Given name
Hróðný
“fame, glory”
Hróðný is a feminine given name from Proto-Germanic, meaning “fame, glory.” It is used in Icelandic and Old Norse.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz (“fame, glory”), built from Old Norse Hróð- + -ný.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Hróðný’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Hróðný has a related form in Hróný. In Icelandic usage, Hróðný has a related form in Hróný.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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