Given name
Hörður
Hörður is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic.
Original Old NorseHǫrðr
Meaning & origin
Hörður’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Hörður continues an earlier form in Hǫrðr.
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 Hörður
- Hörður Björgvin MagnússonIcelandic footballerborn 1993
- Hörður Axel VilhjálmssonIcelandic basketball player (born 1988)
- Hörður TorfasonIcelandic songwriter and activistborn 1945
- Hörður Ingi GunnarssonIcelandic association football playerborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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