Given name

Unn

“she is loved”

Unn is used as a given name. One Norwegian interpretation is “she is loved.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Norwegian interpretation is “she is loved.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Norwegian.

How it developed

From Old Norse unna (“to love”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Unn’s family of names

In Danish usage, Unn has a later derivative in Unna.

Walk Unn’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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

People named Unn

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Similar names

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Norwegian

Urness

Urness is a surname from Norwegian.

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Engh

“meadow”

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Norwegian

Underdahl

Underdahl is a surname from Norwegian.

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Norwegian

Hamsun

Hamsun is a surname from Norwegian.

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Norwegian

Thune

Thune is a surname from Norwegian.

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Norwegian

Amundsen

Amundsen is a surname from Danish, ultimately from Norwegian. It is used in English, Danish, and Norwegian.

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Norwegian

Ánarr

Ánarr is a given name from Norwegian. It is used in Old Norse.

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Norwegian

Akre

Akre is a surname from Norwegian.

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Sibling ideas

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

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