Given name

Auðunn

Auðunn is a masculine given name from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Auðunn comes from Proto-Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Proto-Germanic *Audawiniz.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Auðunn’s family of names

In Icelandic usage, Auðunn shares a linguistic root with the German form OTWIN. In Icelandic usage, Auðunn has a conventional equivalent in the English form Edwin. In Icelandic usage, Auðunn shares a linguistic root with the English form Edwin.

Walk Auðunn’s family in the name graph

AuðunnAudunnEdwinAudunOtwin

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Auðunn, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Germanic

Auno

Auno is a masculine given name from Germanic. It is used in Finnish.

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Germanic

Eyðun

Eyðun is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Faroese.

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>99% boys

Germanic

Aulee

Aulee is a masculine given name from Proto-Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Manx.

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Old Frisian

Auvinen

Auvinen is a surname, possibly from Germanic, ultimately from Old Frisian. It is used in Finnish.

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Germanic

Oþin

Oþin is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Old Swedish.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Óðinn

Óðinn is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Óðin

Óðin is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Faroese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Audvard

“riches, wealth” · “guard, ward”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Auðunn’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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