Entry № 9796 · Old Norse origin

Skadi Skadi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SKAH-dee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Norse
Meaning
"Damage, shadow"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Old Norse)

A name that means "damage, shadow".

Skadi (Skaði) is the Norse goddess of winter, the hunt, and mountains.

Skadi is rare but rising — chosen by parents drawn to fierce Norse mythology.

Goddess of winter, the hunt, the mountains.

The name in its native script.

Skaði
Transliteration
Skaði
Pronunciation
/ ˈskɑː.di /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Skadi stands.

Skadi 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.

Skadis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Skaði
Norse goddess of winter and the hunt.
Norse mythology

Names connected to Skadi.

The number behind Skadi.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Skadi reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.