Entry № 4435 · Old Norse origin

Idun Idun — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EE-doon /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Norse
Meaning
"Rejuvenator, ever young"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Old Norse)

A name that means "rejuvenator, ever young".

Idun (Iðunn) is the Norse goddess of youth and renewal — keeper of the golden apples that gave the gods their immortality. Her name means "the rejuvenating one" or "ever young."

Idun is rare as a given name but used in modern Scandinavia.

Ever young. Keeper of the golden apples.

The name in its native script.

Iðunn
Transliteration
Iðunn
Pronunciation
/ ˈiː.duːn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Idun stands.

Idun 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.

Iduns before her.

Real people

In fiction
Iðunn
Norse goddess of youth.
Norse mythology

Names connected to Idun.

The number behind Idun.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Idun reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.