Girl · Old Norse
Ragnhild
Say it: RAHNG-hild
Meaning
From Old Norse regin 'the gods, divine powers' (literally 'counsel') and hildr 'battle'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Found on Danish runestones such as Glavendrup and in the kings' sagas, and used in Norway into the 20th century.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 60 babies given this name since 1900
- At its height in 1904, about 1 in 55,100 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
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
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Old Norse | Ragnhildr |
|---|---|
| Icelandic | Ragnhildur |
Famous bearers
- Ragnhild Sigurdsdotter, mother of Harald Fairhair in the sagas
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Where this comes from
- Viking Age runestone inscriptions
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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