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Ragnhild is currently the twenty-fourth most popular girl's name in Norway.

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Literally means something like "battle counsel" or "advice in battle", which must have been useful when the name was first coined.

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Princess Ragnhild of Nor
Saint Ragnhild of Tälje
Ragnhild Aamodt, Norwegian handball player
Ragnhild Barland, Norwegian politician
Ragnhild Bratberg, Norwegian skier
Ragnhild Butenschøn, Norwegian sculptor
Ragnhild Eriksdotter, from the Orkneyinga Saga (allegedly a real person)
Ragnhild Gulbrandsen, Norwegian soccer player
Ragnhild Queseth Haarstad, Norwegian Centre Party politician
Ragnhild Hatton, Norwegian professor
Ragnhild Hveger, Danish swimmer
Ragnhild Jølsen, Norwegian writer
Ragnhild Kristensen, Norwegian orienteering competitor
Ragnhild Kåta, first educated deaf-blind person in Norway
Ragnhild Larsen, Norwegian diver
Ragnhild Mikkelsen, Norwegian speed-skater
Ragnhild Myklebust, Norwegian skier
Ragnhild Tregagås, accused of witchcraft in the 1300's

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Ragnhild Sigurdsdotter, from Nordic legend