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Girl · Old Norse
Guðrún
Say it: GVOOTH-roon
Meaning
From Old Norse guð 'god' and rún 'secret, rune'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
One of the most enduring Icelandic names, used from the saga age to today.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 399 babies given this name since 1895
- At its height in 1906, about 1 in 29,500 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Gudrun, Gudrune, Kudrun
| Norwegian | Gudrun |
|---|---|
| Swedish | Gudrun |
| German | Kudrun |
| Old Norse | Guðrún |
Famous bearers
- Guðrún Ósvífursdóttir, heroine of Laxdæla saga
- Guðrún Gjúkadóttir, heroine of the Völsung legend
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Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.