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NAME DAY |
MEANING |
LINGUISTIC ROOT |
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August 3 |
Heir or guarantor |
Old Danish |
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Tanja |
April 8 |
Meaning unknown; short form of the Russian Tatjana |
Russian feminine form of the Latin Tatianus |
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Tea |
September 23 |
Abbreviation of the greek names Dorotea, God's gift, Teodora, God's gift, or Teresia (see below) |
Short form for three Greek names |
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Tekla |
September 23 |
God's glory, combination of theos (god) and kleos (glory) |
From the Greek name Theokleia |
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Teodor |
November 9 |
God's gift, combination of theos (god) and doron (gift) |
From the Greek Theodoros |
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Teodora |
November 9 |
God's gift, combination of theos (god) and doron (gift) |
From the Greek Theodoros |
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Terese |
April 26 |
'Meaning is uncertain; may be derived from either of three Greek words: theran (hunt), theros (summer), or therizein (to harvest), or from the Greek island Thera |
From Greek, via the Spanish name Teresa |
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Teresia |
April 26 |
See Terese |
From Greek, via Spanish |
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Tiburtius |
April 14 |
Man from Tibur; Tibur is a town in souther Italy, now called Tivoli. |
Latin |
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Tobias |
November 2 |
God is good |
Greek form of the Hebrew Tobija |
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Toini |
October 17 |
Finnish short form of Antonia, possibly meaning invaluable |
From the Latin Antonius |
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Tomas |
December 21 |
Twin |
Greek form of the Arameic name Te'oma |
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Tony |
January 17 |
An abbreviation Anthony, a name with uncertain, meaning; one interpretataion is invaluable |
From the Latin Antonius |
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Tor |
October 19 |
Thunder; Tor was the Norse God of thunder |
Old Norse |
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Tora |
March 5 |
Thunder; feminine form of Tor, after the Norse God of thunder |
Old Norse |
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Torbjörn |
March 9 |
A combination of Tor (the Thunder God) and björn (bear) |
Old Norse |
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Torborg |
June 17 |
Combination of Tor (the Thunder God) and borg (protection) |
Old Norse |
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Tord |
September 10 |
A short form of the old Norse name Torfrid, a combination of Tor (the Thunder God) and frid (peace) |
Old Norse |
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Tore |
October 19 |
Originally Torir, a combination of Tor the Thunder God) and a word that may mean warrior or man. |
Old Norse |
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Torgny |
February 26 |
Thunder; combination of Tor (the Thunder God) and gny (sound) |
Old Norse |
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Torkel |
February 26 |
Originally Torkättil, combination of Tor (the Thunder God) and kättil (kettle, helmet) |
Old Norse |
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Torleif |
March 9 |
Tor's heir or descendant, combination of Tor (the Thunder God) and leif (heir, desendant) |
Old Norse |
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Torsten |
February 23 |
Combination of Tor (the Thunder God) and sten (stone) |
Old Norse |
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Torun |
February 23 |
Combination of Tor (the Thunder God) and unn (to love); mostly female but also given to a few boys |
Old Norse |
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Torvald |
June 17 |
Combination of Tor (the Thunder God) and vald (ruler) |
Old Norse |
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Tove |
March 5 |
Short form for names starting with Tor (Torvald, Torun, Torborg, etc.); mostly female but also given to a few boys |
Old Norse |
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Tryggve |
September 25 |
Trustworthy |
From the Old Norse tryggr |
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Ture |
April 28 |
Variant of Tore, originally Torir, a combination of Tor (the Thunder God) and a word that may mean warrior or man. |
Old Norse |
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Turid |
September 10 |
Short form of the old Norse name Torfrid, a combination of Tor (the Thunder God) and frid (beautiful) |
Old Norse |
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Tyko |
April 29 |
From the Greek word tyche (luck) |
Greek |
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Tyra |
April 28 |
Derived from the name of the Norse God Tyr, who was the son of Odin and god of war and justice |
Old Norse |
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April 11 |
Wolf |
Old Norse |
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Ulla |
July 4 |
Short form of Ulrika, a combination of the Germanic uodal (prosperity) and ric (power) |
Old German |
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Ulrik |
August 5 |
Combination of the Germanic uodal (prosperity) and ric (power) |
Old German |
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Ulrika |
July 4 |
Feminine form Ulrik, a combination of the Germanic uodal (prosperity) and ric (power) |
Old German |
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Uno |
August 14 |
May be either 1) a Latin form of the Norse name Une, meaning thrive, be happy, or 2 from the Latin Uno, meaning the only one |
The origin may be either Old Norse via Latin or Latin |
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Urban |
May 25 |
City dweller |
Latin |
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Ursula |
October 21 |
Little she-bear |
Latin |
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Valborg |
May 1 |
Combination of words meaning power or strength and protection |
Old German |
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Valdemar |
April 18 |
Great ruler or peaceful ruler; Scandinavian form of the Slavic name Vladimir, combining wald (rule) with mer (great, famous) or mir (peace) |
From the Slavic Vladimir |
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Valentin |
February 14 |
Derived from the Latin valens, which means strong, healthy |
From the Latin name Valentinus |
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Valfrid |
October 12 |
Combination of wal (battle field) and frid (peace) |
Old German |
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Valter |
August 17 |
Combination of wald (rule, power) and heri (army) |
Old German |
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Vanja |
May 24j |
Pet form of Ivan, the Russian form of Johannes, meaning God is merciful. In Sweden, it is mostly a female name, although given to a few boys. |
Pet form of the Russian name Ivan |
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Vega |
April 24 |
The star Vega in the constellation Lyra |
Spanish form of the Arabic star name al-Waki. |
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Vendela |
November 8 |
Woman of the Wendic people, (the Wends were a group Slavic tribes living south of the Baltic Sea during the Viking time and the Middle ages |
Scandinavian |
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Vera |
May 30 |
Faith; derived from the Russian word vjera (faith) |
Russian |
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Verner |
August 17 |
Derived from the Germanic war (guard) combined with heri army) |
Old German |
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Veronika |
May 30 |
Bringing victory; Latin form of the Greek name Pherenike, combining pherein (bring) with nike (victory) |
Greek via Latin |
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Vibeke |
November 16 |
'Little woman; diminutiv form of the word wib (woman) |
German via Danish |
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Vidar |
August 31 |
Combination of words meaning forest and warrior; Vidar was the name of one of Odin's sons |
Old Norse |
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Viktor |
January 22 |
Victor |
Latin |
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Viktoria |
March 12 |
Feminine form of Viktor, meaning victor |
Latin |
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Vilhelm |
April 6 |
Combination of words meaning will, desire and helmet, protection |
Old German |
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Vilhelmina |
May 26 |
Feminine form of Vilhelm, a combination of words meaning will, desire and helmet, protection |
Old German |
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Vilma |
May 26 |
Short form of Vilhelmina |
Old German |
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Vincent |
January 22 |
Conqueror, originally Vincentius |
From the Latin word vincere (to conquer) |
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Viola |
October 29 |
Violet |
Latin |
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Virginia |
December 8 |
Maid, virgin |
Latin |
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Viveka |
November 16 |
Derived from wiv which means woman |
German |
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Vivianne |
February 20 |
French form of the Latin name Viviana, derived from the word vivus which means alive |
Latin via French |
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Volmar |
April 18 |
A German form of Valdemar, which means great ruler or peaceful ruler |
Slavic via German |
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Ylva |
April 11 |
She-wolf; from the word ulv (wolf) |
Old Norse |
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Yngve |
February 11 |
Originally Yngwin, a combination of the name of the Norse God Yng and win (friend). Yng was also know as Frey and was the god of weather and fertility |
Old Norse |
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Yrsa |
October 21 |
Wild, madcap |
Old Norse |
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Yvonne |
May 29 |
'Little yew; feminine diminutive form of the Old French name Yvon, meaning yew |
Old French |
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Åke |
May 8 |
Originally Aghi; meaning uncertain: may be derived from 1) the Old German name Anicho (little father) or from 2) åker (cultivated land) or 3) åka (drive, travel). The name has been found on rune stones |
Old Norse . |
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Åsa |
September 12 |
Goddess; originally Asa. As (asar in plural) was the Norse name for god |
Old Norse |
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Åslög |
September 12 |
Combination of as (see Åsa) and lög (promised, dedicated) |
Old Norse |
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Örjan |
July 9 |
Farmer; from the Greek Georgios, a combination of ge (earth) and ergon (work) |
Medieval Swedish form of the Greek name Georgios |
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Östen |
August 26 |
Originally Aystain, a combination of uaja (luck) and stain (stone) |
Old Norse |
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