Given name
Hørður
Hørður is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.
Original Old NorseHǫrðr
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Faroese usage, Hørður developed from Hǫrðr.
Hørður’s family of names
In Faroese usage, Hørður developed from the Old Norse form Hǫrðr.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 3
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.
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