Viggo
Viggo is a boy name of Norse origin, meaning War; battle.
What Viggo means
War; battle.
Viggo sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Viggo comes from
Old Norse names are usually compounds drawn from the natural world, from battle, or from the gods, carried across northern Europe by Scandinavian settlement.
Viggo is recorded as Norse in origin. Browse other Norse names.
How popular is Viggo?
Viggo is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Viggo is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Viggo
We group Viggo under courage and battle. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Warrior
Names like Viggo
These share Viggo's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Gunnar — Bold warrior.
- Harold — Army ruler; a leader.
- Odin — All-father; god of wisdom and war.
- Sigurd — Guardian of victory.
- Alexander — Defender of the people.
- Cillian — War, strife; bright-headed.
- Liam — Strong-willed warrior and protector.
- Miles — Soldier; merciful.
- Owen — Young warrior; noble.
- Sasha — Defender of the people.
- Takeshi — Fierce, strong warrior.
- Veer — Brave; a warrior.