🇳🇴 Most Popular Baby Names in Norway (2025)
Statistics Norway publishes the first names of newborns through the open interface of its statistics bank, and this site reads them from there directly. The ranking shows the top 50 per sex. Norway has no list of approved names, but parents must report a first name by the time the child is six months old.
Data source: Statistisk sentralbyrå (SSB) · Year: 2025 · 50 girl names, 50 boy names
Before you settle on a name, it helps to know what the register will accept. Baby naming rules in Norway: the legal basis, the deadline and what a registrar may refuse.
Names Used Only in Norway
Norway has 34 names in its 2025 ranking that appear in none of the other twelve countries on this site. Accents are ignored in that comparison, so Léo and Leo count as one name, but different spellings such as Sofia and Sophia count as two.
Girls: 15 names
EllinorEmilieIbenHedvigHennieAmalieTirilJennyLinneaSonjaLiveEiraYlvaMieThea
Boys: 19 names
OlavUlrikHenrikGustavHermanKasperFilipVetleOdinSverreMikkelIverSanderHåkonJohanMathiasEvenBrageEdvin
2024 to 2025: What Moved
Compared with 2024, in the girls' ranking, 44 of the 50 names changed position, 3 are new and 3 kept exactly the same place; in the boys' ranking, 47 of the 50 names changed position, 2 are new and 1 kept exactly the same place.
Girls
Biggest climbers: Mathilde (#50 → #33, +17), Hennie (#35 → #20, +15), Solveig (#37 → #27, +10), Linnea (#41 → #32, +9), Aurora (#21 → #14, +7)
Biggest drops: Sara (#23 → #43, -20), Thea (#40 → #49, -9), Tiril (#19 → #26, -7), Lilly (#31 → #38, -7), Selma (#5 → #11, -6)
New in the ranking: Sonja, Johanne, Agnes
Dropped out: Mille, Eline, Oline
Boys
Biggest climbers: Birk (#36 → #18, +18), Jens (#44 → #32, +12), Kasper (#33 → #23, +10), Odin (#40 → #31, +9), Matheo (#19 → #12, +7)
Biggest drops: Even (#30 → #42, -12), Adam (#18 → #29, -11), Lukas (#26 → #35, -9), Sander (#29 → #37, -8), Leon (#38 → #46, -8)
New in the ranking: Gabriel, Oscar
Dropped out: Storm, Erik
Steady Through 2021–2025
Emma tops the girls' ranking in Norway, and has done so 3 years running.
39 girls' names appear in every year from 2021–2025 without a gap. The 30 highest placed:
EmmaOliviaNoraEllaFridaSofieEllinorAlmaHeddaAstridSelmaLeahSofiaAuroraIngridEmilieIbenAdaHedvigMiaEvaAnnaAmalieTirilSolveigMajaJennyTuvaVildeLinnea
Noah tops the boys' ranking in Norway in 2025.
44 boys' names appear in every year from 2021–2025 without a gap. The 30 highest placed:
NoahEmilWilliamEliasOliverIsakLiamJohannesJakobOlavTheodorMatheoLudvigUlrikTobiasHenrikMagnusGustavHermanOskarTheoKasperLucasAkselAlfredFilipLeoAdamVetleOdin
Five Years at the Top
How today's ten most common names ranked in each year since 2021. A blank cell means the name was not in that year's list.
Girls
Seven of today's top ten girls' names were already in the top ten in 2021.
| Name | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Olivia | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Nora | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Ella | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Frida | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| Sofie | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Ellinor | 28 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 7 |
| Alma | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 |
| Hedda | 11 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 9 |
| Astrid | 18 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 10 |
Boys
Seven of today's top ten boys' names were already in the top ten in 2021.
| Name | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Emil | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| William | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Elias | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Oliver | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Isak | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 |
| Liam | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| Johannes | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Jakob | 15 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 9 |
| Olav | 13 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 10 |
Norway Among the Thirteen Countries
Where the most common names of Norway stand in the other twelve countries on this site, each in its most recent year. Accents are ignored; different spellings count as different names.
Girls
Four of the top ten girls' names rank in at least six other countries; one ranks in no other country at all.
| Name | Rank here | Other countries where it ranks | Highest elsewhere |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma | 1 | 10 | #1 in Austria |
| Olivia | 2 | 11 | #1 in Canada |
| Nora | 3 | 8 | #3 in the Netherlands |
| Ella | 4 | 9 | #6 in Germany |
| Frida | 5 | 1 | #6 in Denmark |
| Sofie | 6 | 1 | #31 in the Netherlands |
| Ellinor | 7 | 0 | |
| Alma | 8 | 5 | #1 in Denmark |
| Hedda | 9 | 1 | #21 in Sweden |
| Astrid | 10 | 2 | #2 in Sweden |
Boys
Four of the top ten boys' names rank in at least six other countries; one ranks in no other country at all.
| Name | Rank here | Other countries where it ranks | Highest elsewhere |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noah | 1 | 12 | #1 in Austria |
| Emil | 2 | 5 | #5 in Germany |
| William | 3 | 5 | #4 in Canada |
| Elias | 4 | 7 | #4 in Austria |
| Oliver | 5 | 9 | #3 in the United States |
| Isak | 6 | 1 | #41 in Sweden |
| Liam | 7 | 10 | #1 in the United States |
| Johannes | 8 | 1 | #32 in Austria |
| Jakob | 9 | 1 | #5 in Austria |
| Olav | 10 | 0 |
Which countries name most alike
Of its 100 names, Norway shares the most with Denmark (39), Sweden (36) and Austria (28), and the fewest with Italy (12). Germany is left out of this comparison, because its list has only ten names per sex.
Where the Names of Norway Come From
The most frequent origin among the 100 names of 2025 is Hebrew, with 27. The largest change since 2021 is in Latin names: 20 then, 14 now. A name with two origins, such as Lucas with Greek and Latin, counts for both. More on the groups in the guide to name origins.
| Origin | Names in 2021 | Names in 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | 27 | 27 |
| Norse | 21 | 25 |
| Germanic | 18 | 18 |
| Latin | 20 | 14 |
| Greek | 15 | 14 |
| Scandinavian | 5 | 6 |
| Irish | 4 | 4 |
👧 Most Popular Girl Names in Norway (2025)
#1EmmaGermanic
Meaning: Whole, universal
Emma began as a short form of Germanic names built on ermen or irmin, meaning whole or universal. Emma of Normandy was queen of England twice in the eleventh century, married first to Æthelred and then to Cnut.
#2OliviaLatin
Meaning: Olive tree
Olivia is linked to the Latin oliva, olive. Shakespeare gave it to the countess in Twelfth Night, and the play made it familiar in English.
#3NoraLatinIrish
Meaning: Honour
Nora began as a short form of Honora and Eleanor. Henrik Ibsen gave it to the heroine of his 1879 play A Doll's House.
#4EllaGermanic
Meaning: All, completely
Ella was a Norman name of Germanic origin and is also used as a short form of Eleanor and Ellen.
#5FridaGermanic
Meaning: Peace
Frida comes from the Germanic frid, meaning peace, and is a short form of longer names such as Frideswide and Elfrida.
#6SofieGreek
Meaning: Wisdom
#7EllinorFrench
Meaning: Disputed, of Provençal origin
Ellinor is a Scandinavian form of Eleanor, a name brought north from Aquitaine in the Middle Ages whose original meaning is not settled.
#8AlmaLatinArabic
Meaning: Nourishing, soul
Alma is linked to the Latin almus, meaning nourishing or kind, and is also the Spanish word for soul. In Britain it came into use after the Battle of the Alma in 1854.
#9HeddaGermanic
Meaning: Battle
Hedda is a Scandinavian short form of Hedvig, from the Germanic hadu meaning battle and wig meaning war. Ibsen's Hedda Gabler carried it into world theatre.
#10AstridNorse
Meaning: Divinely beautiful
Astrid comes from the Old Norse Ástríðr, from áss, god, and fríðr, beautiful or beloved. The Swedish children's author Astrid Lindgren bore it.
#11SelmaArabic
Meaning: Disputed, literary and Arabic roots
Selma has two separate sources. One is the Arabic salma, meaning safe or peaceful; the other is a place name invented by James Macpherson for his Ossian poems.
#12LeahHebrew
Meaning: Weary
#13SofiaGreek
Meaning: Wisdom
Sofia is the spelling of Sophia used in Italian, Spanish, the Scandinavian languages and the Slavic languages. It goes back to the Greek sophia, wisdom.
#14AuroraLatin
Meaning: Dawn
Aurora is the Latin word for dawn and the name of the Roman goddess of the dawn. In Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty the princess is called Aurora.
#15IngridNorse
Meaning: Beautiful, beloved
Ingrid comes from the Old Norse Ingríðr, joining the name of the god Ing with fríðr, beautiful. The actress Ingrid Bergman was born in Stockholm in 1915.
#16EmilieLatin
Meaning: Rival, eager
Emilie is the Scandinavian and French form of Emily, from the Roman family name Aemilius, from aemulus meaning rival.
#17IbenNorse
Meaning: Yew
Iben is a Danish and Norwegian name, generally read as a feminine form of Ivar, from the Old Norse yr meaning yew, the wood of the bow.
#18AdaGermanicHebrew
Meaning: Noble, or adornment
Ada has two roots that have merged. One is a Germanic short form of names beginning with adal, meaning noble; the other is a Hebrew name meaning adornment.
#19HedvigGermanic
Meaning: Battle
Hedvig is the Scandinavian form of Hedwig, joining the Germanic hadu meaning battle with wig meaning war. Saint Hedwig of Silesia made it common in central Europe.
#20HennieGermanic
Meaning: Ruler of the home
Hennie is a Dutch and Scandinavian pet form of Henriette, the feminine of Henry, from the Germanic heim meaning home and ric meaning ruler.
#21MiaHebrewScandinavian
Meaning: Mine; wished-for child
Mia began as a short form of Maria in Scandinavian and German usage. In Italian and Spanish the same word means mine.
#22EvaHebrew
Meaning: Life
Eva is the Latin form of Eve, from the Hebrew chavah meaning to live or to breathe. In Genesis she is named as the mother of all living.
#23AnnaHebrew
Meaning: Grace, favour
Anna is the Greek and Latin form of the Hebrew Hannah, meaning grace or favour. In Christian tradition it is the name of the mother of Mary.
#24JosefineHebrew
Meaning: He will add
Josefine is the Scandinavian and German feminine form of Joseph, from the Hebrew yosef meaning he will add.
#25AmalieGermanic
Meaning: Work, industrious
#26TirilNorse
Meaning: Coined in a Norwegian song
Tiril has no older history. It entered Norwegian use in the twentieth century, and its spread is generally credited to a song lyric rather than to tradition.
#27SolveigNorse
Meaning: Strong house
Solveig comes from the Old Norse Solveig, generally read from salr meaning house or hall and veig meaning strength. Ibsen's Peer Gynt made it known far beyond Norway.
#28MajaGreekScandinavian
Meaning: Pearl; great
Maja is the Scandinavian, German and Slavic spelling of Maya. It is used both as a short form of Maria and as a name of its own.
#29JennyWelshHebrew
Meaning: Disputed, white wave or God is gracious
Jenny began as a medieval English pet form of Jane, from the Hebrew Yochanan. It was later attached to Jennifer, which comes from the Welsh Gwenhwyfar.
#30TuvaNorse
Meaning: Beautiful Thor
Tuva is a Scandinavian name generally read as a feminine form built on Thor, joined with fríðr meaning beautiful.
#31VildeGermanic
Meaning: Resolute protector
Vilde is a Norwegian feminine form built on the Germanic wil, meaning will or desire, the first element of William.
#32LinneaScandinavian
Meaning: Twinflower
Linnea comes from the twinflower, Linnaea borealis, which Carl Linnaeus named after himself. It is one of the few given names taken from a botanical genus.
#33MathildeGermanic
Meaning: Battle-mighty
#34EllieGreek
Meaning: Bright, shining
#35SonjaGreek
Meaning: Wisdom
Sonja is the Scandinavian spelling of the Russian pet form of Sophia, from the Greek sophia meaning wisdom.
#36SagaNorse
Meaning: Seeing one, teller of tales
Saga is a Norse goddess associated with Odin, and the word means a told story. Both readings are current in Scandinavian use.
#37IdaGermanic
Meaning: Work, labour
#38LillyLatin
Meaning: Lily
Lilly is a spelling of Lily, the flower name from the Latin lilium. The lily has stood for purity in Christian art since the Middle Ages.
#39LiveNorse
Meaning: Protection
Live is a Norwegian form of Liv, from the Old Norse hlíf meaning protection or shelter.
#40AmeliaGermanic
Meaning: Work, industrious
Amelia blends the Germanic Amalia, from amal, meaning work, with the Latin Aemilia. Henry Fielding gave the name to the heroine of his 1751 novel Amelia.
#41SigridNorse
Meaning: Beautiful victory
Sigrid comes from the Old Norse Sigríðr, joining sigr meaning victory with fríðr meaning beautiful or beloved.
#42SigneNorse
Meaning: New victory
Signe comes from the Old Norse Signý, joining sigr meaning victory with ný meaning new. Signy appears in the Völsunga saga.
#43SaraHebrew
Meaning: Princess
#44EiraWelshNorse
Meaning: Snow, or mercy
Eira is the Welsh word for snow. In Norway the same spelling is taken as a form of Eir, the Norse goddess associated with healing and mercy.
#45MarieHebrewFrench
Meaning: Wished-for child; sea of bitterness
Marie is the French and German form of Mary, from the Hebrew Miryam. The meaning of Miryam is uncertain; proposed readings include wished-for child and sea of bitterness.
#46YlvaNorse
Meaning: She-wolf
Ylva is the Old Norse word for a female wolf, the feminine of ulfr. It has been in Scandinavian use since the Viking age.
#47JohanneHebrew
Meaning: God is gracious
Johanne is the Danish and Norwegian feminine form of John, from the Hebrew Yochanan meaning God is gracious.
#48MieHebrew
Meaning: Bitter, or beloved
Mie is a Danish short form of Marie, whose Hebrew original has no settled meaning. An unrelated Japanese name shares the spelling.
#49TheaGreek
Meaning: Goddess, or gift of God
Thea is the Greek word for goddess and the name of a Titan. It also serves as a short form of Dorothea, meaning gift of God.
#50AgnesGreek
Meaning: Pure, holy
Agnes comes from the Greek hagnos meaning pure or holy. Early association with the Latin agnus, meaning lamb, made the lamb her emblem in art.
👦 Most Popular Boy Names in Norway (2025)
#1NoahHebrew
Meaning: Rest, comfort
Noah is the Hebrew Noach, meaning rest or comfort. In Genesis he builds the ark and survives the flood with his family.
#2EmilLatin
Meaning: Rival, eager
Emil comes from the Roman family name Aemilius, from aemulus meaning rival or eager. Astrid Lindgren's Emil of Lönneberga fixed it in Scandinavian childhood reading.
#3WilliamGermanic
Meaning: Resolute protector
William comes from the Germanic Willahelm, joining wil, will or desire, with helm, protection. William the Conqueror brought it to England in 1066.
#4EliasHebrew
Meaning: My God is Yahweh
Elias is the Greek and Latin form of the Hebrew Eliyahu, Elijah, meaning my God is Yahweh. Elijah is the prophet of the Books of Kings who is taken up to heaven in a whirlwind.
#5OliverLatinNorse
Meaning: Olive tree
Oliver comes from Olivier, one of Charlemagne's paladins in the medieval Song of Roland. It is usually linked to the Latin oliva, olive, though a Germanic root has also been proposed.
#6IsakHebrew
Meaning: He will laugh
Isak is the Scandinavian form of Isaac, from the Hebrew yitzhak meaning he will laugh. In Genesis, Sarah laughs when she is told she will bear a son in old age.
#7LiamIrishGermanic
Meaning: Resolute protector
Liam began as the Irish short form of Uilliam, the Irish form of William, which comes from the Germanic wil, will, and helm, protection.
#8JohannesHebrew
Meaning: God is gracious
Johannes is the Latin form of John, from the Hebrew Yochanan meaning God is gracious. It is the form used in the Vulgate and throughout medieval Europe.
#9JakobHebrew
Meaning: Supplanter
Jakob is the German and Scandinavian form of Jacob, from the Hebrew Ya'aqov, usually explained as he who holds the heel. In Genesis Jacob is the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
#10OlavNorse
Meaning: Ancestor's descendant
Olav comes from the Old Norse Áleifr, joining anu meaning ancestor with leifr meaning heir or descendant. Olav II is the patron saint of Norway.
#11TheodorGreek
Meaning: Gift of God
Theodor is the German and Scandinavian form of Theodore, from the Greek theos meaning god and doron meaning gift.
#12MatheoHebrew
Meaning: Gift of God
Matheo is a spelling of Mateo, the Spanish form of Matthew, from the Hebrew Mattityahu meaning gift of Yahweh.
#13LudvigGermanic
Meaning: Famous warrior
Ludvig is the Scandinavian form of Louis, from the Germanic hlud meaning famous and wig meaning war.
#14UlrikGermanic
Meaning: Prosperity and power
Ulrik is the Scandinavian form of Ulrich, from the Germanic uodal meaning heritage or prosperity and ric meaning ruler.
#15TobiasHebrew
Meaning: God is good
Tobias is the Greek form of the Hebrew Toviyyah, meaning God is good. The Book of Tobit tells of Tobias and his journey with the archangel Raphael.
#16HenrikGermanicScandinavian
Meaning: Home ruler
#17MagnusLatin
Meaning: Great
Magnus is the Latin word for great. It entered Scandinavian use through Charlemagne's Latin title Carolus Magnus, which Norse speakers took as a name.
#18BirkScandinavian
Meaning: Birch tree
Birk is a Danish and Norwegian name taken from the word for the birch tree. It belongs to a group of Nordic names drawn directly from the landscape.
#19GustavNorse
Meaning: Staff of the Geats
Gustav comes from the Old Norse Gautstafr, usually read as the staff or support of the Geats. Six Swedish kings have carried it.
#20HermanGermanic
Meaning: Army man
Herman comes from the Germanic hari meaning army and man, giving a soldier or warrior. It spread through the Low Countries and Scandinavia in the Middle Ages.
#21OskarNorseIrish
Meaning: Disputed, spear of the gods or deer friend
Oskar has two competing derivations. One reads it from the Old Norse ass meaning god and geirr meaning spear; the other from the Irish Oscar, meaning friend of deer.
#22TheoGreek
Meaning: Gift of God
Theo is a short form of Theodore, from the Greek theos meaning god and doron meaning gift. It is now given as a full name across most of Europe.
#23KasperPersian
Meaning: Treasurer
Kasper is the Scandinavian form of Caspar, traditionally one of the three magi, from an Old Persian word for a keeper of the treasure.
#24LucasLatinGreek
Meaning: Bringer of light
Lucas is the Latin form of Loukas, Luke, the name of the author of the third gospel. The Greek name probably meant man from Lucania, though it is popularly linked to the Latin lux, light.
#25AkselHebrewScandinavian
Meaning: Father of peace
Aksel is the Danish and Norwegian form of Absalom, the Hebrew name of King David's son, built from av meaning father and shalom meaning peace.
#26AlfredEnglish
Meaning: Wise counsel of the elves
Alfred comes from the Old English Aelfraed, joining aelf meaning elf with raed meaning counsel. Alfred the Great of Wessex kept the name in use after the Norman Conquest.
#27FilipGreek
Meaning: Lover of horses
Filip is the Scandinavian and Slavic form of Philip, from the Greek philos meaning loving and hippos meaning horse. Philip II of Macedon was the father of Alexander the Great.
#28LeoLatin
Meaning: Lion
Leo is the Latin word for lion. Fourteen popes have taken it, from Leo the Great in the fifth century to Leo XIV, elected in 2025.
#29AdamHebrew
Meaning: Earth, man
#30VetleNorse
Meaning: Winter traveller
Vetle comes from the Old Norse Vetrliði, meaning one who has come through a winter. It was used of a yearling bear cub and then as a personal name.
#31OdinNorse
Meaning: Fury, inspiration
Odin is the chief god of Norse mythology. The Old Norse Óðinn is built on óðr, a word covering fury, poetry and inspiration.
#32JensHebrew
Meaning: God is gracious
Jens is the Danish and Norwegian form of John, from the Hebrew Yochanan meaning God is gracious. It began as a Low German and Danish short form of Johannes.
#33SverreNorse
Meaning: Wild, restless
Sverre comes from the Old Norse Sverrir, from a verb meaning to swing or whirl, and is usually read as wild or restless. Sverre Sigurdsson was king of Norway in the twelfth century.
#34MikkelHebrew
Meaning: Who is like God
Mikkel is the Danish and Norwegian form of Michael, from the Hebrew mi kha el meaning who is like God.
#35LukasLatinGreek
Meaning: Bringer of light
Lukas is the German, Scandinavian and Czech spelling of Luke, from the Greek Loukas. The evangelist Luke is the patron saint of physicians and painters.
#36IverNorse
Meaning: Yew, archer
Iver is the Norwegian form of Ivar, from the Old Norse Ívarr, usually read from yr meaning yew, the wood of the bow, and herr meaning army or warrior.
#37SanderGreek
Meaning: Defender of men
Sander is a Dutch and Scandinavian short form of Alexander, from the Greek alexein meaning to defend and aner meaning man.
#38HåkonNorse
Meaning: High son
Håkon comes from the Old Norse Hakon, usually read as joining ha meaning high with konr meaning son or descendant. It has been a Norwegian royal name for over a thousand years.
#39JohanHebrew
Meaning: God is gracious
Johan is the Scandinavian and Dutch form of John, from the Hebrew Yochanan meaning God is gracious.
#40FelixLatin
Meaning: Happy, fortunate
Felix is the Latin word for lucky or happy. It was a Roman cognomen and the name of several saints and popes.
#41MathiasHebrew
Meaning: Gift of God
Mathias is a Scandinavian form of Matthias, from the Hebrew Mattityahu meaning gift of Yahweh. Matthias was chosen to replace Judas among the apostles.
#42EvenNorse
Meaning: Uncertain, a Norwegian development
Even is a Norwegian name that developed from the Old Norse Eivindr, itself usually read as a compound of ey meaning island or good fortune and vindr meaning winner.
#43BrageNorse
Meaning: Poet
Brage is the Norwegian form of Bragi, the Norse god of poetry. The name is connected to the Old Norse bragr, meaning poetry or the foremost of something.
#44GabrielHebrew
Meaning: God is my strength
Gabriel is a Hebrew name meaning God is my strength. In the Bible the archangel Gabriel announces the births of John the Baptist and of Jesus.
#45EdvinEnglish
Meaning: Rich friend
Edvin is the Scandinavian form of Edwin, from the Old English ead meaning wealth and wine meaning friend. Edwin of Northumbria was a seventh-century king and saint.
#46LeonGreekLatin
Meaning: Lion
Leon comes from the Greek leon, lion. It was the name of several Byzantine emperors and, in its Latin form Leo, of many popes.
#47SigurdNorse
Meaning: Guardian of victory
Sigurd comes from the Old Norse Sigurðr, joining sigr meaning victory with vorðr meaning guardian. Sigurd is the dragon slayer of the Völsunga saga.
#48BenjaminHebrew
Meaning: Son of the right hand
Benjamin comes from the Hebrew Binyamin, meaning son of the right hand. In Genesis he is the youngest of the twelve sons of Jacob.
#49JonasHebrew
Meaning: Dove
Jonas is the Greek and Latin form of the Hebrew Yonah, Jonah, meaning dove. In the Bible Jonah is the prophet swallowed by a great fish.
#50OscarNorseIrish
Meaning: God's spear; divine strength
Oscar is the son of Oisín in Irish legend, and James Macpherson's Ossian poems spread the name in the eighteenth century. Napoleon, an admirer of the poems, was godfather to the boy who became King Oscar I of Sweden. Its meaning is disputed.
Data: Statistisk sentralbyrå (SSB). Figures for 2025. Retrieved automatically four times a year. Browse all countries →