Dog name lists / By Language & Origin
Viking & Norse Dog Names
Norse names own the northern-breed aisle: Loki is a top-100 name in the license data (and over-indexes among grey-coated dogs), Odin and Thor close behind. Huskies, malamutes and anything wolfish wear these best.
| Name | Gender | Trend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loki The trickster — top-100 in our data, and rising. | Boy | ||
| 2 | Thor The thunder god, hammer optional. | Boy | ||
| 3 | Odin The Allfather, one-eyed and all-knowing. | Boy | ||
| 4 | Freya Goddess of love and war — the top Norse girl name. | Girl | ||
| 5 | Astrid Divinely beautiful — and How to Train Your Dragon's fiercest. | Girl | ||
| 6 | Magnus The Great — Latin by way of every Norse king. | Boy | ||
| 7 | Gunnar Bold warrior of the sagas. | Boy | ||
| 8 | Fenrir The wolf that ends the world — for dramatic huskies. | Boy | ||
| 9 | Ragnar Lothbrok — the Vikings series favorite. | Boy | ||
| 10 | Sven Frozen's loyal reindeer, reassigned. | Boy | ||
| 11 | Valkyrie Chooser of the slain, chaser of the ball. | Girl | ||
| 12 | Saga The whole story, in one name. | Either | ||
| 13 | Bjorn Bear, in Old Norse. | Boy | ||
| 14 | Helga Holy — formidable grandmother energy. | Girl | ||
| 15 | Runa Secret lore — a rune, alive. | Girl | — | |
| 16 | Leif Reached America five centuries early. | Boy | — | |
| 17 | Skadi Goddess of skiing and winter hunts. | Girl | — | |
| 18 | Erik The Red — Greenland's founder. | Boy | — | |
| 19 | Tyr The god who fed his hand to the wolf — respect. | Boy | ||
| 20 | Sif Golden-haired harvest goddess. | Girl | ||
| 21 | Viking Skip the mythology, keep the longship. | Boy | — | |
| 22 | Mjolnir The hammer itself — worthy dogs only. | — | — |