List of Old Baby Names Meanings

Colborn

(KOL-burn)

Recorded in a wide range of spellings including Colbran, Colborn, Colbourne, Colbourn, Colborne, Coalburn, Colebourne, Colburn and probably others, this is an Anglo-Scottish surname of Norse-Viking pre 7th century origins. ... The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Malger Colebrond.

Meaning: Burning log Origin: English, Old Norse

Colden

(KOL-dən)

Colden Name Meaning. English: habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire named Colden, from Old English cald 'cold' col 'charcoal' + denu 'valley'. English and Scottish: variant of Cowden.

Meaning: Coal town Origin: English, Old Norse

Crosby

(KROHZ-bee)

Crosby Name Meaning. Scottish and English: habitational name from any of various places in southwestern Scotland and northern England that are named with Old Norse kross 'cross' + býr 'farm', 'settlement'.

Meaning: Living near a cross farm Origin: Old Norse

Cuyler

(KIEL-ər)

Cuyler is an uncommon unisex name that has many meanings, such as being Dutch for "victory of the people" or Gaelic for "chapel". Kyler is an alternate spelling.

Meaning: An archer or bowman Origin: Germanic, Old Norse

Dag

(DAHG)

Dag is a masculine Scandinavian given name derived from the Old Norse dagr, meaning "day" (or the name of the god Dagr, a personification of the day), most commonly used in Norway and Sweden. In Sweden, September 16 is Dag's Name Day. Dag is uncommon as a surname.

Meaning: Day Origin: Danish, Norwegian, Old Norse, Swedish

Dagfinn

(DAHG-fin)

Meaning of name Dagfinn. Etymology : From the Old Norse name Dagfinnr, which was composed of the elements dagr "day" and Finnr "Sámi, person from Finland". Saint : Origin : Norwegian.

Meaning: Man from Finland, day Origin: Norwegian, Old Norse

Dagmar

(DAHK-mahr)

Dagmar is a feminine Scandinavian given name, also used in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland (Dagmara), The Netherlands, Estonia and Germany, derived from the Old Norse name (Dagmær), dagr meaning "day", and mær meaning "daughter," "mother" and "maiden."

Meaning: Maid of the day Origin: Old Norse

Dagny

(DAG-nee)

Dagny is a Scandinavian feminine given name of Norwegian origin. Alternate forms include Dagna, Dagne and the Latvian form Dagnija. It is derived from the combination of the Old Norse words "dagr" - "day" and "ný" "new."

Meaning: New day started Origin: Old Norse

Eerika

(EH-ri-ka)

The given name Erika, or Erica, is a feminine form of Eric, deriving from the Old Norse name Eiríkr (or Eríkr in Eastern Scandinavia due to monophthongization). ... The name is thus usually taken to mean "sole ruler, autocrat" or "eternal ruler, ever powerful".

Meaning: Ruling forever Origin: Finnish, Old Norse

Eerikki

(EH-ri-ki)

MEANING: This name derives from the Old Norse name Æiríkr > Eiríkr, younger form of “*Aina-rikiaR / *Aiwa-rikiaR”. The name is composed of two elements: “*aina(z) / *aiwa(z)” (always, one, alone) plus “ríkr” (mighty, distinguished). The name means “the one and only, ever powerful”.

Meaning: King forever Origin: Finnish, Old Norse