| Baduhenna (Latinized Germanic) | Badu-, may be cognate to Proto-Germanic *badwa- meaning "battle." The second portion of the name -henna may be related to -henae, which appears commonly in the names of matrons.[1] | None attested | None attested | Tacitus' Annals |
| Bil (Old Norse) | Contested | None attested | None attested | Prose Edda |
| Beyla (Old Norse) | Proposed as related to "cow," "bean," or "bee."[19] | Byggvir | None attested | Poetic Edda |
| Eir (Old Norse) | "Peace, clemency"[20] or "help, mercy"[21] | None attested | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda |
| Eostre (Old English) | "East"[22] | None attested | None attested | De temporum ratione |
| Freyja (Old Norse) | "Lady"[23] | Óðr | Hnoss, Gersemi | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Heimskringla, Sörla þáttr |
| Frigg (Old Norse) | Derived from Indo-European root meaning "Love"[24] | Odin | Baldr, Höðr | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Gesta Danorum, Historia Langobardorum |
| Fulla (Old Norse) | Possibly "bountiful"[25] | None attested | None attested | Merseburg Incantations, Prose Edda |
| Gefjun (Old Norse) | Related to "giving"[26] | Skjöldr, unnamed jötunn | Four oxen | Prose Edda, Ynglinga saga, Völsa þáttr, |
| Gersemi (Old Norse) | "Treasure, precious object"[27] | None attested | None attested | Heimskringla |
| Gerðr (Old Norse) | "Fenced in"[28] | Freyr | Fjölnir (Heimskringla) | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Heimskringla |
| Gná (Old Norse) | Possibly related to Old Norse Gnæfa meaning "to project"[29] | None attested | None attested | Prose Edda |
| Gullveig (Old Norse) | Possibly "gold drink"[30] | None attested | None attested | Poetic Edda |
| Hariasa | Possibly related to the valkyrie name Herja or meaning "goddess with lots of hair"[31] | None attested | None attested | Stone from Cologne, Germany (CIL XIII 8185) |
| Hel (Old Norse) | Ultimately "one who covers up or hides something" | Dyggvi (Ynglingatal) | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Ynglingatal |
| Hlín (Old Norse) | Possibly related to the Old Norse term hleinir, itself possibly meaning "protects"[32] | None attested | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda |
| Hretha (Old English) | Possibly "the famous" or "the victorious"[33] | None attested | None attested | De temporum ratione |
| Hnoss (Old Norse) | "Treasure"[32] | None attested | None attested | Prose Edda |
| Ilmr | Possibly connected to pleasant scents | None attested | None attested | Prose Edda, skaldic poetry |
| Iðunn (Old Norse) | Possibly "ever young"[34] | Bragi | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda |
| Irpa (Old Norse) | Possibly relating to "dark brown"[35] | None attested | None attested | Jómsvíkinga saga, Njáls saga |
| Lofn (Old Norse) | Potentially related to "Praise"[36] | None attested | None attested | Prose Edda |
| Nanna (Old Norse) | Possibly "mother" from nanna, or potentially related to nanþ-, meaning "the daring one"[37] | Baldr | Forseti | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Gesta Danorum, Chronicon Lethrense, Setre Comb |
| Nerthus (Latinized Germanic) | Feminine, Latinized form of what Njörðr would have looked like around 1 CE.[38] | None attested | None attested | Germania |
| Njörun (Old Norse) | Possibly related to the Norse god Njörðr and the Roman goddess Nerio[39] | None attested | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, skaldic poetry |
| Nótt (Old Norse) | "Night"[40] | Naglfari, once Annar, Delling | Auðr, Jörð, Dagr | Prose Edda |
| Rán (Old Norse) | "Theft, robbery"[41] | Ægir | Nine daughters | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Friðþjófs saga hins frœkna |
| Rindr (Old Norse) | Possibly related to *Vrindr[42] | Odin | Váli | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Gesta Danorum |
| Sága (Old Norse) | Possibly "to see"[43] | None attested | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, skaldic poetry |
| Sandraudiga (Latinized Germanic) | "She who dyes the sand red."[44] | None attested | None attested | North Brabant stone |
| Sif (Old Norse) | "In-law-relationship"[45] | Thor | Þrúðr, Ullr | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda |
| Sigyn (Old Norse) | "Victorious girl-friend"[46] | Loki | Nari, Narfi and/or Váli | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda |
| Sinthgunt (Old High German) | Contested | None attested | None attested | Merseburg Incantations |
| Sjöfn (Old Norse) | "Love"[45] | None attested | None attested | Prose Edda |
| Skaði (Old Norse) | Possibly related to Scandia.[47] | Ullr, Odin, once Njörðr. | Sæmingr | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Ynglinga saga |
| Snotra (Old Norse) | "The clever one"[48] | None attested | None attested | Prose Edda |
| Sól (Old Norse), Sunna (Old High German) | "Sun"[49] | Glen |
| Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Merseburg Incantations |
| Syn (Old Norse) | "Refusal"[50] | None attested | None attested | Prose Edda |
| Tanfana (Latinized Gemanic) | Unknown | None attested | None attested | Germania, Tamfanae sacrum inscription |
| Þrúðr (Old Norse) | "Power"[51] | None attested | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Karlevi Runestone |
| Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr (Old Norse) | Literally "Þorgerðr Hölgi's Bride"[52] | None attested | Hölgi, possibly others | Jómsvíkinga saga, Njáls saga, Skáldskaparmál, Færeyinga Saga |
| Vár (Old Norse) | "Beloved"[53] | None attested | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda |
| Vör (Old Norse) | Possibly "the careful one"[54] | None attested | None attested | Prose Edda |
| Zisa | Related to *Tiwaz | None attested | Possibly Tyr |
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