The band's name means condemnation/judgment/damnation in Gothic, an old East Germanic language. The term "Wargiþa" (or 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌸𐌰) itself traces its roots to Proto-Germanic *wargiþō. Morphologically, it comprises *𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 ("condemn, damn") and --𐌹𐌸𐌰, yielding an approximate pronunciation of "WAR-gee-thuh" in English.