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Revision as of 17:20, 4 December 2024 by Bookworm857158367 (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) This article is about the modern Icelandic female given name. For Guðrún Gjúkadóttir, the mythological figure, see Gudrun.| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | god + secret lore |
| Region of origin | Scandinavia |
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 cycle 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
- Guðrún Gjúkadóttir, person in the Eddic poems
- Guðrún Ósvífursdóttir (fl. C10-C11), protagonist of the Medieval Icelandic Laxdœla saga
- Guðrún Bjarnadóttir, Icelandic Miss International in 1963
- Guðrún Helgadóttir (1935–2022), Icelandic politician and writer of children's literature
- Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir (born 1976), Icelandic writer
- Guðrún Ögmundsdóttir (1950–2019), Icelandic politician
- Guðrún Katrín Þorbergsdóttir, First Lady of Iceland (1996–1998)
- Guðrún Lárusdóttir (1880-1938), Icelandic politician and writer
Gudrun
- Ella Gudrun Ingeborg Holleufer (1906–1954), Danish first lady
- Gudrun Abt (born 1962), German hurdler
- Gudrun Berend (1955–2011), German hurdler
- Gudrun Boysen (born 1939), Danish physician
- Gudrun Brost (1910–1993), Swedish actress
- Gudrun Burwitz (1929–2018), German neo-Nazi
- Gudrun Corvinus (1931–2006), German archaeologist
- Gudrun Ensslin (1940–1977), German terrorist
- Gudrun Gut (born 1957), German musician
- Gudrun Landgrebe (born 1950), German actress
- Gudrun Pausewang (1928–2020), German writer
- Gudrun Scholz (born 1940), German field hockey player
- Gudrun Schyman (born 1948), Swedish politician
- Gudrun Tandberg Høykoll (1924–2005), Norwegian politician
- Gudrun Ure (1926–2024), Scottish actress
- Gudrun Wagner (1944–2007), German theatre manager
- Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse (1918–2019), German calligrapher
- Gudrun Zollner (born 1960), German politician
See also
- Gudrun, major figure in early Germanic literature
References
- ^ "Gudrun". Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- Statistics Iceland
- Lonely Planet Iceland Fran Parnell, Etain O'Carroll - 2007 - Page 23 "Most popular girl's name: Guðrún"
- 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.
- 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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