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Female Name
Usage
Old Norse
Old Swedish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
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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
Norway
|
2 June
|
 Finland (Swedish Language)
|
28 February
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Norse Mythology
Namesakes
Trivia
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[7] |
|
622 |
1232 |
620 |
1229 |
2 |
3 |
Norway[8] |
|
1111 |
n.a. |
1111 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Denmark[9] |
|
383 |
n.a. |
383 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[10] |
|
n.a. |
264 |
n.a. |
264 |
0 |
0 |
Greenland[11] |
|
5 |
43 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Iceland[12] |
|
1 |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: 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. |
Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [7][9][8][10]
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 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/