Entry № 10560 · Old Norse origin

Thordis Thordis — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Norse
Meaning
"Thor's goddess (rare Icelandic heritage)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Norse)

A name that means "thor's goddess (rare icelandic heritage)".

Thordis is from the Old Norse Þórdís — from Þórr (Thor) + dís (goddess, lady). 1230) and various Icelandic family sagas. Thordis Brandt (born 1942) — Icelandic-American actress. Princess Thordis — Icelandic heritage naming.

Thor's goddess (Old Norse).

The name in its native script.

Þórdís
Transliteration
Þórdís
Pronunciation
/ ˈtɔːr.diːs /
Root
Grammatical form

What Thordis is built from.

Thordis is a compound name. Its parts are Þórr + dís — each an attested element with a recorded meaning of its own.

Þórr
Old Norse
“the god Thor”
dís
Old Norse
“goddess, lady”

Where Thordis stands.

Thordis 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.

Thordiss before her.

Real people
Thordis Elva
Icelandic restorative justice activist + TED Talk 6M+ views.
born 1981
In fiction
Thordis
Old Norse Thor's goddess.

Names connected to Thordis.

The number behind Thordis.

3

The Communicator

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