Girl · Old Norse
Bergljót
Say it: BERG-lyoht
Meaning
The first element is Old Norse bjarga/berg 'help, protection'; the second, -ljót, is usually linked to a word for 'light', but this is not certain.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Known from the kings' sagas and revived in 19th-century Norway, helped by Bjørnson's poem Bergliot set by Grieg.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Bergljot
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Famous bearers
- Bergljót Hákonardóttir, wife of Einar Þambarskelfir in the kings' sagas
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Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- Well-known works of literature
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