Entry № 3208 · Norse origin

Jord Jord — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ YORD /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Norse
Meaning
"Earth (foundational Norse goddess + Thor's mother)"
Syllables
1
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Norse)

A name that means "earth (foundational norse goddess + thor's mother)".

Jord is from the Old Norse Jǫrð (earth, land) — the iconic foundational Norse personification of Earth as the foundational divine female. A modern American baby name in the broader Norse mythology heritage aesthetic. Jord in Norse mythologythe foundational iconic Norse goddess of the Earth + foundational divine feminine personification of the foundational Earth + foundational mother of Thor (the iconic foundational Norse god of thunder + Marvel Comics + MCU); appears throughout the iconic foundational Poetic Edda + **Prose Edda (Snorri Sturluson, 13th century) — widely considered the foundational literary sources of Norse mythology*; widely considered the foundational consort of Odin (the foundational All-Father) + the foundational mother of Thor; the iconic foundational Jord is sometimes identified with iconic foundational Fjörgyn — the foundational Norse alternative earth goddess; her foundational role in Norse cosmology — appearing in the iconic foundational Skáldskaparmál + the iconic foundational Völuspá — represents the foundational divine feminine earth principle in classical Norse religion; widely considered one of the foundational mother-goddess figures in classical European pagan religion alongside iconic foundational Greek Gaia + Roman Terra Mater + Sumerian Ninhursag; central to traditional Scandinavian heritage + foundational Norse poetic tradition for over 1,200 years. The iconic foundational Marvel Comics Jord — adapted as the foundational mother of the iconic foundational Marvel Thor in the iconic foundational Thor (2011) film + Thor: The Dark World (2013) + Thor: Ragnarok (2017) + Thor: Love and Thunder* (2022) + foundational broader MCU. Princess Jord — Norse heritage naming.

Featured throughout Norse mythology and Marvel.

Earth (Norse Jǫrð). Foundational Norse earth goddess + Thor's mother + Odin's consort + Poetic Edda + Prose Edda + foundational Marvel Comics Thor mother.

The name in its native script.

Jǫrð
Transliteration
Jǫrð
Pronunciation
/ jɔːrd /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Jord stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Jord · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Jords before her.

Real people

In fiction
Jord (Norse)
Foundational Norse earth goddess + Thor's mother.

Names connected to Jord.

The number behind Jord.

6

The Nurturer

Jord reduces to six.

Why families chose this name.

"Norse earth. Four letters. Jord."
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