Njǫrðr

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Male Name

Usage

Old Norse

Origin and Meaning

Germanic *ner- = 'power of life'

Related Names

Niord	♂
Njord	♂
Njård	♂
Njǫrðr	♂
Njörður	♂

See also *Nerþuz

Further Information

Mythology

Njǫrðr is an Yngling and the Norse god of wind, fertile land along the seacoast, and seamanship, fire, sailing and fishing. He is a Vanir god and father of the twins Freyr and Freyja.

He lives by the sea in Nóatún and is married to the giant's daughter Skaði. She was allowed to choose a husband from among the gods and chose Njǫrðr.

According to Snorri, he came to the Æsir as a hostage, in exchange for Hœnir, after the Vanir wars.

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[1]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[2]		0	0	0	0
Finland[3]		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 Njǫrðr.

Sources: ^{[2] [1] [4] [3]}

References

1. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
3. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no