Skaði

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Female Name

Usage

Icelandic
Old Norse

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse skaði = 'scathe, harm, damage' and 'loss' and 'death'

Related Names

Skade	♀
Skaði	♀

Further Information

Mythology

Skaði is the name of a goddess (goddess of earth, winter and skiing) in the Norse mythology:

Skaði is a mountain giantess, the daughter of Þjazi. When the gods had killed her father, Skaði went to Asgarðr to take revenge but then she agreed to marry Njǫrðr instead and they lived in Manheimr. The couple separated later because Njǫrðr wanted to live at the sea while Skaði loved the mountains. Later, she married Óðinn.

Her name can be found in many Nordic place names, such as e.g. Skadevid, Skadelunda, Skadaland, Skea etc. and there is a theory that the name of Scandinavia derives from an Old Norse place name *Skaðin-awjo which means Skaði's eyes. In other languages, the transcription Skadi and the transliterations Skadhi and Skathi are used.

Statistics

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

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

References

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