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The English and German version of the name is Gudrun. It is one of the most frequently given female names in Iceland. In 2004, it was ranked first before Anna and Sigríður. [2] [3] According to Icelandic custom, people are generally referred to by first and middle names and patronyms are used if disambiguation is required.
The Icelandic variant Guðrún is one of the most frequently given female names in Iceland in modern times. [3] [4]Gudrun was also in regular use for girls in Germany from the late 19th century through the 1960s, a time period when romantic German nationalism was in vogue and the names of idealized heroines such as Gudrun from Germanic heroic legend became more popular.
Guðrún was the daughter of Ósvífr Helgason and Þórdís Þjóðólfsdóttir. She grew up at Laugar in Sælingsdal. Her future marriages were foretold when she relayed four dreams, each representing one of her marriages to come.
Scholarly opinion diverges as to which name is more original: either both names are old, [10] the name Gudrun is the original name and the name Kriemhild a later invention, [7] or the name Kriemhild is the original name and the name Gudrun was created to share the same first element as the other Burgundians Gunther (Gunnar) and Guthorm (see ...
Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir was born on February 9, 1970, in Selfoss, Iceland, to Hafsteinn Kristinsson, a pioneering dairy engineer, and Laufey S. Valdimarsdóttir, a homemaker. She completed her student degree from FSu in 1991 and later earned a BA in anthropology in 2008 and a diploma in Applied Gender Studies in 2011, both from the University ...
Yohanna resided in Iceland until 2012, when she moved to the city of Kongsvinger in Norway in order to be closer to the European continent. She has since returned to Iceland. Yohanna married Icelandic musician Davíð Sigurgeirsson in 2018; they have two children together, a daughter born in 2015, and a son born in 2019.
Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð Jóhannesdóttir (born 8 January 1996), [1] known by the stage name GDRN, [a] is an Icelandic singer and actress. Much of her music is jazz-influenced pop. [ 2 ] She won four awards at the 2018 Icelandic Music Awards (including as pop singer of the year) and was nominated for the 2018 Nordic Music Prize .
Guðrún Agnarsdóttir (born 1941) is an Icelandic politician and physician. She served in the Alþingi from 1983 to 1990 as a member of the Women's List, and ran for the presidency of Iceland in 1996.