Names

Icelandic form of Borghild.

Old Norse form of Borghild.

Derived from the Old Norse elements borg “fortification” and hildr “battle”. In the Norse Völsungasaga she was the wife of Sigmund.

Variant of Birger.

Diminutive of Bořivoj, now used independently.

Means “north wind” in Greek. Boreas was the Greek god of the north wind.

Hungarian form of Barbara.

Means “thunderstorm” in Turkish.

Means “purple” in Korean.

Derived from Albanian borë meaning “snow”.