Unnr f

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Female Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Unnr m for the male version of this name.

Usage

Old Norse

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name of uncertain meaning (see UNN for more information)

1) Old Norse unnr = 'wave' ^{[1] [2]}

2) Old Norse unna = 'to love' ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Udna	♀
Uðr	♀
Unn	♀
Unna	♀
Unne	♂
Unne	♀
Unnr	♀
Unnur	♀

Combinations

For combinations see UNN (name element)

Further Information

Mythology

Unnr was one of nine daughters ("billow maidens") of Ægir and Rán, each name reflecting a different characteristic of ocean waves:

Bára (or Drǫfn) - Foam Fleck, Comber
Blóðughadda - Bloody Hair (a reference to red sea foam)
Bylgja - Billow
Dúfa - Pitching Wave
Hefring - Rising Wave
Himinglæva - Transparent Wave
Hrǫnn - Welling Wave
Kolga - Cool Wave
Unnr (or Uðr) - Frothing Wave

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		0	0	0	0
Denmark[4]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[5]		0	0	0	0
Finland[6]		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 Unnr.

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
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. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi