Víðarr

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name

1) Combination of VÍÐ and HER [1] [2]

2) Combination of VID and HER [3] [2]

Related Names

     
Via ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Viar ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Wiar ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Swedish
Vidar ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Viðar ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Víðar ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Víðarr ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Norse
Vier ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian

Further Information

Mythology

In the Nordic mythology, Víðarr is one of the Æsir. He is the son of Óðinn and Gríðr.

After Þórr he is the strongest of all gods, and he is also called the 'silent god' because he does not talk so much.

At Ragnarǫk he will be Óðinn's avenger on the Fenrir wolf: 'The wolf devours Óðinn who is thus killed; but immediately afterwards Víðarr appears and kicks the lower jaw of the wolf with his foot. He wears a shoe on this foot which was made at the beginning of the world. It sonsists of leather strips which men cut off their shoes at the front or at the heel; therefore everybody who wants to help the Æsir should throw away these strips. Then Víðarr takes the wolf's upper jaw in on hand and rips his mouth apart whereupon he dies'.

Víðarr will be one of the gods who survive Ragnarǫk. [4] [5] [3]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
Denmark Denmark[7] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 n.a. 0 n.a
Finland Finland[8] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 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 Víðarr.

Sources: [6] [7] [9] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. ↑ Lars Magnar Enoksen: Norrøne guder og myter (2008)
  5. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  6. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  9. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
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