Entry № 5708 · Norse origin

Rind Rind — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ RIND /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Norse
Meaning
"Norse winter goddess + Odin's lover + Vali's mother"
Syllables
1
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Norse)

A name that means "norse winter goddess + odin's lover + vali's mother".

Rind is from the Old Norse Rindr — Norse goddess associated with winter and frozen earth. A modern American baby name in the broader Norse heritage aesthetic. Rind is attested in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda (13th c.), Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum (c. 1200), and the Poetic Edda. Foundational mother of Vali (god of vengeance) — conceived with Odin after he won her through guile, specifically so Vali would avenge Baldr's death by killing the blind god Höðr. Her foundational mythological role in the Baldr-vengeance cycle makes her one of the foundational Norse mother-goddess figures.

Featured throughout Norse heritage.

Winter / frozen earth (Old Norse). Norse goddess + Odin's lover + Vali's mother + Baldr-vengeance cycle + Prose Edda + Gesta Danorum + Poetic Edda.

The name in its native script.

Rindr
Transliteration
Rindr
Pronunciation
/ rɪnd /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rind stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Rind · 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 · —

Rinds before her.

Real people

In fiction
Rind (Norse)
Norse winter goddess + Vali's mother.

Names connected to Rind.

The number behind Rind.

9

The Humanitarian

Rind reduces to nine.

Why families chose this name.

"Norse winter. Four letters. Rind."
Astrid · Mother of one · Oslo