Lagertha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- la-GER-tha
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Lagertha is a girls' name of Old Norse origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Lagertha mean?
Old Norse: Latinised form of Old Norse Hladgerdr
Lagertha is a shieldmaiden and wife of Ragnar Lodbrok in Saxo Grammaticus's 12th-century Gesta Danorum.
Is Lagertha a girl's or a boy's name?
Lagertha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lagertha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Lagertha, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Lagertha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 2 | #7,588 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
Names like Lagertha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Athena, Maeva, Aurora, Luna, Arabella, Nora, Rosa, Amara, Nova, Alora, Aria, Elena
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ronnie, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lagertha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lagertha, updated 20 October 2026.