Trond

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Thrond (alternative spelling)
• Trånd

Etymology

From Old Norse Þróndr, Þrándr, either from þróndr (“man from Trøndelag”) or of the same origin, the present participle of þróa(sk). Another suggested origin is Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᚨᚹᛟᚹᛁᚾᛞᚢᛉ (þrawowinduʀ /⁠þrawōwinduʀ⁠/). Cognate with Faroese Tróndur, Icelandic Þrándur and English Throwend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trund/, /trunː/

Proper noun

Trond m (definite Tronden)

1. a male given name from Old Norse
   • 1908, Hulda Garborg, Sigmund Bresteson, page 14:

     Med drakeskip og mykje folk skal me sigle til Færøy, og ikkje trur eg Trond i Gòto vert glad den dagen me stig i land der.

     With dragonships and lots of people, we will sail to the Faroe Islands, and I do not think Tróndur í Gøtu will be happy when we go ashore there.

   • 1868, Henrik Krohn, “Geirstad-Trond”, in Fraa Vestlandet, page 5:

     Og han voks til og vardt vaksen Mann,
     men stautar Kar visst du sjeldan fann,
     og allesaman, som Tronden kjende,
     dei likad honom, og daa helst Kvende.

     And he grew up and became a grown man,
     but a stouter guy, you rarely found,
     and all of them whom (the) Trond knew,
     they liked him, and then especially women.

Usage notes

Patronymics:

• son of Trond: Trondsson
• daughter of Trond: Trondsdotter

Related terms

• Trondheim
• (surnames) Trondsen
• trønder

References

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn‎^[1] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
• Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 17 621 males with the given name Trond living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.