At a Glance: Name: Ketilrid (Ketilríðr) – Meaning: kettle-fair – Origin: Old Norse – Gender: Girl
Ketilrid (Ketilríðr) is an Old Norse girl's name meaning “kettle-fair”. It appears in our list of 175+ *Powerful* Norse Girl Names From Viking Lore.
Meaning & Origin of Ketilrid (Ketilríðr)
Meaning: Kettle-fair.
Origin: Old Norse.
A common claim: "cauldron-ride" Actually: This name is sometimes glossed as "cauldron-ride," reading the ending as "ride." Most Old Norse name scholarship instead traces that ending to a word for "fair, beautiful," making "kettle-fair" the better-supported reading.
Popularity of Ketilrid (Ketilríðr)
Ketilrid (Ketilríðr) 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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Alvor (Álvör) · Ingirid (Ingiríðr) · Sigvor (Sigvör) · Sigfrid (Sigfríðr) · Alvhild (Álvhildr) · Gunnvor (Gunnvör)
