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Icelandic Names

 

Icelandic is an Indo-European language of the North Germanic branch and is the official language of Iceland.

 

 

Female names

 

Adela rare
A form of the name Adele.

 

Adríana very rare
The Icelandic form of Adriana.

 

Aðalbjörg common
Derives from the Old Norse elements of aðal- "noble" and -björg "help, protection or salvation"


Aðalbjört very rare
Derives from the Old Norse elements of aðal- "noble" and -björt "clear, bright"

 

Aðaldís very rare
Derives from the Old Norse elements of aðal- "noble" and -dís "godess".


Aðalheiður common
Derives from the Old Norse elements of aðal- "noble" and -heiður meaning either "honor or brightness"

 

Agata uncommon
Cognate of Agatha.


Agatha rare
Latinized form of the Greek name Agathe, derived from the word agathos "good"


Agða very rare
Icelandic form of Agda, a Swedish short form of the name Agata.


Agla fairly common
A feminine form of Egill.

 

Agnes common
Latinized form of the Greek name Hagne, derives from the Greek word hagnos "chaste".


Agneta very rare
A variant of the name Agnes.

 

Alba rare
Means "dawn" in Italian and Spanish.

 

Alberta very rare
The feminine form of the name Albert.


Albertína very rare
Feminine diminutive of Albert.


Albína very rare
The Icelandic variant of the feminine form of Albinus.


Alda common
Means "a wave" in Icelandic.


Aldís common
Derives from the Old Norse elements of al- that might mean "noble, perfect or protection" and -dís "godess".

 

Alexandra common
A feminine form of Alexander.


Alexandría very rare
A feminine form of Alexander.


Alexía uncommon
A feminine form of Alexis which means "helper or defender" in Greek.


Alfa uncommon
From the first letter of the Greek alphabet, A.

 

Alfífa very rare

The Icelandic form of the Old English name Ælfgifu. Derives from the Old English elements of ælf- "elf" and -gifu "gift".

 

Alís very rare

The Icelandic form of Alice. 

 

Alma common

From the Latin word almus "nourishing".

 

Ágústa common
The feminine form of Ágúst.


Ágústína uncommon
Derives from the name Ágúst and the suffix -ína.

 

Álfey very rare
Derives from the Old Norse elements of álf- "elf" and -ey "island.".

 

Álfgerður very rare

Derives from the Old Norse elements of álf- "elf" and -gerðr "wall or protetcion".

 

Álfhildur uncommon

Derives from the Old Norse elements of álf- "elf" and -hildr "battle".

 

Álfsól very rare

Derives from the Old Norse elements of álf-"elf" and -sól "sun".

Male names

 

Abel very rare
A form of the Hebrew name Habel meaning "breath".


Abraham rare
A form of the Hebrew name Avraham that might mean "father of many".


Adam common
A Hebrew name meaning "man".

 

Adolf uncommon
A short form of theGermanic name Adalwolf. Derives from the elements of Adel- "noble" and wulf "wolf".


Adrían uncommon
The Icelandic form of the name Adrian wich derives from the name Hadrianus.

 

Aðalberg very rare
Derives from the Old Norse elements of aðal- "noble" and -berg "save, rescue".


Aðalbert very rare
The Icelandic form of the Germanic name Adalberht which derives from the elements of adel- "noble" and -berht "bright.

 

Aðalborgar very rare
Derives from the Germanic elements of aðal- "noble" and -borgar "castle, fortress".

 

Aðalmundur very rare
Derives from the Old Norse elements of aðal- "noble" and mundur "protection".


Aðalsteinn common
Derives from the Old Norse elements of aðal- "noble" and -steinn "rock".

 

Agnar common
Derives from the Old Norse elements of agn- "threat or dicipline" and -ar "soldier or spear".

 

Agni very rare
A variant of the name Agnar.

 

Albert common
From the Germanic name Adalberht, derives from the elements adal- "noble" and -berht "bright".

 

Alexander very common
Latinized form of the Greek name Aléxandrós, derives from the Greek elements alexo- "defend" and -aner "man".

 

Allan rare

Variant of the English name Alan.

 

Almar fairly common

Possibly derived from the Old Norse elements of álm- "elm" and -ar "warrior or spear". Could also be derived from the Old Norse elements of álf- "elf" or aðal- "noble" and -mar "famous". 

 

Ágúst very common
The Icelandic form of the name August, a short form of the Latin name Augustus.

 

Áki fairly common
Old Norse diminutive of names containing anu "ancestor".

 

Álfgeir very rare

Derives from the Old Norse elements of álf- "elf" and -geir "spear".

 

Álfur very rare

Means "elf" in Icelandic.

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