Entry № 3108 · Old Norse origin

Estrid Estrid — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EST-rid /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Norse
Meaning
"Sveyn Forkbeard's daughter"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Old Norse)

A name that means "sveyn forkbeard's daughter".

990-c. 1057) was the daughter of King Sveyn Forkbeard of Denmark and sister of Cnut the Great — mother of King Sveyn II, founder of the Danish royal dynasty that ruled into the modern era.

Buried at Roskilde Cathedral.

Sveyn Forkbeard's daughter. Mother of Denmark's royal dynasty.

The name in its native script.

Ástríðr
Transliteration
Ástríðr
Pronunciation
/ ˈɛs.trɪd /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Estrid stands.

Estrid does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Estrids before her.

Real people
Estrid Svendsdatter
Mother of Danish royal dynasty.
c. 990 – c. 1057
In fiction
Estrid
Featured in Norse historical fiction.

Names connected to Estrid.

The number behind Estrid.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Estrid reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.