| Aksel | Norwegian | Meaning "father of peace." Author A.. |  |  |
| Arve | Norwegian | Meaning "heir" or "inheritor." Popu.. | | |
| Astrid | Norwegian | Meaning "lovely" or "divine strengt.. |  | |
| Audun | Norwegian | This name means "deserted" or "deso.. | | |
| Balder | Norwegian | This is the name of the Norse god o.. |  | |
| Birger | Norwegian | Meaning "rescue." Among renowned pe.. | | |
| Bjorn | Norwegian | A form of the German Bernard,.. | | |
| Bodil | Norwegian | Meaning "fighting woman."
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| Borgny | Norwegian | This name means "help."
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| Brage | Norwegian | Meaning "poet." The name of the god.. | | |
| Brede | Norwegian | Meaning "iceberg" or "glacier."
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| Dag | Norwegian | Meaning "day" or "bright." Former U.. | | |
| Dagny | Norwegian | Meaning "brightness" or "day."
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| Dyre | Norwegian | This name means "dear heart." Dyre .. | | |
| Einar | Norwegian | A name that means "battle leader."
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| Eldrid | Norwegian | A name that means "fire."
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| Erik | Norwegian | An alternate form of Eric, meaning .. | | |
| Eskil | Norwegian | Meaning "divine cauldron."
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| Frode | Norwegian | Meaning "wise." A popular Norwegian.. | | |
| Froya | Norwegian | This name means "noblewoman." The n.. | | |
| Gaute | Norwegian | This name means "great."
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| Georg | Norwegian | A form of George, from the Greek .. | | |
| Gudrun | Norwegian | Meaning "battler." | | |
| Gunda | Norwegian | Meaning "female warrior."
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| Gunnar | Norwegian | A name that means "warrior." An alt.. | | |
| Gustav | Norwegian | Meaning "staff of the Goths." Among.. | | |
| Hakon | Norwegian | Meaning "of Nordic ancestry." | | |
| Haldis | Norwegian | A name that means "stone-help."
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| Harald | Norwegian | Meaning "army chief." An alternate .. | | |
| Hauk | Norwegian | This name means "hawk."
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| Havard | Norwegian | Meaning "rock" or "protector." A po.. | | |
| Hege | Norwegian | This name signifies "holy."
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| Iiiga | Norwegian | A short form of Ingrid | | |
| Inge | Norwegian | A short form of Ingmar and Ingva.. | | |
| Ingrid | Norwegian | Meaning "hero's daughter" or "beaut.. | | |
| Description of Norwegian Names |
 The Practice of naming children in Norway is based on a variety of factors. Often parents will use Old Norse names such as Tor or Thor, Kjell (meaning "stone"), or Fraya (the name of a Norse goddess); or they may resort to Norwegian and Germanic versions of biblical names, such as Jan (John), Mari or Maria (Mary), or Ester (Esther). Since the 1960s, many Norwegians have opted for more "modern" or "multicultural" names. For boys, Tommy, Frank, and Kenneth have gained great popularity. Norway has the Navneloven, a "name law" adopted in 1964 that forbids the use of certain names that might be in some way disadvantageous to the child. Famous Norwegians include writers Knut Hamsun, Henrik Ibsen, Sigrid Undset, and Bjornsterne Bjornson; explorer and anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl; painter Edvard Munch; and composer Edvard Grieg. |
