Entry № 4992 · Norse origin

Jord Jord — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ YORD /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Norse
Meaning
"Earth"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Norse)

A name that means "earth".

Jord is from the Old Norse Jǫrð (earth, land) — the iconic Norse personification of Earth as the divine female. Princess Jord — Norse heritage naming.

Earth (Norse Jǫrð).

The name in its native script.

Jǫrð
Transliteration
Jǫrð
Pronunciation
/ jɔːrd /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Jord stands.

Jord 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.

Jords before her.

Real people

In fiction
Jord (Norse)
Norse earth goddess + Thor's mother.

Names connected to Jord.

The number behind Jord.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Jord reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.