Given name
Hjördís
“goddess of the sword”
Hjördís is a feminine given name. It is used in Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hjördís goes back to Old Norse Hjördís, meaning “goddess of the sword.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Hjördís’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Hjördís shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Nynorsk form Hjørdis.
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.
Similar names
If you love Hjördís, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Tordis
“a goddess”
>99% girls
Sóldís
“sun”
>99% girls
Jørdis
“goddess of the sword”
>99% girls
Álfdís
“elf” · “goddess”
>99% girls
Alfdis
“elf goddess”
>99% girls
Frøydis
“dis, minor goddess”
>99% girls
Vigdis
“a goddess of war”
4% boys · 96% girls
Bryndís
“armored goddess”
>99% girls