Girl · Old Norse
Heidrun
Say it: HY-droon
Meaning
From Old Norse Heiðrún, the goat of Norse myth; the first element may be heiðr 'heath' or 'bright, clear' and the second rún 'secret', but this is uncertain.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Taken up in Germany in the 1930s to 1950s with other names of Norse flavour.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Old Norse | Heiðrún |
|---|
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- National birth statistics of European countries 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.