Weird derives from the

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons were a cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo-Saxons happened wit ...

word Wyrd, meaning fate or destiny. In modern English it has acquired the meaning of “strange or uncanny”. It may also refer to:

Places

* Weird Lake, a lake in Minnesota, U.S.

People

"Weird Al" Yankovic Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, actor and author. He is best known for creating comedy songs that make light of pop culture and often parody specific ...

(born 1959), American musician and parodist

Art, entertainment, and media

Literature

* '' Weird US'', a series of travel guides * '' The Weird'', a 2012 anthology of weird fiction * Weird fiction, speculative literature written in the late 19th and early 20th century

Music

* "Weird" (Hanson song), 1998 * "Weird", a song from Hilary Duff's album ''

Hilary Duff Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including seven Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, four Teen Choice Awards and two Young Artist Awards. She began her acti ...

'' * '' Weird!'', a 2020 album by Yungblud * New Weird America, a subgenre of psychedelic folk music of the mid-late 2000s

Other art, entertainment, and media

* Weird (comics), a fictional DC Comics character * '' Weird: The Al Yankovic Story'', a biographical comedy

Other uses

* WEIRD, an acronym for "Western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic", cultural identifier of psychology test subjects * Weird number, a natural number that is abundant but not semiperfect