Entry № 11084 · Old Norse origin

Valdis Valdis — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ VAL-dis /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Norse
Meaning
"Goddess of the slain"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "goddess of the slain".

It carries solemn power.

Goddess of the slain — a Old Norse name.

The name in its native script.

Valdis
Transliteration
Valdis
Pronunciation
/ ˈval.dɪs /
Root
Grammatical form

What Valdis is built from.

Valdis is a compound name. Its parts are valr + dís — each an attested element with a recorded meaning of its own.

valr
Old Norse
“the chosen slain”
dís
Old Norse
“goddess, lady”

Where Valdis stands.

Valdis 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.

Valdiss before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Valdis.

The number behind Valdis.

4

The Builder

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