Given name · also Old Norse
Guðrún
“rune, secret, confidante”
Guðrún is a feminine given name, probably from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic and Old Norse.
Original Old NorseGunna
Meaning & origin
What it means
Guðrún probably goes back to a word meaning “rune, secret, confidante.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Guðrún probably comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Icelandic usage, Guðrún is a short form of Gunna.
Guðrún’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Guðrún is a short form of Gunna. In Icelandic usage, Guðrún shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form Gudrun. In Icelandic usage, Guðrún has a diminutive in Gunna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Guðrún has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
5 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Guðrún
- Guðrún Eva MínervudóttirIcelandic writerborn 1976
- GDRNIcelandic singer and actressborn 1996
- Guðrún HafsteinsdóttirIcelandic politicianborn 1970
- Guðrún ÓsvífrsdóttirMain protagonist of the Icelandic Laxdœla saga974–1060
- Guðrún HelgadóttirIcelandic children's writer and politician (1935–2022)
- Guðrún LárusdóttirIcelandic writer and politician (1880-1938)
- Guðrún Sóley GunnarsdóttirIcelandic association football playerborn 1981
- Guðrún BjarnadóttirIcelandic modelborn 1942
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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