Old Norse origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “battle”
From Old Norse Þórhildr (“Thor" + "battle”).
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: TorhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: TorhildCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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“battle”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Torhild is a feminine given name documented in Danish, Finnish and Norwegian. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Þórhildr, with the stated meaning “battle”.
Separate records with matching spellings: Tórhild (Faroese)
Meaning: “battle”
From Old Norse Þórhildr (“Thor" + "battle”).
02 / Across borders
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Norway, 1999: 4 girls (rank 594). Documented as a given name in Norwegian.
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03 / By the numbers
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1945–2025 Spelling: Torhild
Recorded category girls
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 80 | 74 | observed |
| 1946 | 123 | 56 | observed |
| 1947 | 141 | 45 | observed |
| 1948 | 156 | 43 | observed |
| 1949 | 146 | 47 | observed |
| 1950 | 146 | 46 | observed |
| 1951 | 117 | 56 | observed |
| 1952 | 122 | 60 | observed |
| 1953 | 114 | 61 | observed |
| 1954 | 116 | 66 | observed |
| 1955 | 99 | 68 | observed |
| 1956 | 106 | 65 | observed |
| 1957 | 120 | 64 | observed |
| 1958 | 94 | 73 | observed |
| 1959 | 75 | 82 | observed |
| 1960 | 75 | 81 | observed |
| 1961 | 71 | 87 | observed |
| 1962 | 58 | 99 | observed |
| 1963 | 56 | 103 | observed |
| 1964 | 40 | 123 | observed |
| 1965 | 56 | 107 | observed |
| 1966 | 50 | 110 | observed |
| 1967 | 37 | 135 | observed |
| 1968 | 48 | 125 | observed |
| 1969 | 46 | 131 | observed |
| 1970 | 31 | 160 | observed |
| 1971 | 23 | 207 | observed |
| 1972 | 25 | 200 | observed |
| 1973 | 20 | 225 | observed |
| 1974 | 18 | 257 | observed |
| 1975 | 12 | 315 | observed |
| 1976 | 20 | 223 | observed |
| 1977 | 12 | 325 | observed |
| 1978 | 10 | 363 | observed |
| 1979 | 13 | 310 | observed |
| 1980 | 13 | 318 | observed |
| 1981 | 7 | 465 | observed |
| 1982 | 12 | 338 | observed |
| 1983 | 12 | 330 | observed |
| 1984 | 5 | 585 | observed |
| 1985 | 5 | 592 | observed |
| 1986 | 8 | 466 | observed |
| 1987 | 5 | 589 | observed |
| 1988 | 9 | 436 | observed |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | 6 | 544 | observed |
| 1991 | 8 | 449 | observed |
| 1992 | 5 | 573 | observed |
| 1993 | 6 | 515 | observed |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | 4 | 606 | observed |
| 1996 | 5 | 554 | observed |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | 4 | 594 | observed |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Torhild” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.