Entry № 9796 · Old Norse origin

Skadi Skadi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SKAH-dee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Norse
Meaning
"Damage, shadow"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Old Norse)

A name that means "damage, shadow".

Skadi (Skaði) is the Norse goddess of winter, the hunt, and mountains.

Skadi is rare but rising — chosen by parents drawn to fierce Norse mythology.

Goddess of winter, the hunt, the mountains.

The name in its native script.

Skaði
Transliteration
Skaði
Pronunciation
/ ˈskɑː.di /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Skadi stands.

Skadi 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.

Skadis before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Skaði
Norse goddess of winter and the hunt.
Norse mythology

Names connected to Skadi.

The number behind Skadi.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Skadi reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.