Rune
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See also rune
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Danish [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Rune
- A male given name derived from Old Norse Rúni.
Norwegian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse Rúni. It died out after Middle Ages and was revived in the 19th century.
Proper noun [edit]
Rune
- A male given name.
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
- [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 19 292 males with the given name Rune living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Swedish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Masculine form of Runa, also from Old Norse Rúni . First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1865.
Proper noun [edit]
Rune
- A male given name.
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
- [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 34 272 males with the given name Rune living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
