Boy · Old Norse
Sturla
Say it: STUR-lah
Meaning
Uncertain; possibly from a verb meaning 'to disturb, stir up'.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
The name of the powerful Sturlung family, who gave their name to Iceland's 13th-century Sturlung Age.
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
Famous bearers
- Sturla Þórðarson, 13th-century Icelandic historian
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Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
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