Gudrun
Meaning and origin
From Old Norse Guðrún.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Gudrun (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 10,339 |
| 2000 | 10,161 |
| 2001 | 10,014 |
| 2002 | 9,856 |
| 2003 | 9,686 |
| 2004 | 9,530 |
| 2005 | 9,385 |
| 2006 | 9,218 |
| 2007 | 9,047 |
| 2008 | 8,892 |
| 2009 | 8,754 |
| 2010 | 8,550 |
| 2011 | 8,348 |
| 2012 | 8,163 |
| 2013 | 7,912 |
| 2014 | 7,685 |
| 2015 | 7,495 |
| 2016 | 7,297 |
| 2017 | 7,079 |
| 2018 | 6,860 |
| 2019 | 6,630 |
| 2020 | 6,388 |
Gudrun in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Gudrun.Hi! My name is Gudrun.
- Har du träffat Gudrun? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Gudrun? She started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Gudrun i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Gudrun this afternoon.
- Gudruns mamma är lärare.Gudrun's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Gudruns mamma is Gudrun's mum.
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Questions about Gudrun
How do you pronounce Gudrun in Swedish?
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What does the name Gudrun mean?
From Old Norse Guðrún.
How popular is Gudrun in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Gudrun in 2022. In 2020, 6,388 people in Sweden had Gudrun as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.