Helle is both a feminine given name and a surname. In Scandinavia, it is a variant of the feminine given name Helga. [1] Notable people with the name include:
Helle is both a feminine given name and a surname. In Scandinavia, it is a variant of the feminine given name Helga. [1] Notable people with the name include:
Inge is a given name in various Germanic language-speaking cultures. In Swedish and Norwegian, it is mostly used as a masculine, but less often also as a feminine name, sometimes as a short form of Ingeborg, while in Danish, Estonian, Frisian, German and Dutch it is exclusively feminine. The feminine name has the variant Inga.
Helga is a female name, used mainly in Scandinavia, German-speaking countries and the Low Countries. The name was in use in England before the Norman Conquest, but appears to have died out afterwards. It was re-introduced to English-speaking nations in the 20th century from Germany, the Netherlands, and the Nordic countries. Scandinavian male equivalent is Helge, or Helgi. Eastern Slavic names Olga (Ольга) and Oleg (Олег) are derived from it.
Kristina is a feminine given name and a regional variant of Christine. Notable people and characters with the name include:
Karin or Carin is a common feminine given name in various Germanic languages, and Estonia and Slovenia, and in some French-speaking areas, as well as Japanese.
Signe or Signy is a feminine given name used in the Nordic and Baltic countries, derived from Old Norse sigr (victory) and nýr (new), which may refer to:
Ingrid is a feminine given name. It continues the Old Norse name Ingiríðr, which was a short form of Ingfríðr, composed of the theonym Ing and the element fríðr "beloved; beautiful" common in Germanic feminine given names. The name Ingrid remains widely given in all of Scandinavia, with the highest frequency in Norway. Norwegian usage peaked in the interbellum period, with more than 2% of newborn girls so named in 1920; popularity declined gradually over the 1930s to 1960s, but picked up again in the late 1970s, peaking above 1.5% in the 1990s.
Mirjam is a Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Swedish, and German feminine given name cognate to Miriam. Notable people with the name include:
Toni, Toñi or Tóni is a unisex given name.
Marika is a both a given name and surname. As a feminine given name, it is of Hungarian and Greek origin; a diminutive of Maria. Apart from Hungary and Greece, the name is also found in Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Japan, Sweden, Slovakia and Poland. In Fiji, it is a masculine given name.
Tiina is an Estonian and Finnish feminine given name.
Aino is a female given name used in Finland, Estonia, and Japan.
Pia is a feminine given name. In Spanish, it is spelled Pía.
Mari is a feminine given name in the Breton, Japanese, Armenian, Estonian, Georgian, Hungarian, Finnish, Welsh, Swedish and Norwegian languages. It is also a devotional given name in Tamil. It can be seen as a cognate of Mary in Danish, Finnish, Norwegian or Swedish. In Estonian it was shortened variety of proper names like Marianne; in Estonian it is often perceived as a derivation of "mari" (berry). In the countries of Georgia and Armenia, Mari is a shortened version of the name Mariam. In Armenia, Mari (Մարի) was the 2nd-most-common female given name of 2013.
Christina or Cristina is a feminine given name. It is a simplified form of the Latin Christiana, and a feminine form of Christianus or a Latinized form of the Middle English Christin 'Christian'. Short forms include Chris and Tina. The name is ultimately derived from the original Greek form of the name, Χριστίνα.
Margit is a feminine given name, a version of Margaret.
Meri is both an Estonian and Finnish surname meaning "sea" and a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Kristiina is an Estonian and Finnish feminine given name. It is a cognate of the English and French given name Christine. Tiina is often used as a diminutive of Kristiina.
Eeva is a feminine given name primarily found in Finland and Estonia. It is a cognate of the English given name Eve and the Latin given name Eva. People bearing the name Eeva include:
Kuningas is an Estonian and Finnish surname, meaning king in both Estonian and Finnish.
Kalla, Kállá or Källa is a given name and surname. It is a Danish, Finnish, Icelandic and Swedish feminine given name that is a feminine form of Kalle, short form of Karolina and an alternate form of Karla. Kalla is also an English feminine given name, but its derived from the Greek root name Kalós. Kállá is a Sami masculine given name that is an alternate form of Kalle. Notable people who are known by this name include the following:
