Ragnhildr

Old Norse

Etymology

From ragn- (“counsel”) and hildr (“battle”). ragn- is the same word as Old Norse regin (“gods”), Old English regn-.

Proper noun

Ragnhildr f (genitive Ragnhildar, accusative and dative Ragnhildi)

1. a female given name

Descendants

• Danish: Ragnhild
• → Finnish: Rauni
• Faroese: Ragnhild
• Icelandic: Ragnhildur
• Norwegian: Ragnhild
• Swedish: Ragnhild
• → Scottish Gaelic: Raonaid, Raghnaid, Raonailt
• → Irish: Raonait