Sigrún

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Female Name

Usage

Old Norse
Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name

Combination of SIG and RUN ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Related Names

Sighrun	♀
Sigrun	♀
Sigrún	♀
Sigrund	♀
Sigrunn	♀

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Sigrún
Accusative:	Sigrúnu
Dative:	Sigrúnu
Genitive:	Sigrúnar

Further Information

Mythology

Sigrún is the name of a Valkyrie, the reborn Svafa. She is the daughter of Hǫgni and in love with the hero Helgi Hundingsbana. After her death she will be reborn as Kára ^{[4] [5]}

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[6]		38	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[7]		7	10	0	0
Finland[8]		n.a.	3	n.a	3
#: 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 Sigrún.

Sources: ^{[7] [6] [9] [8]}

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
3. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
4. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
5. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
7. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
9. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no