Ráðgríðr

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Female Name

Usage

Old Norse

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name

1) Combination of RAD and GRID ^{[1] [2]}

2) Old Norse ráðgríðr = 'the bossy' ^[3]

Related Names

Radgríðr	♀
Ráðgríð	♀
Ráðgríðr	♀
Rådgrid	♀

Further Information

Mythology

Ráðgríðr is the name of a Valkyrie. ^{[2] [1]}

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[4]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[5]		0	0	0	0
Finland[6]		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 Ráðgríðr.

Sources: ^{[5] [4] [7] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
2. ↑ Lars Magnar Enoksen: Norrøne guder og myter (2008)
3. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no