Entry № 4436 · Old Norse origin

Idunn Idunn — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EE-duun /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Norse
Meaning
"Norse goddess of golden apples"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Old Norse)

A name that means "norse goddess of golden apples".

Idunn (Iðunn) is the Old Norse goddess of youth and immortality — keeper of the golden apples that gave the gods their eternal youth. Wife of the poet-god Bragi.

Idunn is widely used in Scandinavia.

Norse goddess of youth and golden apples.

The name in its native script.

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

Where Idunn stands.

Idunn 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.

Idunns before her.

Real people
Idunn
Norse goddess.
In fiction
Idunn
Goddess of golden apples.
Norse mythology

Names connected to Idunn.

The number behind Idunn.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Idunn reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.