Ásdís is an Icelandic female given name. It is derived from the
Old Norse
Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...
elements ''áss'' (god) and ''dís'' (goddess).
Notable people with the name include:
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Ásdís Egilsdóttir (born 1946), Icelandic scholar
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Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir (born 1985), Icelandic javelin thrower
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Ásdís María Viðarsdóttir (born 1993), Icelandic singer and songwriter
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Ásdís Rán Gunnarsdóttir
Ásdís Rán Gunnarsdóttir (born 12 August 1979) is an Icelandic model, entrepreneur and television producer.
In 2009, she appeared in the Bulgarian TV show ''Footballer's wife''. During the 2010s, she worked as a television producer at 365 Mið ...
(born 1979), Icelandic model, entrepreneur and television producer
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Ásdís Thoroddsen
Ásdís Thoroddsen (born 26 February 1959) is an Icelandic director, producer, screenwriter, and actress.
Biography
Thoroddsen was born on 26 February 1959 in Reykjavík, Iceland. She started her career in film as an assistant on the set of ...
(born 1959), Icelandic filmmaker and actress
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Martha Ásdís Hjálmarsdóttir, Icelandic biologist
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Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr
Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr (born 23 June 1952) is an Icelandic diplomat and was the first woman to be appointed as an ambassador by Iceland, serving as ambassador to Sweden from 1991 to 1996.
Education
Sigríður was a fellow at Harvard Russian ...
(born 1952), Icelandic diplomat
References
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Icelandic feminine given names
Feminine given names