Rune is a unisex, though predominantly masculine given name derived from the
Old Norse word rún, meaning "secret". It is earliest attested in a runestone as runi.[1] It is a common name in
Norway,
Sweden,
Denmark, and popular in
Belgium, where it ranked in top thirty names for baby boys in 2006 and was the tenth most popular name for boys in 2006 in the
Flemish Region of Belgium.[2]Rúni, a variant of the name, was among the ten most popular names given to baby boys in the
Faroe Islands,
Denmark, in 2007. In the United States, Rune is a much less common name- in 2021 there were only 35 baby boys and only 9 baby girls named Rune. Notable people with the name include:
Arts and entertainment
Rune Johan Andersson (born 1945), Norwegian cartoonist, illustrator and children's writer
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Rune is a unisex, though predominantly masculine given name derived from the
Old Norse word rún, meaning "secret". It is earliest attested in a runestone as runi.[1] It is a common name in
Norway,
Sweden,
Denmark, and popular in
Belgium, where it ranked in top thirty names for baby boys in 2006 and was the tenth most popular name for boys in 2006 in the
Flemish Region of Belgium.[2]Rúni, a variant of the name, was among the ten most popular names given to baby boys in the
Faroe Islands,
Denmark, in 2007. In the United States, Rune is a much less common name- in 2021 there were only 35 baby boys and only 9 baby girls named Rune. Notable people with the name include:
Arts and entertainment
Rune Johan Andersson (born 1945), Norwegian cartoonist, illustrator and children's writer
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.