Hrafnhildur is an officially approved Icelandic female given name. It is the younger version of Hrafnhildr. The name is derived from the Old Norse words for

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and

battle A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

. It has consistently been in the top 100 Icelandic names for the last 20 years

Given name

Arts and music

Hrafnhildur Hagalín Hrafnhildur Hagalín Guðmundsdóttir (born 1965) is an Icelandic playwright. Born in Reykjavík, she studied classical guitar at the Reykjavík College of Music and literature and theatre at the Paris-Sorbonne University. Her first play ''Ég e ...

, Icelandic playwright * Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir (Shoplifter), Icelandic artists working mainly in human hair

Sports

Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir (; born 2 August 1991 in Hafnarfjörður is an Icelandic former swimmer. Born in Iceland, Lúthersdóttir moved to the United States to study public relations and swam for the University of Florida. At the 2012 Summer ...

, Icelandic Olympic swimmer *

Hrafnhildur Skúladóttir Hrafnhildur Ósk Skúladóttir (born 9 August 1977) is an Icelandic former team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt p ...

, Former Icelandic handball player and coach *

Hrafnhildur Hanna Þrastardóttir Hrafnhildur Hanna Þrastardóttir (born 14 May 1995) is an Icelandic handballer who plays for Icelandic top division side ÍBV and the Icelandic national team as a central back. Career Club career In 2015, Hrafnhildur was the top goal scorer ...

, Icelandic handball player *

Hrafnhildur Hauksdóttir Hrafnhildur Hauksdóttir (born 4 September 1996) is an Icelandic footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American ...

, Icelandic football player *

Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir (born 9 July 1943) is an Icelandic former freestyle and medley swimmer. She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), ...

, Icelandic Olympic swimmer *

Katrín Davíðsdóttir Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir (; born 10 May 1993) is an Icelandic CrossFit athlete known for her eight appearances at the CrossFit Games. She is the women's champion of the 2015 and 2016 CrossFit Games. Katrín is the second woman to repeat as ...

, Icelandic CrossFit athlete

Science and Technology

Hrafnhildur Hanna Ragnarsdóttir Hrafnhildur Hanna Ragnarsdóttir (born 1948) is professor emerita in Developmental and Educational Science at the University of Iceland. Her research is concerned with long-term language development and its relation to cognition, social-emotiona ...

, Professor Emeritus in Education and Development

References

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