Sweets from Sweden

Girls
Annelie (ah-nah-LEE) “gracious, God is my oath”
Asta (AW-sta) “love”
Astrid (AH-streed) “beautiful goddess”
Beata (bay-AH-tah) “blessed”
Britt (BREET) short form of Birgit, “strength”
Dagny (DAG-nee) “new day” namesake: the main character in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged
Elisabet (eh-LEES-ah-bet) “God is my oath”
Erika (EH-ree-kah) “eternal ruler”
Eva (EH-vah) “life”
Greta (GRET-ah) short form of Margaret, “a pearl”, namesake: Greta Garbo
Inga (EEN-gah) “Ing” (Ing is a byname of the fertility god, Frey, and it is borne by a variety of characters in Norse mythology)
Ingrid (EEN-grid) “beautiful Ing”, namesake: Ingrid Bergman
Irena (ī-REE-nah) “peace”
Jonna (YON-nah) “God is gracious”
Kaia (KĪ-ah) either a short form of Katherine, “pure”, or derived from a word meaning “hen”
Karita (kar-EE-tah) “esteem, affection”
Karolina (kar-oh-LEE-nah) “freeman”
Katarina (kah-TAH-ree-nah) “pure”
Kirsten (KEER-sten) “Christian”
Klara (KLAHR-RAH) “clear”
Lena (LEE-nah) short form of any name ending in -lena
Linnea (lin-NAY-ah) the name of a flower, named by Swedish botanist Karl von Linné, after himself
Maja (MAH-yah) “great”
Mia (MEE-AH) a pet form of Maria, “beloved”
Monika (MOH-nee-kah) meaning unknown
Pia (PEE-AH) “pious, devout”
Rakel (RAH-kel) “ewe”
Rebecka (reh-BEH-kah) “to bind, to tie”
Rosemarie (rose-mah-REE) “dew of the sea”
Runa (ROO-nah) “secret lore”
Sanna (SAH-nah) short for Susanna, “a lily”
Sofia (SOH-FEE-AH) “wisdom”
Sunniva (soo-NEE-vah) “a gift of the sun”
Tilda (TEEL-dah) short for Matilda, “powerful in battle”
Tora (TOR-ah) “thunder”
Ursula (OOR-soo-lah) “little bear”
Veronika (veh-RON-ee-kah) meaning uncertain

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