Runa

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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

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

• Sweden:
  • 1881 (in modern times)
• Norway:
  • 1894 (Kristiania)
  • 1897 (Nordland)

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1910-1929
• Denmark:
  • 1940-1980
• Norway:
  • 1960-1965
  • 1995-2000

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway: Austlandet

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 (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		622	1232	620	1229	2	3
Norway		1111	n.a.	1111	n.a.	0	n.a.
Denmark		383	n.a.	383	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	264	n.a.	264	0	0
Greenland		5	43	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Iceland		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.

 

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