Girl · Old Norse
Þórdís
Say it: THOHR-dees
Meaning
From the god-name Þórr (Thor, 'thunder') and dís 'goddess, woman'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common in the Icelandic sagas and still given in Iceland today.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 10 babies given this name since 1913
- At its height in 1913, about 1 in 124,900 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
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Thordis
| Norwegian | Tordis |
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Famous bearers
- Þórdís Súrsdóttir, sister of Gísli in Gísla saga
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Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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