Regin

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Sebastiane

Gender: Masculine
Origin: Old Norse
Meaning: “advise; counsel.”
(REH-geen)

The name is derived from the Old Norse, regin (advise; counsel).

The name is borne in Norse Mythology by a dwarf, the foster father of Sigurd. Regin goads Sigurd into killing Fafnir (Regin’s brother). Sigurd kills Fafnir with his sword, Gram, he tastes the juices of Fafnir’s heart which gives him the capability to read minds, Sigurd is able to detect that Regin is planning to kill him, so Sigurd chops the dwarf’s head off with Gram.

As of 2010, Regin was the 8th most popular male name in the Faroe Islands.

Other forms of the name include:

Rein (Dutch/Estonian/Frisian/German)
Rien (Dutch)
Regin (Faroese/Old Norse/Scandinavian)
Reginn (Icelandic/Old Norse)
Rögn (Icelandic)

Øssur

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Sebastiane

Gender: Masculine
Origin: Old Norse
Meaning: “answer.”
(EUS-ser)

The name is derived from the Old Norse, andsvara, meaning, (answer).

As of 2010, Øssur was the 8th most popular male name in the Faroe Islands.

Other forms of the name include:

Øksur (Faroese)
Øssur (Faroese)
Assar (Finnish/Norwegian/Swedish)
Asser (Finnish/Scandinavian)
Asseri (Finnish)
Össur (Icelandic)
Özur (Icelandic)
An(d)svarr (Old Norse)
Ansurr (Old Norse)
Sasser (Swedish)

Odd

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Sebastiane

Gender: Masculine
Origin: Norwegian
Meaning: “spear point.”

No, this isn’t a belated April Fool’s joke, Odd is actually a common male name in Norway, though far more common among the older generation.

It is derived from the Old Norse male name, Oddr, meaning, “spear point.”

As of 2010, Odd was the 8th most popular male name in the Faroe Islands.

Other forms of the name include:

Odd (Faroese/Norwegian)
Oddur (Faroese/Icelandic)
Oddr (Old Norse)

The name is borne by several famous Norwegians, including, Odd Nerdrum (b.1944) a famous figurative painter. It also appears as the name of the protagonists in Dean Koontz Odd Thomas series.

Ingmar

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Sebastiane

Gender: Masculine
Origin: Old Norse
Meaning: “famous Ing.”
(ING-mahr)

The name is composed of the Nordic elements, Ing, the name of an obscure Germanic god, and mar (famous).

As of 2010, Ingemar was the 8th most popular male name in the Faroe Islands, while Ingmar came in as the 496th most popular male name in the Netherlands, (2010).

The name was borne by Swedish film director, Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007).

Other forms of the name include:

Ingimar (Danish/Faroese/Icelandic)
Ingmar (Dutch/Estonian/French/German/Scandinavian)
Ingemar (Estonian/Faroese/Scandinavian)
Ingomar (German)
Ingemor (Norwegian)
Ingemår (Norwegian)
Ingimarr (Old Norse)

Unna

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Sebastiane

Gender: Feminine
Origin: Old Norse
Meaning: “to love.”
(EW-nah)

The name comes directly from the Old Norse verb, unna, meaning, “to love.”

As of 2010, Unna was the 8th most popular female name in the Faroe Islands.

Other forms of the name include:

Unna (Faroese/Icelandic/Scandinavian)
Udna (Norwegian)

A masculine form is Unne.

Súnfríða

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Sebastiane

Gender: Feminine
Origin: Faroese
Meaning: “beautiful sun.”
(soon-FREE-thah)

The name may be composed of the Old High German element, sun (sun) and the Old Norse fríðr (beautiful).

As of 2010, this was the 8th most popular female name in the Faroe Islands.

Another form of the name is Súnfríð.

Silvurlín

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Sebastiane

Gender: Feminine
Origin: Faroese/Icelandic
Meaning: “silver flax.”
(SIL-voor-LEEN)

The name is possibly a combination of the Norse, silver (silver) and lín (flax). An alternate explanation is that it is a borrowing from the German, Silvelin, an archaic diminutive form of Silvia.

As of 2010, Silvurlín is the 8th most popular female name in the Faroe Islands.

Other forms of the name include: