Heimdall: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Heimdall – Origin: Old Norse – Gender: Boy


Heimdall is an Old Norse boy's name. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Heimdall

Origin: Old Norse.

A common claim: World brightener Actually: Heimdall is often translated as 'world brightener,' but that breakdown is a popular guess — scholars haven't settled on the name's exact meaning.

Source: Wiktionary.

Popularity of Heimdall

Heimdall doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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