Asgardian Name Generator

Marvel's Asgardians borrow their names straight from Norse mythology and then dress them up. Thor, Odin, Loki, Heimdall, Sif, Balder, Tyr, and Hela are Old Norse gods; the Warriors Three (Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg) were invented by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby to sound like they belonged alongside them; and Amora the Enchantress, Karnilla, and Skurge the Executioner add comic-book epithets to Norse-flavored roots. The MCU kept the pattern, giving Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie the mythic name Brunnhilde and Angela the Old Norse-style Aldrif Odinsdottir.

The naming grammar has three parts you can mix. First, a hard-edged Norse given name: Bjorn, Einar, Astrid, Sigrun, Torvald. Second, a patronymic built from a parent's name plus -son or -dottir, which is how Thor Odinson and Loki Laufeyson get their surnames and how a new character can claim a lineage (Torunn Thorsdottir, Kjell Volstaggson). Third, an epithet earned in battle or by temperament: the Brave, the Grim, the Dashing, Ironbeard, Frostbane. Valkyries in the Eddas have their own list of names such as Gondul, Skogul, Hrist, and Mist, each meaning something like shaker, spear-shaker, or cloud.

Below you will find the canon Marvel and Norse Asgardians, the Valkyries and dwarves of Nidavellir, and a large set of original Aesir and Vanir names built from real Old Norse roots so they sound at home in Odin's hall.