Entry № 990 · Old Norse origin

Aslaug Aslaug — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Norse
Meaning
"God-betrothed (Ragnar's wife)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Old Norse)

A name that means "god-betrothed (ragnar's wife)".

Aslaug combines the Old Norse áss (god) and laug (consecrated, betrothed) — meaning "god-betrothed." In Norse legend, Aslaug was the daughter of Sigurd and Brynhild, and the second wife of Ragnar Lothbrok.

Aslaug is widely used in modern Scandinavia.

God-betrothed. The wife of Ragnar Lothbrok.

The name in its native script.

Áslaug
Transliteration
Áslaug
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑːs.laʊɡ /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Aslaug stands.

Aslaug 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.

Aslaugs before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Aslaug
Ragnar Lothbrok's wife in Vikings.
History Channel, 2013

Names connected to Aslaug.

The number behind Aslaug.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Aslaug reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.