Guðrún
Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Meaning | god + secret lore[1] |
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.[2][3]
According to
patronyms
are used if disambiguation is required.
The name is earliest attested in a runestone as kuþrun.rune", "secret lore". The Scandinavian Gudrun was revived in the last half of the 19th century.[4]
Famous 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 (born 1926), 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
- ^ a b "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"
- ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.