Entry № 8940 · Old Norse origin

Runa Runa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ROO-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Norse
Meaning
"Secret rune (iconic Norse heritage)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Norse)

A name that means "secret rune (iconic norse heritage)".

Runa is from the Old Norse rún (secret, mystery, rune). Runa Brunkin — modern Norwegian figure. Runa Hertzberg — Norwegian artist. Runa Berg — Norwegian historian. Princess Runa — modern Norse heritage naming.

Secret rune (Norse).

The name in its native script.

Rún
Transliteration
Rún
Pronunciation
/ ˈruː.nə /
Root
—
Grammatical form
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Where Runa stands.

Runa does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Runas before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Runa
Old Norse secret rune.

Names connected to Runa.

The number behind Runa.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Runa reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.