*Nerþuz

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Female Female Name

Origin and Meaning

Germanic *ner- = 'power of life'

Related Names

     
Ertta Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Herta Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Hertha Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Hertta Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Nerthus Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
*Nerþuz

Further Information

Mythology

*Nerþuz is the name of a Germanic earth goddess. The name is also an older form of the Old Norse Njǫrðr (male). [1]

Statistics

No recent statistics trend found in databases for *Nerþuz.

Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  2. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi