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The name is earliest attested in a runestone as '''kuþrun'''.<ref name=sofi/> In ], '''Goðrún''' was an alternative version. The ] equivalent is '''Guðrun''' and the mainland ]n version is '''Gudrun'''. The Old Norse name is composed of the elements ''guð'' or ''goð'', meaning "god"; and ''rūn'', meaning "]", "secret lore". The Scandinavian Gudrun was revived in the last half of the 19th century.<ref name="Oxford">{{cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of Names|last1=Hanks|first1=Patrick|last2=Hodges|first2=Flavia|editor=Hardcastle, Kate|authorlink1=Patrick Hanks|year=2006|edition=2nd|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-861060-1|page=388}}</ref> The name is earliest attested in a runestone as '''kuþrun'''.<ref name=sofi/> In ], '''Goðrún''' was an alternative version. The ] equivalent is '''Guðrun''' and the mainland ]n version is '''Gudrun'''. The Old Norse name is composed of the elements ''guð'' or ''goð'', meaning "god"; and ''rūn'', meaning "]", "secret lore". The Scandinavian Gudrun was revived in the last half of the 19th century.<ref name="Oxford">{{cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of Names|last1=Hanks|first1=Patrick|last2=Hodges|first2=Flavia|editor=Hardcastle, Kate|authorlink1=Patrick Hanks|year=2006|edition=2nd|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-861060-1|page=388}}</ref>


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This article is about the modern Icelandic female given name. For Guðrún Gjúkadóttir, the mythological figure, see Gudrun.
Guðrún, Gudrun
GenderFemale
Origin
Meaninggod + secret lore
Region of originScandinavia

Guðrún is one of the most frequently given female names in Iceland. In 2004, it was ranked first before Anna and Sigríður.

According to Icelandic custom, people are generally referred to by first and middle names and patronyms are used if disambiguation is required.

The name is earliest attested in a runestone as kuþrun. In Old Norse, Goðrún was an alternative version. The Faroese equivalent is Guðrun and the mainland Scandinavian version is Gudrun. The Old Norse name is composed of the elements guð or goð, meaning "god"; and rūn, meaning "rune", "secret lore". The Scandinavian Gudrun was revived in the last half of the 19th century.

Gudrun was also in regular use for girls in Germany from the late 19th century through the 1940s, a time period when romantic German nationalism was in vogue and the names of idealized heroines such as Gudrun from Germanic heroic legend became more popular. Gudrun appeared as Gutrune in Richard Wagner's opera Der Ring des Nibelungen and also in various literary works. Such names were also encouraged by the Nazi Party then in power.


Notable people called Guðrún

Gudrun

See also

  • Gudrun, major figure in early Germanic literature

References

  1. ^ "Gudrun". Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  2. Statistics Iceland
  3. Lonely Planet Iceland Fran Parnell, Etain O'Carroll - 2007 - Page 23 "Most popular girl's name: Guðrún"
  4. Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Hardcastle, Kate (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of Names (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
  5. Laversuch, I.M. (December 2010), "Margarete and Sulamith under the Swastika: Girls' Names in Nazi Germany", Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 58 (4): 219–30
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