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Girl · Old Norse
Disa
Say it: DEE-sah
Meaning
From Old Norse dís 'goddess, woman', or a short form of names ending in -dís.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Known from the Disa legend of Uppsala and used in Sweden since.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 280 babies given this name since 1955
- At its height in 1970, about 1 in 109,300 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Icelandic | Dísa |
|---|
Famous bearers
- Disa, wise queen of a Swedish legend set at Uppsala
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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