Þorvaldur
Þorvaldur is a male Icelandic given name.
Origin and meaning
Þorvaldur is a variant of the name Thorwald meaning Thor's strength or Thor's power . Similar, Old Norse variants, from which the modern Icelandic form is derived, are Þorvaldr and Þórvaldr .
Name bearer
- Þorvaldur Árnason (* 1980), Icelandic football player
- Þorvaldur Asvaldsson (around 970), father of Erik the Red
- Þorvaldur H. Gröndal , drummer in the band Trabant
- Þorvaldur Gylfason (* 1951), Icelandic economist
- Þorvaldur Gissurarson (* 1235), member of the powerful family of the Haukdælir , brother of Magnús Gissurarson
- Þorvaldur Halldórson , husband of Guðrún Ósvífursdóttir (* 974), one of the main characters in the Laxdœla saga
- Þorvaldur Koðránsson (around 1000, also Þorvaldur víðförli ), companion of the Icelandic mission bishop Friedrich
- Þorvaldur Kristinsson (* 1951), Icelandic author
- Þorvaldur Thoroddsen (1855–1921), Icelandic geologist
- Þorvaldur Þorsteinsson (* 1960), Icelandic author and artist