Lagertha
A girls’ name of Old Norse origin, meaning shield maiden; warrior woman.
Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies
Lagertha by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Lagertha. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lagertha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a warrior
Like Lagertha, each of these has a warrior in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Matildamighty in battle1,449 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sloanewarrior, raider; from Sloan1,405 in the US (2017)
- Maeveshe who intoxicates; a warrior queen1,330 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lagertha
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