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
Grammatical form

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

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.