Given name · also Norse, Old Norse
Ragnhild
“one who provides counsel in battle”·“an all-knowing being”
Ragnhild is used as a given name. Interpretations include “one who provides counsel in battle” and “an all-knowing being”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Original Old NorseRagnhildr
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who provides counsel in battle” and “an all-knowing being”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
How it developed
Its Old Norse formation brings together regin (“advice, decision (also, the gods)”) and hildr (“battle”).
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ragnhild through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 60
- 0 boys · 60 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1931. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 132 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ragnhild’s family of names
Ragnhild has a short form in Ragna. Ragnhild shares a linguistic root with Raghnaid. Ragnhild has a related form in Ragnhilda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ragnhild has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ragnhild
- Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. LorentzenNorwegian princess; elder sister of King Harald V of Norway1930–2012
- Ragnhild Gløersen HagaNorwegian cross-country skierborn 1991
- Ragnhild AamodtNorwegian handball playerborn 1980
- Ragnhild HvegerDanish swimmer (1920-2011)
- Ragnhild MowinckelNorwegian alpine skierborn 1992
- Ragnhild FemsteinevikNorwegian biathleteborn 1995
- Ragnhild of Täljelocal saint whose veneration is attested in late medieval Sweden and whose name was particularly associated with the church in Södertälje in the province of Södermanland and the diocese of Strängnäs1001–1117
- Ragnhild MyklebustNorwegian biathleteborn 1943
- Ragnhild GulbrandsenNorwegian footballerborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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