Given name · also Northern Sami

Rauna

Rauna is a feminine given name, probably from Northern Sami, ultimately from Old Norse. It is used in Finnish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Rauna probably comes from Northern Sami, and ultimately from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Finnish usage, Rauna developed from Rávdná.

Rauna’s family of names

In Finnish usage, Rauna developed from Rávdná.

Walk Rauna’s family in the name graph

RaunaRávdná

The ring: across languages.

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

People named Rauna

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Similar names

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Old Norse

Remna

“raven”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Scandinavian · Modern

Runa

“of the secret lore” · “a secret”

34RareRising

>99% girls

Old Norse

Kuuna

“woman”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old Norse

Röskva

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

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old Norse · Modern

Revna

“raven”

17Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Old Norse

Ragnfríð

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

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old Norse

Ranby

“village, settlement”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Hróný

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

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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