tóki, Teitur,Róðin, Bjarki, ,Ditlev,Fróði, Bárður, Bogi, Bjarki, Brandur, Fríði,Roar, Regin, Halfdann, Suni, Bjørn, Arnór, Hákun, Ove, Jón, Rani, Sigurd, Rói, Bjarni, Áki, Agnar, Asker, Baldur, Bartal, Espen, Tór, Óli, Ole,Dan, Dagfinn, Ebbe, Einar,Anker, Eiler, Rógve,Sigmundur, Frede, Sveinn, Trygve,Gorm, Ólav,Ragn, Preben, Ólavur, Dávur. They are often called after grandparents or other in the family, and after their first name they often get the name after their father and then the last name. So a boy can eks. be called Dávur Róðinsson Hansen (Dávur after grandfather, Róðin after father and last name Hansen) so its very easy to figure out family relations in Faroe Island. Sorry if I mentioned some twice and probatly also forgot some. Skál.

I wanna name my kid Thorfinn Skull-Splitter...or Steve.

@andreatrenka5689

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. Just keep it short and sweet. 😂

My middle-name is Ragnar, named after my grandfather. I'm very happy i got that name! (Swedish, 30-ish)

@ragnar2703

2 жыл бұрын

@Viking Warrior i wish you a healthy life for you and your future kids!

@Caine61

2 жыл бұрын

Brother, is that you?

My family still keeps the tradition of honoring our ancestors with names. My son inherited the name Robert Harold from his great great grandfather which he shares with my father. Old Traditional names are making a comeback, I only hope the old ways start making a comeback as well. “So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.”

@jamiewulfyr4607

2 жыл бұрын

I'm cool with Harold but I'm not so sure about the Norman name Robert.I'm still salty about 1066! 😆

@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamiewulfyr4607 Robert=Hrolfbert/Ulfbehrt

@jamiewulfyr4607

2 жыл бұрын

@@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533 Now ,of course I realised that Normans were descendants of Norsemen but I didn't consider that their names were Latinised developments of Norse names.It seems obvious now that you've given me the example.I was only joking about Robert and 1066 because we've had to put up with Normans ruling us pretty much to this day.They still hold most noble titles and take up much space in the upper classes. However Robert is still a Northern European name and acceptable to my sensibilities. I have this impossible but romantic notion of Anglo-Saxon names (or even Danish in the Danelaw area) in England and Welsh and Gaelic names in Wales and Scotland respectively.It'll never happen because Judeo-Christianity has been far too entrenched in our culture for too long.It's a nice dream though.Thank you for explaining the origins of the name Robert. You learn something new everyday. 👊🏻🐺🔥

@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533

2 жыл бұрын

​@@jamiewulfyr4607 Those damn Normans and their bureaucracy

@jamiewulfyr4607

2 жыл бұрын

@@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533 We sorted out our affairs perfectly fine with our Althing meetings. Then they come along with their measurements,weights and demands for taxes! (Yeah, they started THAT racket!😂) I understand that it's a double edged sword. We would never have become the power we became without the foundations the Norman feudal leadership laid down. So as much as I romanticise the Heptarchy we may just have been a windy rock off the French coast without the Normans. I'm actually half Gaelic Scottish so my allegiances are even divided on that front! I love both my Wessex and Hebridean roots and love both Germanic and Celtic culture, spiritually and mythology. I just sometimes gets a little irked when I see a Tory MP called.... say, Sir D'Arcy with the Norman connection very much still visible. As powerful as we became the Normans did treat Anglo-Saxons and Celts both as lower orders and many of the negative aspects of our class system still echo down the centuries. However, as I said there were benefits as well burdens. You're quite an individual, y'know. You can set me off typing for 20 minutes with no more than one sentence from yourself! 😆 Gôdnes Saturnsdæg to you Sir and have a fine weekend.✊🏻🐺🔥

My name means wolf in Choctaw. I'm part native American. Nashoba is my name. thanks for the video, awesome. Úlfr I guess is a translation of my name . Rock on

@robgau2501

2 жыл бұрын

Nice. Badassery.

I'm actually Richard Allen McGee the 3rd and my son is the 4th. It was important for me to name my son our family name. I wouldn't want to give him a desert name lol. My 1st Irish ancestor to set foot in America was Richard McGee. People don't put enough thought into names.

I find the history behind mine to be rather funny. After being called heathens enough, they either liked the sound of it or took it as a heroic moniker and named their kids after it. Heíðínn comes from the root for uncultivated land and is where we get Hayden and Heather today!

@piccalillies

2 жыл бұрын

Heidnisch is the word in German. Heide, which is where you get Heidi. is a field or Heath.

I noticed Alfred was at the top of the list when you were discussing foreign names that have nothing to do with our culture. Alfred is actually a wonderful Germanic name from Anglo-Saxon England that means "Elf Council" and would have been designated to wise sages and leaders, as the elves were said to be very knowledgeable and to represent ancestral wisdom. Quite fitting that the very wise Swede that both invented dynamite and started the nobel prize was named Alfred.

I don't think they are dying out. In Denmark the old Nordic names goes up and down in popularity from generation to generation. Last month I know two friends named their son's Ebbe and Anker. Aksel, Viggo, Lauge, Magnus, Asger and Bjørn is also very popular at the moment.

@Torsteinhauger

2 жыл бұрын

It's definitely dying out, it has become very rare. Majority of Scandinavians are being given desert names.

@Schmorgus

2 жыл бұрын

Sweden have had a massive increase in children getting norse names during the last 10-15 years. Before that, a lot of people got norse names in waves. Me included. So no, it's not dying out, atleast not in Sweden :P

@RockerNate81

2 жыл бұрын

Magnus is Latin.

@SelstromC88

2 жыл бұрын

@@RockerNate81 Yes, you are right - I got carried away 😉 Let me switch it with Svend instead

@RockerNate81

2 жыл бұрын

@@SelstromC88 Haha yeah...it seems like the name Svend/Svein has been common over there for a long, long time!

Yep, Halfdan is cool, but my all time favourite is Dagfinn -- every Dagfinn I have ever known have been blessed with exeedingly admirable personal qualities

My name is Torstein and I 100% agree with you. It's mainly because of religion, everyone wants give their children a religious name from their holy book. Some of our cultural names are considered pagan so no doubt that they are dying out. I think Icelandic and Faroese people have kept our tradition way better than us.

Love what you said there at the end about awakening those memories. That is some real shit. Pardon my language lol But it EXCITES me on another level. Have an outstanding day. SKOL! 🍻

Oh baby naming…. You know I have a few kids & I’ve always taken the job of naming very seriously. I’ve tried to include family names in each of my kids names. The big issue is avoiding family names that are are what you called “desert names” 😉. Thankfully, they’re not all like that, especially on the Swedish side. So, I’ve tried to do my best give my kids a mix of family/Celtic/Scandinavian names.

@Fizzymoth

3 ай бұрын

What are desert names?

@juni_pearl_9591

3 ай бұрын

@@Fizzymoth Names that come from the Bible…the religion from the “desert”

@Fizzymoth

3 ай бұрын

@@juni_pearl_9591 so pretty much don’t name kids after biblical figures?

Very interesting! Looking forward to more videos on this topic.

Great video again! Really enjoy your content

Thank you for shedding light on our culture.

This is awesome for choosing a name for the next little viking soul arriving into our family soon. Thanks for this!

I need to come back to this video in a few years

My Grandfather was named Arne, and my Grandmother was named Synnøve. They had two sons, Bjørn my uncle, and my father Finn. My father married my mother who' s name is Inger. And they named me Tommy... 😅 (I'm Norwegian btw)

@itsmeGeorgina

2 жыл бұрын

My fathers name was also Finn ☺

@Tommy6Tosk

2 жыл бұрын

@@itsmeGeorgina 🤗

@finnchristiansen6625

2 жыл бұрын

Kunne dine forældre ikke lide dig :)

It's the same here in Britain. I would love to see Biblical names go out of fashion and Anglo-Saxon and Celtic names become popular again.Some are still in use (maybe in shortened form). Harold, Edward and Alfred are still popular in the abbreviated forms of Harry,Eddie and Alfie. There's no wrong with Biblical names but they're not from our own ancestral history and all Northern and Western Europeans have beautiful sets of native names.

5:45 as an Ozzy Osbourne super fan, I love the cameo xD

I know a 4 year old named Odin. His dad’s family is from Sweden .

In Sweden we have a saying that something halvdant or someone is halvdan with basically means half good or mediocre and now I know why obviously the danish genes is bad and the swedish the good ones

@Schmorgus

2 жыл бұрын

It's funny how our relationship between countries have always had the same love/hate thing xD

@grizzlyaddams3606

2 жыл бұрын

😄

@mrgrendar281

2 жыл бұрын

I love the sarcastic/fun tone we Scandinavians have towards each other. It's a bit like how we change character when speaking to different relatives? We Norwegian understand both Swedish and Danish pretty good, but is it like this the other way? If a Norwegian, a Swede and a Dane meet we usually end up speaking English.

@Schmorgus

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrgrendar281 For me as a Swede, it depends on dialect tbh. I understand old norwegian just fine, but the new stuff is just braindamage for me xD Danish the same, like, some people I understand just fine, but then there's those that I just can't :P

@mrgrendar281

2 жыл бұрын

@@Schmorgus Denmark is mom and dad, Sweden is the son that had to be like a second father to his young brother Norway who suddenly inherated an insane load of money who is still finding his feets.

Many parents still choose old names for their children in my home country Finland, names that mean something like ”Flower (Kukka)” or ”Snow (Lumi)”, ”Sunrise (Aurora)”, or ”Berry (Marja)” ... there’s hundreds of those names, and they have been used for ages. Some choose ”stupid modern” ones, like you say, but I like it a lot that the majority of children still are named after things you find in nature. Also, it is tradition that the firstborn son be given the name of an ancestor as a middle name. It can be a grandfather’s first name, but sometimes even older than this, if the name has been passed on from oldest son to oldest son over several generations.

well i have to say this, 1st of all i really enjoy what you do and all your videos even tho i discovered you quite recently, keep up the good work! 2nd to say, i really loved this video, as a guy born in Romania, the actual place were the dacian used to live back in the days....i just wanted to brag a little about the fact that i took my nickname Ragnar with my real name, Eduard, as a pure homage to my favourite culture. Back in the days i used the nickname Ragnarok Edward, back in the day i mean like almost 18 years ago as i loved so much the norse, yet i didn't know much about until at some point when i was in a library here and there was this book for kids "How to be a real Viking" and there was this page about Viking Names, so there was Ragnar, (at that point i didn't knew about Ragnar Lothbrok) and in the book the name Ragnar was a "common name" back in the days so i tought "well Ragnarok isn't suitable at all, from now on i will be Ragnar Edward" as this was my own homage to the culture of the Norse. Going fast forward, Vikings happened and all these Norse myths going mainstream, i'm still Ragnar Edward even tho many people told me "you took your name from the TV Show" :)) wich is not true at all :)) so bottom line, i'm a guy who was born in Romania, or the dacian lands (how i use to call these lands) and i have a huge amount of respect for the Norse! Se keep up the good work and may Oden and Zamloxez watch over us brother! :D

I'm gen x, I'm called Rolf. Most of my friends from my childhood had Norse names. ......the city millenialls on the other hand have English inspired names....Odin is populare now btw!

@karlosthejackel69

2 жыл бұрын

In England I recently met a mum with a baby called Odin…

I have an ancestor in the 14th century called Viking (Torgilsson) b. ca 1330. It's too late for him to have been a viking, but the name reflects on his ancestors, I suppose

@dianeteeter6650

2 жыл бұрын

I have an ancestor named Viking Ormsson, born around 1350, must have been a thing.

Thanks for this video! Two things that radiated with me: #1 I follow the culture of being bamed after my oldefar/great grandpa who was Hans Jensen. #2 My "pretend " Norse nickname ive used for just over a decade now is Halvdan. I discovered it when researching the Hagia Sophia graffiti, and thought it was cool that I too am literally a Half-Dane (Danish father, Irish-Mexican Mother, equals 100% Beer lover😆)

Michael is actually an indo-european name and is cognate with "Mykill" meaning great - which is also the same cognate as in "Mc"Donald, "Mac"intosh, "Mikla"gard and "Mykle"bust. Language is often more complicated in origin than what fits into a single paragraph.

@joeysonofander7479

2 жыл бұрын

Really? I thought it was of Hebrew origin.

@grizzlyaddams3606

2 жыл бұрын

Michael means, "Godlike". Who knows it's origin? It's everywhere but not the real thing.

@grizzlyaddams3606

2 жыл бұрын

As in Godlike, but not God. Just to be clear here.

@joeysonofander7479

2 жыл бұрын

@@grizzlyaddams3606 I figured that the name "Michael" had something to do with "God" but I am not sure the exact meaning.

@fredriks5090

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeysonofander7479 "Micha" is indo-european and means "great" while the word-ending "EL" is hebrew and means "in god" or "with god". Same with ""ISRA"-EL" where ISRA is a cognate of Osiris and "el" means "with god". Real history is hidden within the etymologies.

I had a classmate named Thor. His parents immigrated to America from Germany and he actually looked like a Thor with long flowing blonde hair and a tall build.

I believe you left out Sven. From what I understand it is from the Proto-Germanic name Sueni and it's direct translation is "boy", though "servant, lover/ country beau" are other translations connected to the name. It's English equivalent is Swain - pronounced with the "w". Though it seems obscure, it shows up, often enough, in several places in popular culture (Shakespeare) and naval terminology. I find this name so interesting because it has a broad history across northern Europe, from Russia to England, and happens to be the Surname of my mother's family.

@justinjohnson5148

2 жыл бұрын

Also, you make entertaining and informative content. Keep up the good work.

Shoot! Axel's Treehouse was a favorite children's program on WCCO out of Minneapolis in the Kennedy era. He used to do a version of The Night Before Christmas every year "the way Grandma Torgeson used to tell it." I just looked up the actor, and his name was Clellan Card.

We named our Daughter Demelza Medb which are Cornish and Irish, and I love it so so much. We adopted a kitten recently and named him Folkvar and it came from our baby name list. We are trying for another baby and I am so glad you are doing these videos since I could use the inspiration!

Ƿes þu hal! With respect to the name Geirr, we see this in the wider name for our people: Germanic. It mean People of the Spear. We see a similar phenomena with the Saxons, which means People of the Knife. The Old English (Germanic language) for knife being Seax. Tells you something nature of our ancestors, and hopefully our future selves should we choose to maintain our cultural integrity.

@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533

2 жыл бұрын

The Frank's name means "javeline" ( Old English Franca, Old Norse Frakka)

@mrgrendar281

2 жыл бұрын

I've grown into the name Geir and I carry it with pride, but it's not a popular name in Norway anymore. Interesting that it's actually used in Europe as well. It's also a name on an exctinct bird called the "Geirfugl".

Can you make a video on how vikings prepared for battle. Keep up the good content

@norsemagicandbeliefs8134

2 жыл бұрын

Done a few videos on berserkers you might like!

Freja and freya are still very common among women/females in denmark

I was hoping for ubba, I wanted to hear how you would pronounce it (because I've heard a couple different pronunciations of it) and its meaning...

@dianeteeter6650

2 жыл бұрын

Ubba like the u in up, old mother hubbard who lived in a cupboard.

@timlenard1646

2 жыл бұрын

@@dianeteeter6650 yeah I've heard it that way and I've heard it like the u in uber which is the way I say it for my dogs name ubba...

Björn is my name I'm from Sweden, But I lived 1/3 of my life in Norway. My middle name is Åke, also an Old norse name means Ancestor.

I don't think many Swedish people would name their son Halvdan today, mostly because of the Viking Parody "hem till midgård" where the name probably means "halfdone" or something, happy to hear the real meaning now though :)

My name came from the name of a 7th century French Catholic saint, Honoria, and was brought to Ireland by the Normans. I’m the fifth Honora on my maternal line. It’s still used in Ireland but most go by “Nora”.

living in Scandi-America, it's still possible to find some of those names even in the younger generation. A nephew's friend is named Kjel, which is going to confuse the heck out of everyone if he ever moves from the area, because they don't know what to do with the 'Kj' combo.

Hey there. In Icelandic sources the name Ragnar is derived from the word rögn- meaning mightbringer (gods) and -ar meaning soldier. So combined the name means soldier of the gods.

Ívar is a fairly common name in Iceland. In one Icelandic source Ívar translates to: Ív- Type of tree called Ýviður (english Yew, swedish Id/Idegran) and -ar Soldier Another source tells that the name means: Ívar: the one who shoots from a bow made from Ýviður and always wins. Askur Yggdrasills the sacred tree is told to be Ýviður. My name is Sigurþór: Sigur- victory and -þór Thor meaning victory of Thor :-) We Icelanders have it easy on old norse as it is so very close to our language mostly because of the isolation of the island. We actually can read the old norse manuscripts.

With my Icelandic historical story series, I did research on names, wish I had had your information. But I did okay doing my own choices.

Among millennials British and biblical names were definitely more popular, but old names from the pre-Christian times are slowly making a come back thanks to the Gods! I quote Ragnar for a boy, my fav! I love the sound of it and the abundance of rolling R. ( I could forget about the half invented TV show Vikings when I’ll have sons one day 😅). Btw I hear you! My name is also from the British fashion/tradition. However, not biblical and sort of witchy which is great 😁

My youngest daughter is named Eira (after the norse Eir). My oldest daughter is named Ronja, wich comes from "Juronjaure" (sámi origin from my grandmother). My middle names are Åke (áki in norse meaning ancestor), and Olof. Both old norse. Åke comes from my father, and Olof comes from my grandfathers side. Both sides have swedish history all the way back to the viking age. _(well, 1300's but sources show specific names that would be norse)._ Very proud of this.

Hello from Australia. At my daughters school there is a boy named Odin and his little brother is called Loki 😁

My name is Igor, which is common Russian namen (although I’m not Russian but south Slav). Apparently it means “warrior of peace” and has Norse equivalent “Ingvar”. Apparently, it became a “Slavic” name after king Rurik came to Kievan Rus with his son Ingvar. Ingvar carried on to be a Russian king and had his name “slavenized” to Igor. Guess I’m more Norse than I thought! Btw I’m 6”3 and 110kg+ with decent gym numbers, maybe I got that genetics too, who knows!

I was giving the name Rørik(Hrøríkr) as my first name and Halfdan as a sort of combination of a first and middle name. friends and girlfriends in my native country calls me by Rørik, while internationally i am called by Rurik. However my family all calls me Halfdan. I am danish born, and so i was giving my first name after a famous danish viking king who ruled Frisland for a time, who also by some accounts also are considered to be the same 'Rurik' who are the founder of the Riurikovich dynasty in Russia. There are two reasons why the name Rørik was picked, one being due to my mother claims far-out to have some ancestry who settled in Frisland a long time ago, but also because on my father's male linage, whom i share russian ancestry with, settled in Danmark a few generations ago. So whether or not the danish king Hrørikr in frisland and the scandinavian king Rurik who ruled russia, are the same person, then my name is giving to me, from both of these people. My name Halfdan is giving to me, well, because i am litterly a half dane, with ancestry most dominantly found on the danish and russian side, as these have been most frequently breeded with in my family, however there are some swedes, germans and norwegians appearing as well. So there's that, thats why my family calls me Halfdan.

Very interesting.

I'm Slovak, my wife is Polish, and we've named our firstborn Björn because I love Iceland and had also lived there for some time. Now my wife is pregnant again and we're thinking about Freyja and Leif....

My name has many interpretations but I like the one my Icelandic friend told me, which is - Marvin: Mar-Vinur (sea/Ocean friend) - McBride (Follower/devotee of the goddess Bridgid - later St Bridgid)

Really cool channel! btw Midnights Edge sent me.

Carl....a whole class of people as well a great name ....

Nice video :-)

I never understood how my name (Garrick) meant king of spears in Celtic until now, I appreciate the content 🙌

One of my good friends, Atle, is Norwegian and his family has been living in Fredrikstad for generations. I really like this name! Short but impactful. He told me it's a classic Norwegian name, not so much in fashion anymore (we are both Gen-X).

@mrgrendar281

2 жыл бұрын

The name Atle was, like my name Geir popular for boys name in the 50's and 60's. The name Gunnar is also this gen. I know only a couple named Atle in my gen, but only one friend name Gunnar. Haakon, Marius, Mads, Morten, Christian, Kristian, Lars was the most used names in my gen.

I have an old Norse name and I ain’t that old, tho it was viewed as an old mans name when I was a kid. The name is Kjeld, there is many variations of it, Keld, Kjell, Kjetill, the modern version of the word is Kettle, which was a type of helmet, so it’s a name meant to protect the bearer.

Name's Kiel, German for wedge, think in Norse it was Kjell. My mom saw it on a TV show thinking it was like Kyle until my dad got back from sea, told her it was Keel, and she said even better. I'm a Messersmith so my dad liked the call back to Germany. My son is a Kiel too

I called my hunting dog Birk ;) A french bird dog.

My first and middle names are that of my grandfather Olaf and his brother Paul respectively. My grandson has an Irish first name but his middle name is my family’s Norse name, Langness, which is derived from the land they lived on in Nord-Trondheim. Of course that is a somewhat recent phenomenon and ancestors further back in time followed the tradition of using their father’s name and -sen, -son, or -datter.

I named my son Njord.. only a very few with that name

The naming convention involving grandsons/great-grandsons is also a function of their belief in reincarnation and rebirth. The grandfather being reincarnated as his own grandson or great-grandson. ;) As you've pointed out, many of those naming conventions were actually titles, and not proper names. ;)

We named my son (who is almost 15 now) Eirik. He was originally going to be Eirik Leif Albin Anderson, with Albin coming from his immigrant great-grandfather Albin Johann Andersson, but we changed it to Eirik Graham to honor my side (he is the 5th generation with the middle name of Graham). So many people ask where I came up with the spelling, but once my best friend met someone on a train or something whose name was also Eirik Anderson! I'm always excited whenever I see this spelling. In fact, I screenshotted that part of this video and sent it to him.

I recommend these books to you with the same intensity as you recommend the sagas. Seriously.

My name was a gift from my Grandfather. It is the name of his father my great grandfathers. In school I had many fights over my name. I love my name very much.

Great information as always! Question: We named one of our sons "Kyland." We found it on one of those baby naming sites. It said that Kyland was a Germanic name meaning "Bull." Now I cannot find any information on this, and fear that the site may have misinformed me. I spoke to a German language professor here in the US, and he told me that the name was not German, but maybe Swedish. Any feedback is appreciated!

@grizzlyaddams3606

2 жыл бұрын

Seeing this I immediately thought of Cailean. My best friend for 30 years. The name means, "unique". It's a Gaelic name. Not sure if that helps but it seems close.

My Farfar was called Harald :)

Terje is a masculine given name of Scandinavian, form of Torgeir - younger form of ÞórgæiRR which meant "Thor's spear". We are not that many called Terje in Denmark but I think it is pretty normal in Norway right?

my grandson's name is Vidar

I love the meaning of my name. I have researched the meaning before, and it fascinates me sometimes. "Everlasting Ruler" sounds really cool, and I'm happy that is the meaning of my name :)

I live in Kansas but have traveled much in the United States. I was born in Western Kansas but now reside in southeast Kansas because home called me back. Anyhow I'm not sure of my bloodline but that really doesn't matter. What matters is what's in your heart and beliefs. My grandfather was name Harold and I've always thought of that name as one of strength and leadership

@grizzlyaddams3606

2 жыл бұрын

Bloodline is everything. Only the deceived believe otherwise.

@dougyfresh198095

2 жыл бұрын

I promise I'm far from deceived which is why I agree with you completely. I reckon what I meant to say is I don't even need a "ancestry test". Yeah names are names especially these days. Not saying don't be proud of our names because ancestry to me is everything. All I really know is what I feel about them, always have. I can't explain it and I don't really have the urge to because knowing it within my core is all I need . Being part of this group with all of you I've learned a helluva lot and I appreciate that because I love knowledge

If I have any more kids, they are going to be called “Miracle”

Eric with a C here in American, btw the meaning given for my names suits me well. Listening to my grandfather growing up he had a few older guys he knew with cool names., Einar and Tollak. Both had a reputation for freakish strength and guys you wanted to get along with. Einar could bend horseshoes with his hands. Lol

I just gave my kids nicknames. My son Is Kaleb "litil Ulfr" meaning "little wolf". My daughter is "Isbjørn" "Polar bear" she always reminded me of a polar bear as a baby, she had little beady round dark eyes. And my oldest is named "Stjarna" as a nickname or Freyja. Stjarna stands for "Star" these are all icelandic, so they may be a little different from Norwegian or Swedish. My nickname is "Alan "Rauður Ulfr" son of Njål. Or Njálsson. Or Alan "Red wolf" Njálsson Just some ideas, for nicknames, our ancestors did the same thing. SKÁL

Big fan of the name Torstein

In my family Norwegian males did not get a middle name the women got a middle name that rhymed with their first name

My son is Tor-Atle, and my daughter is Lif-Nanna. Myself is Ruune.

In my family we usually have 2 middle names, and these are inherited names from older relatives. The persons first name is usually a new one for that generation. My middle names are Erik and Albin, both from great-grandfathers.

@Segwyne

2 жыл бұрын

My son (whose father is 1/2 Swedish) was going to be named Erik Leif Albin for his given names. His grandfather was Roy Eric, and his immigrant great-grandfather was Albin Johann.

To add to what others are saying below, I got my first name from my father and my middle name from my paternal grandfather.

My name is Eirik Eugen and as far as I know both if my names mean the same "the noble one" or,there's another more meaning of Eirik - "the noble richman". In the same source I've read out that the name Knut/Kanut,means the same as Eirik/Eugen.

Great video 💥😊 Ragnar Ragnarson is a good guy in ‘the last kingdom’ played by Tobias Santelman 👌🏼🤩 his father earl Ragnar played by Peter Gantzler, was a bit more brutal but still a just Viking for the time I suppose 🤷🏼‍♀️😂 I find that passing on the names of the grandfather or father is still very much happening in Iceland and Faroe Islands. Iceland was part of the danish kingdom but Danes have let go of a lot of the old traditions and paganism where Iceland have kept it alive. I wish we had more of that and paganism in Denmark still - not the sword fighting though 😅

My name is Geir and my generation born 1980, i seldom meet others named Geir, but it's used alot in my parents generation and as you say it's common to add a middle name like my name Geir Emil. Also names like Geir Olav, Geir Ottar, Geir Inge, Torgeir etc.

I have a composed name too, Mariona, in my country (catalonia) it means sea (mar) plus wave (ona)

Tarjei, Severt, Nils and Bernhardt are a few examples of males names from my Norwegian line :)

My daughters names are Bjørk and Nanna

If you could choose a Viking/Old Norse name for yourself would you pick Kjartan as you mentioned it's your favourite? :) I can't help but have a slightly bad association with the name (though it's cool af) cos of the Last Kingdom! Also what would everyone else's preferred/ideal Norse name be?

@Greye13

2 жыл бұрын

My first name is Kathryn, but my preferred Norse name would be "Saga". It means "seeing one" and is another name for the goddess Frigg/Frigga.

@RockerNate81

2 жыл бұрын

Good point! Kjartan was d-bag in that show! I believe the name Kjartan is originally Irish (Ciartain), and there probably weren't any Danes with that name in the 9th century, but oh well! It makes sense that it was used in Iceland, though, because there were actually a lot of people of Irish descent in Iceland. As for Norse names...I really like Thorfinn Skull-Splitter haha! I already mentioned it in a comment a little while ago, but then I saw what you wrote, and you were specifically asking for peoples' opinions. I think it would be awesome to have a kid named Thorfinn Skull-Splitter, or Knut the Great, or something like that. Of course, a lot of people might get freaked out by the "Skull-Splitter" thing, but you could always go with Thorfinn the Mighty!

My daughter's name Yule she was born right on it, her mothers side is Hispanic and says "you-lay" lol

My great grandmother's name was Ragna meaning Godess or warrior.

My name is Agmund, from Old Norse Agmundr

Dustin - Tustin -Thorstein - Porsteinn - “thors stone”. Love my name.

Very interesting, the reincarnated Great Grandfather idea is very appealing. My name is from my 11th Great Grandfather.

Ulf Samuelasson/sen, Gustav, Arne, . As for Michael, think of it as Viking Rus and change is to Mickaell

What would the first part mean if it was "Hall"? Like Hallbjorn for example

I ❤ Kyartan! There is a beautiful story of Kyartan & his voyage motivated by love, meets up w Erik the Red, and implies that Kyartan may have been one of the first non aboriginal peoples to come across Cananda etc. 💙

My last name is Knutson. My great, great grandfather's name was Knut Knutson. I was told many Scandinavians didn't have a last name when they came to America, so took their first name and added a son to it. My nickname was Knute, sometimes pronounced Canute. Though there were many Knutsons from the small town I came from and their nickname was also Knute. I thought Knutson was a common name until I moved away and people butchered it pronouncing it "nuts son". Almost insulting. My parents had an old dictionary that had a first names and their meaning section in the back. The meaning it listed for Knut was " rugged and strong". Possibly it was derived from knot like you said since knots are intended to be strong.

@deadcatbounce3124

2 жыл бұрын

An acquaintance at Uni had the family name Knutson, and at some point I pronounced it correctly. She kind of looked at me, "that's not how most people say it." She pronounced it as you noted, "nootson" I couldn't break the habit, I always said "Knutson" when I had occasion to say it.

@crowbranch

2 жыл бұрын

@@deadcatbounce3124 I don't mind "nootson" but we pronounce it "Ca noot son". I do mind "nut son" or "ca nut son" and correct people when they say it that way. Often sale people say it incorrectly. It's funny how many people familiar with the name think we are all closely related. It would be like all people named Johnson being closely related.

Recently came across this channel after wanting to do some research on ancient Germanic history. Specifically, I would like to get some Germanic rune tattoos eventually. Does anyone have any good resources or research materials so I don't get anything stupid?

@norsemagicandbeliefs8134

2 жыл бұрын

If you use the elder futhark you should use the language proto-germanic for your tatoo. Pretty easy to find a dictionary if you want to use the right word

@misfit0313

2 жыл бұрын

@@norsemagicandbeliefs8134 thanks for your reply, was definitely thinking elder futhark. Why didn't I think of looking for a dictionary? Thanks for the idea.

Even tho I have christian parents, they probably didn't realize they gave me a very pagan/norse name when they named me Kjetil. Also a name from the Vikings series. It means sacrificial bowl or helmet.

Gunnr was one of the spelling of my last name in the past.

I have double name, my first name Trond as in Trondur or man from trønderlag ... in norse it was Þróndr. My second name is a Asbjørn or in norse Ásbjǫrn wich is God bear ...