Norwegian Name Generator

Five real Norwegian names a press: first names most used in Norway's population register and its commonest family names.

Norwegian Name Generator

  1. SiljeWomen's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  2. MortenMen's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. In English: Martin.
  3. IbenWomen's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  4. BodilWomen's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  5. EllinorWomen's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.

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How it works

This Norwegian name generator draws five names per press from 240: first names of women and men counted by Statistics Norway in 2025, and a sample of the 20 most used family names. The letters æ, ø and å are kept.

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Names of every generation

Statistics Norway counts everyone registered in Norway under a first name, so the list mixes generations: Anne, Inger and Ingrid lead the women's names, Jan, Bjørn and Per the men's. A card gives a band, top 10 to top 200, and no count.

What the list leaves out

The 50 most used names of each sex are all here. From place 51 to 200 a name is listed only when no other name page of this site held it when the list was built, so William and Charlotte are missing and Kjetil, Øystein, Vilde and Synnøve are not. Choose Family names in the menu under the button for the sample of 20.

Tips
  • 16 of the 20 family names end in -sen and once named the father: Hansen is the son of Hans.
  • Øyvind, Øystein and Ørjan begin with ø; the Starts with menu files them under its last entry, 0 to 9.

Questions and answers

What are the most common Norwegian names?

Anne, Inger, Ingrid, Marit and Kari are the five most used women's first names in Norway's population register for 2025, and Jan, Bjørn, Per, Ole and Lars the five most used men's names, by Statistics Norway's count.

What are common Norwegian last names?

Hansen, Johansen, Olsen, Larsen and Andersen are the five most used last names in Statistics Norway's table for 2025. This page keeps a sample of twenty, and the page of Norwegian last names on this site holds more.

Is this a Viking name generator?

No. These are names people registered in Norway carry today. Old Norse names of a thousand years ago are on the Viking name page of this site.

Are these real Norwegian names?

Yes. Every first name is in Statistics Norway's table of first names used by 200 or more people, and every family name in its table of last names, both read on 2 October 2026. Only the draw is random.

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All 240 Norwegian names

Women's first names 115

  • Amalie Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register. In English: Amelia.
  • Anette Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Anita Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Ann Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Anna Women's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register. In English: Ann.
  • Anne Women's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register.
  • Åse Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Ase.
  • Åshild Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Ashild.
  • Astrid Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Aud Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Beate Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Bente Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Berit Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Bjørg Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Bjorg.
  • Bodil Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Brit Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Camilla Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Cathrine Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
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Women's first names, continued

  • Cecilie Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register. In English: Cecilia.
  • Elin Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Elisabeth Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. In English: Elizabeth.
  • Ellen Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Ellinor Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Else Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Emilie Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. In English: Emily.
  • Emma Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Eva Women's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register.
  • Grete Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Grethe Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Gro Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Gry Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Guro Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Hanne Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. In English: Jane.
  • Hedda Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Hege Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Heidi Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Helene Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Hilde Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Iben Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Ida Women's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register.
  • Ingeborg Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Inger Women's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register.
  • Ingrid Women's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register.
  • Ingvild Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Iselin Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Johanne Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. In English: Jane.
  • Josefine Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Julie Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. In English: Julia.
  • Kari Women's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register.
  • Karin Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Karoline Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Kathrine Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Katrine Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Kine Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Kirsten Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Kjersti Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Kristin Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Kristine Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Lene Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Lill Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Linda Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Lisbeth Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Liv Women's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register.
  • Mari Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. In English: Mary.
  • Maria Women's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register.
  • Mariann Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Marianne Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Marie Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Marit Women's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register.
  • Mathea Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Merete Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Mette Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Mona Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Monica Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Nina Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Nora Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Pernille Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Ragnhild Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Randi Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Reidun Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Renate Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Rigmor Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Rikke Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Sara Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Signe Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Silje Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Siri Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Sissel Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Siv Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Sofie Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. In English: Sophia.
  • Solfrid Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Solveig Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Sonja Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. In English: Sonya.
  • Stine Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Sunniva Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Synne Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Synnøve Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Synnove.
  • Sølvi Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Solvi.
  • Thea Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Tiril Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Tone Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Tonje Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Toril Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Torill Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Torunn Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Tove Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Trine Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Trude Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. In English: Gertrude.
  • Turid Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Tuva Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Unni Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Vibeke Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Vigdis Women's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Vilde Women's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Wenche Women's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.

Men's first names 105

  • Adrian Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Åge Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Age.
  • Aksel Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. In English: Axel.
  • Alexander Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Anders Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. In English: Andrew.
  • Andreas Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Arild Men's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Arne Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Arvid Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Asbjørn Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Asbjorn.
  • Atle Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Audun Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Bård Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Bard.
  • Bjarne Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Bjørn Men's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Bjorn.
  • Bjørnar Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Bjornar.
  • Brage Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Christian Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Christoffer Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Daniel Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Edvard Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. In English: Edward.
  • Eirik Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. In English: Eric.
  • Eivind Men's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Emil Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Erik Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. In English: Eric.
  • Erlend Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Espen Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Fredrik Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Frode Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Geir Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Gustav Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Håkon Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Hakon.
  • Hans Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. In English: John.
  • Harald Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Håvard Men's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Havard.
  • Helge Men's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Henrik Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Inge Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Isak Men's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Iver Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Jan Men's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register. In English: John.
  • Jarle Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Jesper Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Joakim Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. In English: Joachim.
  • John Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Jon Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. In English: John.
  • Jonas Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. In English: Jonah.
  • Jostein Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Jørgen Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. In English: George. Without Norwegian letters: Jorgen.
  • Jørn Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Jorn.
  • Kåre Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Kare.
  • Kjell Men's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register.
  • Kjetil Men's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Knut Men's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register.
  • Kristian Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. In English: Christian.
  • Kristoffer Men's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register. In English: Christopher.
  • Lars Men's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register.
  • Lasse Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Ludvig Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. In English: Louis.
  • Mads Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. In English: Matthew.
  • Magnus Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Marius Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Martin Men's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register.
  • Mathias Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. In English: Matthias.
  • Mikkel Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Morten Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. In English: Martin.
  • Nils Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Odd Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Oddvar Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Olav Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Ole Men's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register.
  • Ove Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Pål Men's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Pal.
  • Peder Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Per Men's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register.
  • Petter Men's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Reidar Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Ørjan Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. In English: George. Without Norwegian letters: Orjan.
  • Ronny Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Runar Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Rune Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Sebastian Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Simen Men's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Sindre Men's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Sondre Men's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Ståle Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Stale.
  • Stian Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Svein Men's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register.
  • Terje Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Thomas Men's first name, top 10 in Norway's population register.
  • Tobias Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Tom Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Tor Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Torbjørn Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Torbjorn.
  • Tore Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Torstein Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Trond Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register.
  • Trygve Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Trym Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Ulrik Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register. In English: Ulric.
  • Vegard Men's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Vetle Men's first name, top 200 in Norway's population register.
  • Vidar Men's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register.
  • Øystein Men's first name, top 100 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Oystein.
  • Øyvind Men's first name, top 50 in Norway's population register. Without Norwegian letters: Oyvind.

Family names 20

  • Andersen Family name, top 10 in Norway. A -sen name: son of Anders.
  • Andreassen Family name, top 20 in Norway. A -sen name: son of Andreas.
  • Berg Family name, top 20 in Norway.
  • Dahl Family name, top 20 in Norway.
  • Eriksen Family name, top 20 in Norway. A -sen name: son of Erik.
  • Hagen Family name, top 20 in Norway.
  • Hansen Family name, top 10 in Norway. A -sen name: son of Hans.
  • Haugen Family name, top 20 in Norway.
  • Jacobsen Family name, top 20 in Norway. A -sen name: son of Jacob.
  • Jensen Family name, top 10 in Norway. A -sen name: son of Jens.
  • Johannessen Family name, top 20 in Norway. A -sen name: son of Johannes.
  • Johansen Family name, top 10 in Norway. A -sen name: son of Johan.
  • Johnsen Family name, top 20 in Norway. A -sen name: son of John.
  • Karlsen Family name, top 10 in Norway. A -sen name: son of Karl.
  • Kristiansen Family name, top 10 in Norway. A -sen name: son of Kristian.
  • Larsen Family name, top 10 in Norway. A -sen name: son of Lars.
  • Nilsen Family name, top 10 in Norway. A -sen name: son of Nils.
  • Olsen Family name, top 10 in Norway. A -sen name: son of Ole, Ola or Olav.
  • Pedersen Family name, top 10 in Norway. A -sen name: son of Peder.
  • Pettersen Family name, top 20 in Norway. A -sen name: son of Petter.

How this list was compiled: First names: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank table 10501, 'Persons, by girls' or boys' name' (https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/10501, figures for 2025, table updated 28 January 2026, read 2 October 2026), which counts every first name used by 200 or more people registered in Norway at the end of the year. Rule of this list: the 50 most used names of women and the 50 most used names of men are all here; from place 51 to place 200 a name is listed only when no other name list of this site held that spelling when the list was built, which leaves out 180 of the table's 300 names in those places (William, Johannes, Charlotte and other names the lists for other countries already deal) and keeps 120. Names with the same count share a place. A card gives a band (top 10, top 50, top 100, top 200); the bands are our own grouping of the table's order. English forms: the name's Norwegian entry in English Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org, read the same day), printed only where the entry names an English equivalent and the same dictionary lists that form as an English given name; 31 cards carry one. Family names: a sample, the 20 most used last names of StatBank table 12891, 'Last names used by 200 persons or more' (https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/12891, figures for 2025), marked as a -sen name with the father's name where this site's list of Norwegian last names found that in the name's dictionary entry; that list holds the other family names. The letters æ, ø and å are kept, and the spelling without them is our own respelling. No speaker of Norwegian has read the list. Licence: Statistics Norway's figures are published under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; https://www.ssb.no/en/diverse/lisens): source Statistics Norway, www.ssb.no; the selection and the bands are our own. English forms and the -sen notes: English Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).