Entry № 9033 · Old Norse origin

Saga Saga — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SAH-gah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Norse
Meaning
"Story, seer, the goddess of poetry"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Old Norse)

A name that means "story, seer, the goddess of poetry".

Saga is the Old Norse word for "story" or "told tale" — and the name of the Norse goddess of poetry and history, companion of Odin.

Saga is among the most popular contemporary girl names in Sweden — frequently in the top 20.

Story, seer, the goddess of poetry — a Old Norse name.

The name in its native script.

Saga
Transliteration
Saga
Pronunciation
/ ˈsɑː.ɡə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Saga stands.

Saga 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.

Sagas before her.

Real people
Saga Norén
Character in the Scandi crime drama Bron/The Bridge.
In fiction
Sága
Norse goddess of poetry, companion of Odin.
Norse mythology

Names connected to Saga.

The number behind Saga.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Saga reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.