Entry № 3585 · Norse origin

Gefjun Gefjun — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Norse
Meaning
"Norse plowing goddess + creator of Zealand"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Norse)

A name that means "norse plowing goddess + creator of zealand".

Gefjun is from the Old Norse Gefjon (giver) — Norse goddess of plowing, fertility, prophecy, and virginity. Gefjun is one of the Asynjur (female Æsir) goddesses of Norse mythology, attested throughout the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson (13th century), and the Ynglinga Saga. The iconic Gefion Fountain (Gefionspringvandet) in Copenhagen (1908) — sculpted by Anders Bundgaard, depicting Gefjun driving her four oxen — is one of the Danish monuments + the most-photographed fountain in Copenhagen.

and Danish national identity.

Giver (Old Norse).

The name in its native script.

Gefjon
Transliteration
Gefjon
Pronunciation
/ ˈɡɛf.juːn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Gefjun stands.

Gefjun 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.

Gefjuns before her.

Real people

In fiction
Gefjun (Norse)
Norse plowing goddess + Zealand creator.

Names connected to Gefjun.

The number behind Gefjun.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Gefjun reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.