Posts Tagged ‘Scandinavian’


Vivica

The Social Security Administration recorded 16 American baby girls named Vivica in 2016; 8 were recorded in 1964, the year Vivica A. Fox was born

Van

Van, as a given name, was most popular in the USA in the late 1800s

Valdemar

Waldemar is a less common spelling than Valdemar

Ursula

Ursula made it into the Top 500 USA baby girl names a few times in the 1960s and 70s

Ulla

Ulla was a nickname for Ulrika until it became a first name itself

Thora

Thora never made the Top 500 USA girls name, but it did reach No. 626 in 1884.

Thor

Thor has occasionally made the Top 100 most popular baby boy names in the USA, with its top rank being No. 881 in 1968

Signe

Signe was the 46th most popular girl’s name in Denmark in 2016

Shelby (Girl)

Shelby made the Top 100 American baby girl names in 1990 for the first time and stayed there until 2003

Sven

Sven was the 13th most popular male name in Sweden in 2013, where sometimes it is given as a compound name, as in Sven-Ole, etc.

Stig

The height of Stig’s popularity as a male given name in Finland was during the 1940s and 50s

Rayna

Rayna’s rank in US Popular girls names was No. 675 in 2016, not quite as popular as the spelling Reyna, which came it at No. 666

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