Norse female names come from Old Norse and later Scandinavian usage. They are often compound names built from mythological or everyday lexical elements. Common feminine markers include the suffixes -dís (goddess, lady) and -hildr/-hild (battle), and endings such as -laug. In Old Norse, many feminine names appear in the nominative with final -r (for example Áshildr), a feature widely retained in Icelandic but typically dropped in Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish forms, which may add -a or -e instead.

Modern patterns show conservative Icelandic spellings alongside simplified mainland variants. Examples include Ásdís, Áshildur, Aslaug, Astrid, Asta, Aud, Arna, Arndis, Alvhild, and Bergthora.