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Runa
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Usage
Old Norse
Old Swedish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
Origin and Meaning
Variant and younger form of Rúna [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Related Names
See Rúna
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Runa |
| Genitive: | Runas |
| - Finnish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Runa |
| Genitive: | Runan |
| Partitive: | Runaa |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Runa |
| Genitive: | Runas |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Runa |
| Genitive: | Runas |
Name Days
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2 June |
|
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28 February |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Norse Mythology
- Runa is the name of a sorceress mentioned in the Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis
Namesakes
- Runa was the pseudonym of Elisabeth Maria Beskow (19 November 1870 - 17 October 1928), Swedish author
Statistics
Name Count per Country
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Norway[7] |
  |
1084 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. |
| Sweden[8] |
 |
662 | 1279 | 1 | 2 |
| Denmark[9] |
 |
375 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. |
| Finland[10] |
|
n.a. | 261 | 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. |
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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: References
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi