Poll: Favorites out of these female Norse mythological names?

Embla - possibly related to Old Norse almr "elm", known in mythology as the first human woman

24%

Freya - from Old Norse Freyja "lady", Norse goddess associated with love, beauty, death, war

76%

Frigg - "beloved", from Proto-Germanic root frijōną "to love", Odin's wife in Norse mythology

8%

Gróa - "to grow", name of a seeress in Norse mythology

3%

Heidrun - heiðr "bright, clear"+rún "secret lore, rune", goat who ate leaves from tree of life

11%

Hildr - "battle", cognate of Hilda, name of a valkyrie in Norse mythology

16%

Hrǫnn - "wave", one of 9 daughters of Ægir and Rán

5%

Hulda - "hiding, secrecy", sorceress in Norse myth

5%

Iðunn - Ið "again"+ unna "to love", goddess of spring and immortality, guards gods' apples of youth

24%

Kára - likely from kárr "curly, curved", name of a valkyrie

29%

Nanna - from nanþ "daring, brave", goddess who died of grief when her husband Balder was killed

26%

Rán - "robbery, theft", sea goddess who captured and drowned sailors, wife of Ægir

3%

Saga - from sága "seeing one", root sjá "to see", goddess possibly related to Frigg

32%

Sif - "bride, kinswoman", wife of Thor

8%

Signý - sigr "victory" + nýr "new", twin sister of Sigmund and wife of Siggeir

21%

Sigrún - sigr "victory" + rún "secret lore, rune", name of a valkyrie

18%

Skaði - "damage, harm", giantess of winter, skiing, and mountains, gods kill her dad, marries Njord

16%

Svanhild - svanr "swan" + hildr "battle", Sigurd and Gudrun's daughter in Norse epic Völsungasaga

29%

Vanadís - "goddess of the Vanir"

29%

Verdandi - "becoming, happening", one of 3 Norns (goddesses of destiny)

29%

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