Hǫðr

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Male Name

Usage

Old Norse

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse hǫð = 'battle' (see HAD) ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Hod	♂
Hoder	♂
Hother	♂
Hǫð	♀
Höder	♂
Høder	♂
Hǫðr	♂
Höður	♂

Combinations

For combinations see HAD (name element)

Grammar

- Old Norse
Nominative:	Hǫðr
Accusative:	Hǫð
Dative:	Heði
Genitive:	Haðar

Further Information

Mythology

Hǫðr is a blind god, a son of Óðinn and Frigg and the brother of Baldr.

Frigg made every object on earth vow never to hurt Baldr because she had had a dream of Baldr's death. All objects but the mistletoe made the vow. Loki heard of this and made a spear from that weed and gave it to Hǫðr who inadvertently killed his brother.

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[3]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[4]		0	0	0	0
Finland[5]		0	0	0	0
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Hǫðr.

Sources: ^{[4] [3] [6] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no