Given name · also Danish
Gøril
“spear”·“battle”
Gøril is a feminine given name from Danish, ultimately from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Bokmål.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gøril is built from elements meaning “spear” and “battle”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Gøril comes from Danish, and ultimately from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Gøril developed from GERHILD.
Gøril’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Gøril developed from the Danish form GERHILD.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gøril
- Gøril SnorroeggenNorwegian handball playerborn 1985
- Gøril KringenNorwegian footballerborn 1972
- Gøril HavrevoldNorwegian actress (1914–1992)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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