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

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

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.