GRIM

Name Element

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

grímr = 'person wearing a face mask'
grímr = 'person wearing a face mask, helmet'
gríma = 'face mask'
gríma = 'face mask, helmet'

Old Saxon

grîmo = 'mask, helmet'
grîma = 'mask, helmet'

Later, the meaning was sometimes misinterpreted as

Old Norse

grimmr = 'grim'

Old High German

grim = 'grim'

Related Names

See GrímR, Grímsi

Combinations

Name Element	Example
ADAL	see Aðalgrímr (Norse)
ALF	see *Alfgrímr (Norse)
ARN	see Arngrímr (Norse)
AS	see Ásgrímr (Norse)
AUD	see AuðgrímR (Norse)
AUR	see Aurgrímnir (Norse)
BJÖRN	see Bjarngrímr (Norse)
BJÖRT	see Grimbert (German)
EL	see Éljagrímur (Norse)
ELD	see Eldgrímr (Norse)
Elliði	see Elliðagrímr (Norse)
EY	see Eygrímr (Norse) and Grímey (Norse)
HAF	see Hafgrímr (Norse)
HALL	see Hallgrímr (Norse)
HEID	see Grímheiður (Norse)
HER	see Grímarr (Norse) and Hergrímr (Norse)
HILD	see Grímhildr (Norse) and Hildigrímr (Norse)
HJALM	see Hjálmgrímr (Norse)
HJÖR	see Hjørgrímur (Norse)
HOLM	see Hólmgrímur (Norse)
HRAFN	see Hrafngrímur (Norse)
HRIM	see Hrímgrímnir (Norse)
JARL	see Jallgrímur (Norse)
JARN	see Járngrímur (Norse)
JÓ	see Jógrímr (Norse)
KETILL	see Grímkæll (Norse) and Kjellgrim (Norse)
KOL	see Kolgrímr (Norse)
LAUG	see Grímlaug (Norse)
MARR	see Margrímur (Norse)
MUND	see Grímmundr (Norse)
NOR	see Norgrim (Norse)
ODD	see Oddgrim (Norse)
SE	see SǽgrímR (Norse)
SIG	see Sigurgrímur (Norse)
Skalli	see Skallagrímr (Norse)
STAFN	see Stafngrímr (Norse)
STEIN	see Steingrímr (Norse)
TORD	see Thordgrim (Norse)
ULF	see GrímulfR (Norse) and Úlfgrímur (Norse)
VAL	see Valgrímur (Norse)
VALD	see Grímaldi (Norse)
VI	see VígrímR (Norse)
VIG	see Víggrímur (Norse)
ÞOR	see ÞórgrímR (Norse)

First Element Forms

Gremm-
Grim- Grím- Grimm-

Last Element Forms

-grim -grím -gríma
-grímnir
-grímr -grímR -grímur