Creating the perfect Nord name

[Dark Spark]

For a dedicated hunter of, and warden against, vampires and the undead: Thokk.
"...Let Hel keep what she has."

Carve that on your silver axe.

[Kestral]

Topold the Black Hearted.

[IVA Jakel]

I played a nord in oblivion, after the SI expansion came out, and i named him Loke (in english he is called Loki). he he bascially the Norse mythology's anwser for sheogorath. he is not entierly evil but not at all good either. He is a trickster and enjoys playing pranks (of a sinister kind) on the other gods. plus he is. i think that would be a cool name for a nord who is sort of a rouge character:) fun refference: the mask that jim carrey wears in the movie THE MASK, gives the bearer the identity and powers of the norse god Loki... and that dude is crazy!
here is a link to Loki on wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki

[Luvitus]

What about Grognak the Barbarian?

Calm down Mr. Fallout

[IVA Jakel]

However, Daniel is hardly a Nordish sounding first name, so would anyone have suggestions for a first name?

Well, being danish I can tell you I know about 10 different Daniels (maybe even more) it's a very common danish name. Well it might not be danish of origin, but it is a popular name in Denmark.

As far as name suggestions are concerned, you could always stick with a norwegian, swedish or danish name. If you feel that your danish ancestroy is strong in your blood then you could go with one of these names;
Jens, Olav, Oluf, Hans, Orla, Ole, Peter, Frederik, Kristian, Rasmus, Jan, Niels, Henrik, Anders, Aage, Mads (a great name, my name he he he he)
Well.. these are all men's name btw..
I hope you find this helpful.

Oh really? I mean, Daniel wasn't exactly used by the ancient vikings right? Yeah I know pretty much nothing about Denmark despite having heritage.

Thanks for the names, but I think I might go with Dagfinnr. Is that at all common? Apparently it's day-wanderer in Icelandic or something.

Daniel only became common in denmark after the viking era where the country, and most of scandinavia for that matter, was christianised. Daniel is a hebrew name used is the bible meaning "god is my judge"

[dkjestrup]

Then it's kinda ironic that I'm atheist...

So my biggest hope for this game at the moment is that I can make a good looking character. Nords in Oblivion are so ugly. Well, everything is other than Bretons, Imperials and Orcs (I mean, as far as Orcs go they look how you'd expect).

Also, Nords better get good racial bonuses.

[the Savage Hippie]

. . . but I think I might go with Dagfinnr. Is that at all common? Apparently it's day-wanderer in Icelandic or something.

It's not common at all. Well, but that's because it's icelandic of origin. The danish names are closer to german names than actually viking names... A name like Dagfinnr would be more common on the Faroe Islands or in Iceland. Norway has some names that are pretty close to that kind of names too like "Harvard" and so on... the most common danish viking names today are Thor, Bjørn, Toke, Halfdan and Bjarke to mention a few..

[Red Guardian]

I had a Nord in Oblivion called "Ulfgart"..........

Search for "viking names" or something on wikipedia.org and see what you can find.

[The Number None]

Everybody from Iceland is named Ragnar. Or Hjalmar. True story.

[Norroen Dyrd]

The site I mentioned earlier also has the table of 50 most popular Icelandic names (25 male and 25 female, with the spelling they used in different epochs)

[Rhcpftw]

Oh look, a thread where I can actually contribute. Too bad almost everything has been said

As someone stated earlier, almost any Icelandic name would do it (isn't it strange that they're all like two meters and have red beards? the men at least) I also think that a name in Swedish would do, seeing as Danish doesn't really make much sense and Norwegian being...well...kind of weak.

Old Germanic names would also cut it, I think. Aerik/Eirik is a great name, adds a twist to the oh so popular name Eric.

Of course, you could always improvise and use letters that sound nordic. Finish the name with ur, ir or ar, add a few k's and ö's and maybe a v. Let's see: Öyjvur, Ayakur, Vafgrökar, Kavflir.

[the Savage Hippie]

Loads of tne nord NPCs in Oblivion have danish names, males; Niels, Carsten, Holger females; Malene, Merete, Kirsten, Sigrid to name some of them... And actually Hrothgar is the name of a late danish king (who ruled during the viking age in Denmark) althoough the name is icelandic of origin

[Paslay101]

After Much Consideration i have settled on the name Valdrik Wolf-Heart for my nord and he will look a bit like Beowulf from the Beowulf animated movie

[zzfallens]

Holfgar? I really like that name. I'm gonna name my Nord that in my second play through.

[Hejerrick]

How about Gorm or Valdemar? (Old danish kings)

[The Edgy Redguard]

I have used the name Hjolfred since Morrowind. But the Tamriel Rebuilt name generator is your best bet.

http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/?p=modding_data/ngen

[goawai]

I'm Swedish, so I guess ill go with my own name. Sounds appropriate for a nord so ^^

[Ronok]

Ronok
Yeah...I took it from the Axe from Fable I but hey...its kinda manly...and awesome

[MaKo]

Choose Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic or similar names:

http://www.halfdan.is/vestur/nofn.htm
http://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/norwegian
http://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/swedish

Or even Viking names:

http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbi ... nams3.html

[Dark Spark]

Quick, unobtrusive question here: what is "Red Shirt" in any of the Scandinavian languages?

You know, just in case I want to make a character who'll tread upon frozen lakes  pet the fluffy wolves  keep the dragons' bellies full  test the waters before I commit to a really cool persona.

[Pobatti]

Quick, unobtrusive question here: what is "Red Shirt" in any of the Scandinavian languages?

You know, just in case I want to make a character who'll tread upon frozen lakes  pet the fluffy wolves  keep the dragons' bellies full  test the waters before I commit to a really cool persona.

Röd Skjorta = Red Shirt in Swedish

According to Google Translate, the phrase translates to 'Red Shirt' in both Norwegian and Danish - so I wouldn't go with those

[Frogmander]

Quick, unobtrusive question here: what is "Red Shirt" in any of the Scandinavian languages?

You know, just in case I want to make a character who'll tread upon frozen lakes  pet the fluffy wolves  keep the dragons' bellies full  test the waters before I commit to a really cool persona.

Röd Skjorta = Red Shirt in Swedish

According to Google Translate, the phrase translates to 'Red Shirt' in both Norwegian and Danish - so I wouldn't go with those

Google translate is god awful...I think I heard somewhere where someone started in english with "How are you today?" and after translating it through everything and back he got something about pickles...forget the exact story.