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HUN
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse
húnn = 'child', 'cub', 'bear cub' [1] [2] [3]
húnn = 'bear cub', 'die', 'something arched' [4]
hûnn = 'cub', 'bear cub' [5]
Sometimes this name element is regarded to derive from the tribal name of the Huns, but a connection is unlikely [6] [5] [7]
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| bear cubs Image by J. Jansson/norden.org,[8] License: Creative Commons, CC-BY |
Related Names
See *Hūnaz (Norse) and Hun (English); *Hūna (Norse) and Huno (German) and Huna (English)
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| BJÖRN | see Húnbjörn (Norse) |
| BJÖRT | see Humbert (German) |
| BOGI | see Húnbogi (Norse) |
| BORG | see Húnbjörg (Norse) |
| DIS | see Húndís (Norse) |
| FAST | see Húnfastr (Norse) |
| FRID | see Húnrøðr (Norse) and Hunfrith (English) |
| GEIR | see Húngeirr (Norse) |
| GERD | see Húngerðr (Norse) |
| GUNN | see Húngunn (Norse) |
| KETILL | see Hunkil (Norse) |
| LEIF | see Hunlef (Norse) |
| LJOT | see Húnljótur (Norse) |
| NEF | see Húnnefr (Norse) |
| STEIN | see Húnsteinn (Norse) |
| ULF | see Húnulfr (Norse) |
| VID | see Húnviðr (Norse) |
| VÖR | see Húnvǫr (Norse) |
| ÞJOF | see Húnþjófr (Norse) |
First Element Forms
References
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ Wikimedia Commons: Image by J. Jansson/norden.org, source & license
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