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Hnoss Hnoss — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NOHSS /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Treasure (Old Norse + daughter of Freyja)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Norse)

A name that means "treasure (old norse + daughter of freyja)".

Hnoss is from the Old Norse Hnoss — treasure, precious jewel. Hnoss is one of the Norse feminine names — central to traditional Norse mythological + Viking heritage. 1220, Gylfaginning 35) where the name Hnoss is poetic kenning for treasure.

Treasure (Old Norse).

The name in its native script.

Hnoss
Transliteration
Hnoss
Pronunciation
/ noʊs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hnoss stands.

Hnoss 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.

Hnosss before her.

Real people

In fiction
Hnoss (Norse)
Norse goddess daughter of Freyja + Óðr.

Names connected to Hnoss.

The number behind Hnoss.

3

The Communicator

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