Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Scandinavian : Ancient mythological figure

Girl name variations

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : habitational name from a small place in the former county of Perthshire called Rhynd, from Gaelic rinn ‘point of land’.
  • German : probably a metonymic occupational name for a cattle dealer or butcher, from Middle High German rint ‘cow’.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from German Rind, Yiddish rind ‘head of cattle’, an ornamental name or otherwise from a house sign.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe