Given name · also Old Norse
Auður
“wealth”
Auður is a masculine given name from Old Norse (ultimately Proto-Germanic), meaning “wealth.” It is used in Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Auður comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
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How it developed
From Old Norse Auðr, from Proto-Germanic *audaz.
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Auður’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Auður shares a linguistic root with the German form Oda. In Icelandic usage, Auður shares a linguistic root with the Faroese form Eyður.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Auður
- Auður Ava ÓlafsdóttirIcelandic writer and art historianborn 1958
- Aud the Deep-Minded9th-century Icelandic settler834–900
- Auður AuðunsIcelandic politician (1911-1999)
- Auður JónsdóttirIcelandic writerborn 1973
- Auðr the Deep-Mindedlegendary Norse princess638–699
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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