Most common Norwegian male names

This page allows students to listen to the pronunciation of the 100 most popular male names in Norway. The data come from http://www.ssb.no/navn/fornavn-kvinner-100.html Statistics Norway, Statistisk sentralbyrå.

The table below lists names alphabetically.
The number to the left of the names shows the relative popularity.
You will need a sound plugin - QuickTime or MediaPlayer, etc. Most are free downloads.
There is a second page for female names.

Male names

Click each name to hear it pronounced.

87. Alexander	59. Alf	19. Anders
27. Andreas	51. Arild	6. Arne
88. Arvid	75. Asbjørn	83. Bjarne
3. Bjørn	42. Christian	63. Dag
45. Daniel	61. Egil	37. Einar
49. Eirik	80. Eivind	18. Erik
72. Erling	38. Espen	77. Finn
54. Frank	44. Fredrik	48. Frode
13. Geir	26. Gunnar	11. Hans
24. Harald	35. Helge	52. Henrik
46. Håkon	78. Håvard	50. Ivar
1. Jan	90. Jarle	81. Jens
55. Johan	95. Johannes	17. John
30. Jon	73. Jonas	97. Jostein
60. Jørgen	99. Jørn	62. Karl
68. Kenneth	84. Kim	5. Kjell
57. Kjetil	8. Knut	34. Kristian
79. Kristoffer	39. Kåre	7. Lars
40. Leif	58. Magne	43. Magnus
40. Marius	23. Martin	15. Morten
32. Nils	10. Odd	98. Oddvar
70. Ola	25. Olav	4. Ole
94. Ove	2. Per	64. Petter
67. Pål	74. Reidar	86. Roar
93. Robert	69. Roger	28. Rolf
81. Roy	20. Rune	96. Sigurd
91. Simen	100. Sindre	56. Stein
41. Steinar	33. Stian	66. Stig
9. Svein	53. Sverre	14. Terje
16. Thomas	76. Thor	31. Tom
71. Tommy	12. Tor	85. Torbjørn
22. Tore	21. Trond	92. Trygve
89. Vegard	65. Vidar	47. Øystein
36. Øyvind