Given name
Jørleif
“heir of the sword”
Jørleif is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jørleif goes back to Old Norse Hjörleifr, meaning “heir of the sword.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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