Kveld as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kveld

What is the meaning of the name Kveld ?

The baby name Kveld is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /kvɛld/ (anglicized: "kveld" — kveld with short e as in "bet").

Kveld is Icelandic, Norse, Norwegian in Origin.

Kveld is a North Germanic word-name meaning “evening” or “eventide,” from Old Norse kveldr and ultimately Proto-Germanic *kveldą. It appears as Norwegian and Nynorsk kveld, with cognates Icelandic kvöld and Faroese kvøld; Danish once had kvæld. The imagery evokes dusk, calm, and the transitional glow of twilight.

As a given name, Kveld is exceedingly rare on record and was not used independently in medieval Scandinavia, though it occurs as a powerful compound element - most famously in Kveld-Úlfr (“Evening Wolf”), the ancestor of Egill Skallagrímsson in Egils saga. Contemporary use surfaces in Norse-revival naming circles in Norway, Iceland, and the diaspora, generally perceived as unisex but sometimes read as masculine by association with saga compounds. Variants and related forms include Kvöld (Icelandic), Kvøld (Faroese), Kvæld (archaic Danish), and the compound Kveldulf/Kveld-Úlfr. Diminutives are uncommon.

⚙ Nothing for Kveld shows up in the birth registries or name datasets we track. That's typically a sign of a rare name, a regional or traditional one, or a modern coinage. Either way, it remains a genuinely rare choice.