HUN

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

húnn = 'child', 'cub', 'bear cub' [1] [2] [3]
húnn = 'bear cub', 'die', 'something arched' [4]
hûnn = 'cub', 'bear cub' [5]

Sometimes this name element is regarded to derive from the tribal name of the Huns, but a connection is unlikely [6] [5] [7]

bear cubs
bear cubs
Image by J. Jansson/norden.org,[8]
License: Creative Commons, CC-BY

Related Names

See *Hūnaz (Norse) and Hun (English); *Hūna (Norse) and Huno (German) and Huna (English)

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
BJÖRN see Húnbjörn (Norse)
BJÖRT see Humbert (German)
BOGI see Húnbogi (Norse)
BORG see Húnbjörg (Norse)
DIS see Húndís (Norse)
FAST see Húnfastr (Norse)
FRID see Húnrøðr (Norse) and Hunfrith (English)
GEIR see Húngeirr (Norse)
GERD see Húngerðr (Norse)
GUNN see Húngunn (Norse)
KETILL see Hunkil (Norse)
LEIF see Hunlef (Norse)
LJOT see Húnljótur (Norse)
NEF see Húnnefr (Norse)
STEIN see Húnsteinn (Norse)
ULF see Húnulfr (Norse)
VID see Húnviðr (Norse)
VÖR see Húnvǫr (Norse)
ÞJOF see Húnþjófr (Norse)

First Element Forms

Hum-
Hun- Hún-
Om-

References

  1. Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  3. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)
  5. 5.0 5.1 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  6. Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)
  7. Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  8. Wikimedia Commons: Image by J. Jansson/norden.org, source & license