Given name · also Old Norse

Tordis

“a goddess”

Tordis is used as a given name. One interpretation is “a goddess.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One interpretation is “a goddess.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.

How it developed

From Old Norse Þórdís (“Thor" + "goddess”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Tordis’s family of names

Tordis has a related form in Thordia. In German usage, Tordis has a related form in Thordia. In German usage, Tordis has a related form in Thordies.

Walk Tordis’s family in the name graph

TordisThordisThordiaTordysseTordyssTordysTordisseTordissThordiesThoridyssThordissaDisaÞórdís

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Tordis

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Tordis, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old Norse · Mythological

Sóldís

“sun”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old Norse · Mythological

Álfdís

“elf” · “goddess”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old Norse · Mythological

Alfdis

“elf goddess”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old Norse · Mythological

Frøydis

“dis, minor goddess”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old Norse · Mythological

Hjørdis

“sword” · “goddess”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old Norse · Mythological

Jørdis

“goddess of the sword”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old Norse · Mythological

Bryndís

“armored goddess”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Scandinavian · Mythological

Tora

“thunder”

15Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Tordis’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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