| | Enska | Latína | Norska | Íslenska |
| bottlenosed whale | Hyperoodon ampullatus | bottlenose nebbhval | andarnefja |
| northern bottlenosed whale | Hyperoodon ampullatus | bottlenos; nebbhval | andarnefja |
| cachalot | Physeter catodon; Physeter macrocephalus | spermsetthval; spermhval | búrhvalur |
| pottwhale | Physeter catodon; Physeter macrocephalus | spermasetthval; | búrhvalur |
| sperm whale | Physeter catodon; Physeter macrocephalus | spermasetthval; spermhval | búrhvalur |
| long-finned pilot whale | Globicephala melas; Globicephala melaena | grindhval | grindhvalur; marsvín |
| Biscayan right whale | Eubalaena glacialis | nordkaper | hafurkitti; íslenskur sléttbakur |
| Black right whale | Eubalaena glacialis | nordkaper | hafurkitti; íslenskur sléttbakur |
| North Atlantic right whale | Eubalaena glacialis | nordkaper | hafurkitti; Íslenskur sléttbakur |
| killer whale | Orcinus orca | spekkhogger | háhyrna; háhyrningur |
| common porpoise | Phocoena phocoena | nise | hnísa |
| harbour porpoise | Phocoena phocoena | nise | hnísa |
| humpback whale | Megaptera novaengliae | knølhval | hnúfubakur |
| white-beaked dolphin | Lagenorhynchus albirostris | kvitnos | hnýðingur |
| lesser rorqual | Balaenoptera acutorostrata | vågehval | hrafnreyður; hrefna |
| minke whale | Balaenoptera acutorostrata | vågehval | hrafnreyður; hrefna |
| common dolphin | Delphinus delphis | delfin | hundfiskur |
| fin whale | Balaenoptera physalus | finnhval | langreyður |
| Atlantic white-sided dolphin | Lagenorhynchus acutus | hvidskjæving | leiftur |
| beluga whale | Delphinapterus leucas | hvithval | mjaldur |
| white whale | Delphinapterus leucas | hvithval | mjaldur |
| narwhal | Monodon monoceros | narhval | náhvalur |
| narwhale | Monodon monoceros | narhval | náhvalur |
| bowhead | Balaena mysticetus | Grønlandshval | norðhvalur; grænl. sléttbakur; grænlenskur hvalur |
| rorquals | BALAENOPTERIDAE | finnhvale | reyðarhvalir |
| Californian grey whale | Eschrichtius robustus | gråhval | sandlægja |
| Pacific gray whale | Eschrichtius robustus | gråhval | sandlægja |
| sei whale | Balaenoptera borealis | seihval | sandreyður |
| baleen whales | Mysticeti | bardehvaler | skíðishvalir |
| right whales | BALAENIDAE | retthvaler; slettbakhvaler | sléttbakar |
| blue whale | Balaenoptera musculus | blåhval | steypireyður |