Hjordis
Hjördís or Hiordis in Norse mythology is the wife of Sigmund, and the mother of Sigurd. Her father was a king named Eylimi.
- Icelandic
- Swedish
- Danish
- Norwegian
Meaning & Origin of Hjordis
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hjördís or Hiordis in Norse mythology is the wife of Sigmund, and the mother of Sigurd. Her father was a king named Eylimi.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Icelandic
- Swedish
- Danish
- Norwegian
- Old Norse
The Story of Hjordis
Hjordis first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1913, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1926: 8 births, good for #3,564 nationwide. About 53% of every Hjordis on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Hjordis last appeared in the published SSA data in 1959, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 53 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Where is Hjordis most common?
Predicted country distribution based on naming patterns globally.
- Iceland58%
- Belgium31%
- Russia6%
- United States5%
Source: Nationalize.io . Probabilities are global naming-pattern estimates, not strict counts.
Names that sound like Hjordis
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About the name Hjordis
Hjordis is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 53 births in the dataset. Hjordis's peak popularity came in 1926 when it ranked #3,564. Use the chart and map above to compare Hjordis's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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