Thyra is from the Old Norse *Þýri* — possibly meaning "helpful" or "useful," related to the god Thor. **A modern American baby name in the broader Scandinavian-heritage aesthetic**. **Thyra Dannebod (c. 870-c. 935)** — **Queen of Denmark** and wife of King Gorm the Old; mother of King Harald Bluetooth (after whom the wireless Bluetooth technology was named); one of the foundational queens of medieval Denmark; the Jelling Stones (rune stones erected by Harald Bluetooth) — UNESCO World Heritage Site — commemorate her; she is credited in oral tradition with completing the Danevirke defensive wall against German invasions; one of the most-iconic figures in early Danish history. **Thyra Frank (born 1952)** — Danish politician; Minister for the Elderly. **Princess Thyra of Denmark (1853-1933)** — daughter of King Christian IX; aunt of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and King George V of the United Kingdom. **Princess Thyra of Denmark (1880-1945)** — early 20th-century Danish royal. **Thyra Boldsen** — Danish sculptor. **Thyra Heder** — modern American author and illustrator. The Thyra name reflects the broader 2020s American taste for distinctive Scandinavian royal heritage names alongside Astrid, Sigrid, and Thyra.
Featured throughout Danish royal history.
Thyra reduces to five.