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Loki en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈloʊki/ (US)
  • /ˈləʊki/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse Loki, where further etymology is shown.

Meanings

  1. (Norse) The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world.
    • There’s the Loki fly, in honor of the tortured God of Mischief, whose scientific name is “Daptolestes illusiolautus,” meaning elegant deception. 2020 July 29, Jessie Yeung, “Australia names new species after Deadpool, Thor, and other Marvel favorites”, in CNN:
  2. A male given name from Old Norse.
    • She will be dearly missed by her […] great-great-grandchildren Lunabella, Atticus and Loki, […] 2019 August 21, “[Obituaries] Lila M. Smith”, in Globe Gazette, volume 160, number 200, Mason City, Ia., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A4, column 5:
    • In the meantime, Hedley’s focus will remain on winning the starting job and speaking to his 16-month-old son, Loki, on FaceTime every night. 2019 August 3, Manny Navarro, “No boos for Lou: 26-year-old Aussie punter aims to put the special back into Hurricanes’ special teams”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2026:
    • A son, Loki James, was born to Kelly and James Harechmak of Germantown. 2002 December 26, “Montgomery Birth Announcements”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

Deriveds

Thorki · Lokean · Lokian

Translations (16)

da Loke (god of mischief and trickery) · nb Loke (god of mischief and trickery) · ru Ло́ки (god of mischief and trickery) · fo Loki (god of mischief and trickery) · pt Loki (god of mischief and trickery) · fr Loki (god of mischief and trickery) · sv Loke (god of mischief and trickery) · ka ლოკი (god of mischief and trickery) · cmn 洛基 (god of mischief and trickery) · nn Loke (god of mischief and trickery) · non Loki (god of mischief and trickery) · mr लोकी (god of mischief and trickery) · is Loki (god of mischief and trickery) · fo Lokki (god of mischief and trickery) · ko 로키 (god of mischief and trickery) · ja ロキ (god of mischief and trickery)