Given name
Gorm
“god”·“to spare, respect”
Gorm is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Danish.
Original Old NorseGuðþormr
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gorm is built from elements meaning “god” and “to spare, respect”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Danish usage, Gorm developed from Guðþormr.
Gorm’s family of names
In Danish usage, Gorm developed from the Old Norse form Guðþormr.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gorm
- Gorm the OldKing of Denmark890–958
- GuthrumKing of East Anglia from 879 to 890900–890
- Gorm KjernliNorwegian politicianborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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