Given name
Steinunn
“beloved of the stone”
Steinunn is a feminine given name. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Steinunn goes back to Old Norse Steinunn, meaning “beloved of the stone.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Steinunn’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Steinunn has a feminine form in STEINA.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Steinunn
- Steinunn Refsdóttirpoet901
- Steinunn SigurðardóttirIcelandic writerborn 1950
- Steinunn Valdís ÓskarsdóttirMayor of Reykjavik, Icelandborn 1965
- Steinunn Ólína ÞorsteinsdóttirIcelandic actressborn 1969
- Steinunn Þóra ÁrnadóttirIcelandic politicianborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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