Entry № 10228 · Norse origin

Syn Syn — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SIN /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Norse
Meaning
"Norse defense goddess + Asynjur"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Norse)

A name that means "norse defense goddess + asynjur".

Syn is from the Old Norse Syn (denial, defense). Syn is one of the Asynjur goddesses attested in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda (13th c.) — Gylfaginning chapter 35. She guards the doors of halls against those who should not enter, and she is invoked as the goddess of denial in legal defense — the Norse divine witness in court cases where the accused declares innocence.

Denial / defense (Old Norse).

The name in its native script.

Syn
Transliteration
Syn
Pronunciation
/ sɪn /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Syn stands.

Syn 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.

Syns before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Syn (Norse)
Norse defense goddess.

Names connected to Syn.

The number behind Syn.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Syn reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.