Boy · Old Norse
Grímur
Say it: GREE-mur
Meaning
From Old Norse gríma 'mask, helmet'; Grímr was also a by-name of Odin.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Very common in the Viking age; Grimsby in England is named after a man called Grímr.
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
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Old Norse | Grímr |
|---|---|
| Norwegian | Grim |
Famous bearers
- Skalla-Grímr, father of Egill Skallagrímsson
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- Viking Age runestone inscriptions
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