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Runa - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Runa

[ syll. ru-na, run-a ] The girl name Runa is pronounced as RUWNah †. Runa is used chiefly in the German language and it is derived from Old Norse origins. The old form Rúna (Old Norse) was used as a short form of various compound names with the element 'rún' (secret lore). The name Roona is a form of Runa.

Runa is unusual as a baby girl name. It is not listed in the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Runa include Roona, Raena (English), Raina (Slavic, Czech, English, German, Polish, and Russian), Rainey (English), Raini (English), Rainie (English), Rainy (English), Rama (Indian), Ramaa (Indian), Ramah, Rana (Arabic, Iranian, Kurdish, and Turkish), Ranae (English), Ranay, Ranee (English), Rani (English, Hebrew, and Indian), Ranie, Ranna (English), Ranya (Arabic), Rawnie, and Rayann.



† approx English pronunciation for Runa: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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