Girl · Old Norse
Ragnheiður
Say it: RAHG-n-hay-thur
Meaning
From Old Norse regin 'the gods, counsel' and heiðr 'honour' or 'bright'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A medieval name used continuously in Iceland.
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
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Ragnheidur
Famous bearers
- Ragnheiður Brynjólfsdóttir, 17th-century Icelandic bishop's daughter
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Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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