Ǫlrún

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name

Combination of ÖL and RUN [1]

Related Names

     
Ölrún ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Ǫlrun ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Norse
Ǫlrún ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Norse

Further Information

Mythology

Ǫlrún is a Valkyrie, who is only mentioned in heroic poetry. Her father is King Kiarr from Valland and together with the sisters Hlaðgunnr and Hervǫr she is a swan-maiden. [2]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 n.a. 0 n.a
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Ǫlrún.

Sources: [3] [4] [6] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  2. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
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