Turid
Turid is a Nordic female given name . It is the modern form of Þórfríđr.
variants
- Thurid
- Thurið (old English)
- Thuride (German)
- Þuríður (Icelandic)
- Turið (Faroese)
Name bearers
- Turid Arndt (* 1981), German handball player
- Þuríður Backman (* 1948), Icelandic politician (left-green movement)
- Turid Birkeland (1962–2015), Norwegian politician of the Labor Party
- Turid Jespersen (1917–1991), Norwegian alpine ski racer
- Turid Karlsen (* 1961), Norwegian opera singer
- Turid Knaak (* 1991), German soccer player
- Turid Kristensen (* 1966), Norwegian politician
- Turid Rugaas , Norwegian dog trainer and non-fiction author
- Turið Sigurðardóttir (* 1946), Faroian literary scholar, author and translator
- Turið Torkilsdóttir (* around 960; † before 1047), Faroese
Web links
- Turid on en.wiktionary.org (Engl.)