Loki is a ♀ girl’s name and a ♂ boy’s name. Loki thus belongs to the gender-neutral unisex names.
Loki is an Old Norse boy’s name and appears in the Norse mythology. He is the rather unpopular God of fire, magic and illusion. Besides, Loki is considered a diminutive of the girl names Hannelore or Lore.
The boy’s name Loki means “airy” or “God of air” (from Old Norse “loptr”), but as well “knot”, “lock” (from Germanic “luka”) or “to lock/close” (from Old Norse “lúka”). The girl’s name Loki means “Yahweh is gracious”, “the other Aenor”, “merciful” and “God is my light” (from Hannelore).
Based on the frequency of positive ratings, we can analyze how popular names are in different countries. The name Loki is currently ranked #1585 on the name leaderboard.
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2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |
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🇦🇹 Austria | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - |
🇩🇪 Germany | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
🇬🇧 Great Britain | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - |
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