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Jorunn “one who loves horses”
Jorunn is used as a given name. One interpretation is “one who loves horses.”
Original Old Norse Jórunn
At a glance
Popularity score No recent data Boys and girls Almost always girls
0% boysBased on U.S. population records 100% girls
People named Jorunn in the U.S. Rare About 30 to 300 people. Estimated from birth records for children and population records for adults.
Interest on PerfectNameFinder Not yet scored Not enough visits yet to score. Every read and save counts toward it. Meaning & origin What it means One interpretation is “one who loves horses.”
Jorunn’s family of names In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Jorunn has a related form in Jor-. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Jorunn has a related form in Jorun. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Jorunn has a related form in Jorund.
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Jorunn Jorun Jorund Jor- Jórunn Jørun Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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Nicknames & forms 3 Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2 Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jorunn Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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About this profile. Meanings and origins are drawn from historical dictionaries and reference works, including Wiktionary; where interpretations differ, we say so. Popularity comes from U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025. Famous namesakes come from Wikidata. Related names are linked through documented relationships; likely links are labeled as such.