Hjördis
Meaning and origin
Name of the mother of Sigurd in the Edda; from Old Norse Hjǫrdís.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Hjördis (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Hjördis has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 9 |
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2017 | 12 |
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2019 | 12 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 14 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 4,029 |
| 2000 | 3,943 |
| 2001 | 3,861 |
| 2002 | 3,768 |
| 2003 | 3,680 |
| 2004 | 3,580 |
| 2005 | 3,478 |
| 2006 | 3,392 |
| 2007 | 3,279 |
| 2008 | 3,170 |
| 2009 | 3,083 |
| 2010 | 2,996 |
| 2011 | 2,888 |
| 2012 | 2,772 |
| 2013 | 2,673 |
| 2014 | 2,569 |
| 2015 | 2,466 |
| 2016 | 2,354 |
| 2017 | 2,234 |
| 2018 | 2,110 |
| 2019 | 2,010 |
| 2020 | 1,895 |
Hjördis in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Hjördis.Hi! My name is Hjördis.
- Hjördis bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Hjördis lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Hjördis i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Hjördis this afternoon.
- Hjördis mamma är lärare.Hjördis's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Hjördis mamma is Hjördis's mum. Because Hjördis already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Hjördis
How do you pronounce Hjördis in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Hjördis from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y. Ö is like the vowel in 'bird', said with rounded lips.
What does the name Hjördis mean?
Name of the mother of Sigurd in the Edda; from Old Norse Hjǫrdís.
How popular is Hjördis in Sweden?
14 babies were named Hjördis in 2022. In 2020, 1,895 people in Sweden had Hjördis as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.