Viggo

A medieval Latinized short form of names beginning with the Germanic element wig-, vig- (“battle”) (compare Old High German wīg, Old Norse víg), from Proto-Germanic *wīgą.

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Viggo

1. a male given name

• Vigga

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 776 males with the given name Viggo have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

From Danish Viggo.

Viggo m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Viggo: Viggosson
• daughter of Viggo: Viggosdóttir

From Danish Viggo in the 19th century.

Viggo

1. a male given name

From Danish Viggo. First recorded in Sweden in 1851.

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Viggo c (genitive Viggos)

1. a male given name