Given name
Hjørdis
“sword”·“goddess”
Hjørdis is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Danish, Faroese, and Norwegian Nynorsk.
Original Old NorseHjǫrdís
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hjørdis is built from elements meaning “sword” and “goddess”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Danish usage, Hjørdis developed from Hjǫrdís.
Hjørdis’s family of names
In Danish usage, Hjørdis shares a linguistic root with the Swedish form Hjördis. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Hjørdis continues an earlier form in Hjǫrdís. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Hjørdis shares a linguistic root with the Icelandic form Hjördís.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hjørdis
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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Jørdis
“goddess of the sword”
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Frøydis
“dis, minor goddess”
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Tordis
“a goddess”
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Bryndís
“armored goddess”
>99% girls
Sóldís
“sun”
>99% girls
Álfdís
“elf” · “goddess”
>99% girls
Alfdis
“elf goddess”
>99% girls
Vigdis
“a goddess of war”
4% boys · 96% girls