Given name

Guðrun

Guðrun is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

Original Old NorseGuðrún

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Guðrun comes from Old Norse.

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How it developed

From Old Norse Guðrún.

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Guðrun’s family of names

In Faroese usage, Guðrun shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form Gudrun. In Faroese usage, Guðrun continues an earlier form in Guðrún. In Faroese usage, Guðrun shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form Guro.

Walk Guðrun’s family in the name graph

GuðrunGudrunGuðrún

The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 3

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

Similar names

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

Old English

Gunton

“enclosure; settlement, town”

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Old Norse

Guðrið

Guðrið is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

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>99% girls

Old Norse

Guðríður

Guðríður is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic.

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>99% girls

Old Norse

Gunill

Gunill is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Jamtish.

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>99% girls

Old Norse

Gunnrið

Gunnrið is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

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>99% girls

Old Norse

Gunby

“settlement”

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Old English

Gunstone

“enclosure; settlement, town”

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Germanic

Guðfríður

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

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>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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