Given name
Turid
“Thor”·“beautiful”
Turid is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Turid is built from elements meaning “Thor” and “beautiful”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
Turid’s family of names
In German usage, Turid has a related form in Thorid.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Turid
- Turid KnaakGerman footballerborn 1991
- Turid BirkelandNorwegian politician and arts executive (1962–2015)
- Turid BalkeNorwegian actor, playwright and artist (1921–2000)
- Turid RugaasNorwegian writerborn 1938
- Turid FarbregdNorwegian translator (born 1941)
- Turid HaalandNorwegian actress (1908–1979)
- Turid KristensenNorwegian politicianborn 1966
- Turid ThomassenNorwegian politicianborn 1965
- Turid Dørumsgaard VarsiNorwegian politicianborn 1938
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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