Entry № 1875 · Old Norse origin

Urd Urd — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender

Girl

Origin

Old Norse

Meaning

"Past, fate (eldest of the three Norns)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Ancient (Old Norse)

The meaning

A name that means "past, fate (eldest of the three norns)".

Urd (Urðr) is from the Old Norse urðr (fate, that which has become). **Eldest of the three Norns** — the Norse goddesses of fate — **representing the past, what has been**. **Her well, the Well of Urd at the foot of Yggdrasil, is the source of all destiny.**

Featured in the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda.

Past, fate. The eldest Norn, keeper of the well at Yggdrasil's roots.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Urðr

Transliteration: Urðr
Pronunciation: / ʊrd /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Urd stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Urd · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Urds before her.

Real people

Urd

Norse goddess of fate.

In fiction

Urd

Featured in Wagner's Ring Cycle.

Names connected to Urd.

Numerology

The number behind Urd.

The Communicator

Urd reduces to three — the number of Norse past.

Parents on Urd

Why families chose this name.

"Norse past. Three letters. Urd."

Sigrid · Mother of one · Yggdrasil