Entry № 4324 · Old Norse origin

Hlin Hlin — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HLEEN /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Norse
Meaning
"Norse goddess of protection"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Old Norse)

A name that means "norse goddess of protection".

Hlin ("protectress") is the Old Norse goddess of consolation and protection — one of Frigg's handmaidens, sent to shield those her queen wished to save from danger. Mentioned in the Poetic Edda.

Rare but evocative in Norse studies.

Norse goddess of protection.

The name in its native script.

Hlín
Transliteration
Hlín
Pronunciation
/ hliːn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hlin stands.

Hlin 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.

Hlins before her.

Real people
Hlin
Norse goddess.
In fiction
Hlin
Norse protectress.
Prose Edda

Names connected to Hlin.

The number behind Hlin.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hlin reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.