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Gudrun
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Guðrun Guðrún
Danish
Etymology
From da non Guðrún.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female Old Norse
References
Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 24 389 females with the given name Gudrun have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Gudrunarson Gudrunardóttir
Declension
Gudrun Gudruna Gudruni GudrunarGudrun Gudrun Gudrun Gudrunar
German
de:+ (Name)
Etymology
From de non Guðrún.
Pronunciation
de /ˈɡuːdʁʊn/ /ˈɡuːdʁuːn/
de De-Gudrun.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
f.gen:s:-[with an article]
de female
Norwegian Bokmål
Gudrun (given name),no:Gudrun
Alternative forms
nb Gudrund, nb Gudrunn
Etymology
nb non Guðrún, revived as a historical-literary name during the Nordic name renaissance of the 19th century. The Old Norse name is from non guð rún god secret knowledge, rune. The complete name may therefore have been understood as “she who has divine knowledge”.
nb Guro female given name.
Compare nn Gudrun, da Gudrun, sv Gudrun, is Guðrún, fo Guðrun and de Gudrun female given name.
Pronunciation
nb /ˈɡʉd.rʉn/
nb ʉdrʉn 2
nb Gudrund Gudrunn
nb Gud run
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female Old Norse
Usage notes
The Norwegian name day for nb Gudrun is 24 November.
nb Gudrun rose sharply in popularity during the Nordic name renaissance in the second half of the 19th century, partly influenced by Adam Oehlenschläger's 1848 tragedy Kjartan og Gudrun.
The name ranked second among female given names in Norway from 1908 to 1910.
During the 19th century, the name was particularly associated with the urban populations of Oslo Kristiania and Bergen.
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway, 1,584 women in Norway had nb Gudrun as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.“10501: Persons, by year and first name”, Statistics Norway.
References
“Gudrun – kvinnenamn” in Store norske leksikon.
“Gudrun” at Nordic Names.
Kristoffer Kruken and Ola Stemshaug (2013), Norsk personnamnleksikon, 3rd edition, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 9788252173680.
Gudrun (given name)
Gudrun no
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Alternative forms
nn Guro alternative spelling
nn Guru Gurå Guyró Gýró Goro Gorå dialectal
Etymology
From nn non Guðrún.
Pronunciation
nn [²ɡʉːru̞] [²ɡʉːru̞n] [²ɡʉːrʉn] [²ɡʉd.rʉn]
Proper noun
nn proper noun f
nn female
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
From sv non Guðrún.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Gudrun.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female