Gudrun

See also: Guðrun and Guðrún

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Guðrún.

Proper noun

Gudrun

1. a female given name from Old Norse

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 24 389 females with the given name Gudrun have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Faroese

Proper noun

Gudrun f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• Gudrun's son: Gudrunarson
• Gudrun's daughter: Gudrunardóttir

Declension

singular indefinite nominative Gudrun accusative Gudruna dative Gudruni genitive Gudrunar

singular indefinite nominative Gudrun accusative Gudrun dative Gudrun genitive Gudrunar

German

Etymology

From Old Norse Guðrún.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuːdʁʊn/, /ˈɡuːdʁuːn/

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Proper noun

Gudrun f (proper noun, genitive Gudruns or (with an article) Gudrun)

1. a female given name

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• Gudrund, Gudrunn

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse Guðrún, revived as a historical-literary name during the Nordic name renaissance of the 19th century. The Old Norse name is from guð (“god”) +‎ rún (“secret knowledge, rune”). The complete name may therefore have been understood as “she who has divine knowledge”.

Doublet of Guro (“female given name”).

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Gudrun, Danish Gudrun, Swedish Gudrun, Icelandic Guðrún, Faroese Guðrun and German Gudrun (“female given name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʉd.rʉn/
• Rhymes: -ʉdrʉn
• Homophones: Gudrund, Gudrunn
• Hyphenation: Gud‧run

Proper noun

Gudrun

1. a female given name from Old Norse

Usage notes

• The Norwegian name day for Gudrun is 24 November.
• Gudrun rose sharply in popularity during the Nordic name renaissance in the second half of the 19th century, partly influenced by Adam Oehlenschläger's 1848 tragedy Kjartan og Gudrun.
• The name ranked second among female given names in Norway from 1908 to 1910.
• During the 19th century, the name was particularly associated with the urban populations of Kristiania and Bergen.

Statistics

• According to Statistics Norway, 1,584 women in Norway had Gudrun as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.

References

• “Gudrun – kvinnenamn” in Store norske leksikon.
• “Gudrun” at Nordic Names.
• Kristoffer Kruken and Ola Stemshaug (2013), Norsk personnamnleksikon, 3rd edition, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN.
• Gudrun (given name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gudrun on the Norwegian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^no

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Guro (alternative spelling)
• Guru, Gurå, Guyró (Gýró), Goro, Gorå (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse Guðrún.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²ɡʉːru̞], [²ɡʉːru̞n], [²ɡʉːrʉn], [²ɡʉd.rʉn]

Proper noun

Gudrun f

1. a female given name

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Guðrún.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Gudrun c (genitive Gudruns)

1. a female given name