Vigdis

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Vigdis is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Sweden, United Kingdom

  Also written Vígdis, Vigdís

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Vigdís

• Russian name4 spellings in the group

  Also written Вигдис, Vigdís

• Swahili given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway

  Also written Vigdís

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Vigdís

• Turkish given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Norway

  Also written Vigdís

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Vigdis is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, weibl. Vom. nordischer Herkunft (alt­ nord. Vigdis zu altnord, vig »Kampf, Streit« + altnord, dis »Göttin«).

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Scandinavian: from an Old Norse female personal name composed of the elements víg war + dís goddess.

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Vigdís Finnbogadóttirb. 1930ISIcelandic politician, 4th President of Iceland
• Vigdis Stokkelienb. 1934NONorwegian journalist (1934-2005)
• Vigdis Nipperdeyb. 1944DEGerman politician
• Vigdis Moe Skarsteinb. 1946NONorwegian librarian (born 1946)
• Vigdis Giltunb. 1952NONorwegian politician
• Vigdís Grímsdóttirb. 1953ISIcelandic writer
• Vigdis Hjorthb. 1959NONorwegian author
• Vigdís Hauksdóttirb. 1965ISMember of Parliament
• Vigdís Hrefna Pálsdóttirb. 1977ISIcelandic actor
• Vigdis Hårsakerb. 1981NONorwegian handball player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Vigdis mean, and where does it come from?

pers. name, Icelandic Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.

How do you pronounce Vigdis?

A machine transcription gives /ʋɪɡdiːs/ (IPA) for Norwegian.

Is Vigdis a male or female name?

Vigdis is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

In which country does Vigdis have the most bearers?

In Norway, the national register counted about 5.6 thousand people named Vigdis, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vigdis.

Where is Vigdis most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Vigdis is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 745 people — even though Norway holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Vigdis?

In Norway, the national register counted 5,553 people named Vigdis in 2025, about 1 in 985 residents.

How common is Vigdis compared with other names?

In Norway, Vigdis is the 250th most common given name of 25,788 given names recorded there.