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The name Nj\xf6r\xf0r corresponds to that of the older Germanic fertility goddess Nerthus, and both derive from the Proto-Germanic *Ner\xfeuz.
The original meaning of the name is contested, but it may be related to the Irish word nert which means "force" and "power".
It has been suggested that the change of sex from the female Nerthus to the male Nj\xf6r\xf0r is due to the fact that feminine nouns with u-stems disappeared early in Germanic language while the masculine nouns with u-stems prevailed.
However, other scholars hold the change to be based not on grammatical gender but on the evolution of religious beliefs; that *Ner\xfeuz and Nj\xf6r\xf0r appear as different genders because they are to be considered separate beings.
The name Nj\xf6r\xf0r may be related to the name of the Norse goddess Nj\xf6run.

Nj\xf6r\xf0r's name appears in various place names in Scandinavia, such as
N\xe6rdh\xe6wi (now Nalavi),
Nj\xe6rdhavi (now Mj\xe4rdevi),
N\xe6rdh\xe6lunda (now N\xe4rlunda),
Nierdhatunum (now N\xe4rtuna) in Sweden,
Njar\xf0v\xedk in southwest Iceland,
Njar\xf0arl\xf6g and Njar\xf0ey (now N\xe6r\xf8y) in Norway.

Nj\xf6r\xf0r's name appears in a word for sponge; Njar\xf0arv\xf6ttr (Old Norse "Nj\xf6r\xf0r's glove").

Additionally, in Old Icelandic translations of Classical mythology the Roman god Saturn's name is glossed as "Nj\xf6r\xf0r."

Nj\xf6r\xf0r is sometimes modernly anglicized as Njord, Njoerd, or Njorth.