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Hi!
I found a theory about a probably Celtic origin of the name Runar / Rúnar (male, used in Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Germany, Faroe Islands and maybe some other places):
Runar - (...) maybe a Celtic name meaning "beloved man" (...)
The most common explanation concerning the origin and meaning of Runar / Rúnar in other books is Old Norse (elements Rún- and -ar), but this book (Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn) is a VERY good book, so the author must have had a good reason to write about that Celtic theory, but I could not find anything anywhere else.
Is there any Celtic name expert out there who knows anything about Runar / Rúnar?
Thanks! :-)
/ Satu
http://www.nordicnames.de/
I found a theory about a probably Celtic origin of the name Runar / Rúnar (male, used in Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Germany, Faroe Islands and maybe some other places):
Runar - (...) maybe a Celtic name meaning "beloved man" (...)
The most common explanation concerning the origin and meaning of Runar / Rúnar in other books is Old Norse (elements Rún- and -ar), but this book (Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn) is a VERY good book, so the author must have had a good reason to write about that Celtic theory, but I could not find anything anywhere else.
Is there any Celtic name expert out there who knows anything about Runar / Rúnar?
Thanks! :-)
/ Satu
http://www.nordicnames.de/
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I'm certainly no expert but my uncle was named Runar, so I looked it up at Historiska museet, which said about Runar:
"Ett fornnordiskt namn som möjligen är bildat av av orden runa som betyder 'bokstav', 'hemlig visdom' och hari som betyder 'krigare'. Kan även vara ett keltiskt namn som betyder 'älskad man'."
So there are two theories:
1) from "runa" which means "letter", "secret wisdom" and "hari" = "warrior"
2) from a Celtic name meaning "beloved man" (does not state which Celtic name)
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
"Ett fornnordiskt namn som möjligen är bildat av av orden runa som betyder 'bokstav', 'hemlig visdom' och hari som betyder 'krigare'. Kan även vara ett keltiskt namn som betyder 'älskad man'."
So there are two theories:
1) from "runa" which means "letter", "secret wisdom" and "hari" = "warrior"
2) from a Celtic name meaning "beloved man" (does not state which Celtic name)
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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Hej Ylva!
Otterbjörk skriver också bara "möjl. ett keltiskt namn, bet. 'älskad man'" utan närmare förklaring ...
Tack för att du försökte hjälpa till :)
/ Satu
http://www.nordicnames.de/
Otterbjörk skriver också bara "möjl. ett keltiskt namn, bet. 'älskad man'" utan närmare förklaring ...
Tack för att du försökte hjälpa till :)
/ Satu
http://www.nordicnames.de/
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"Beloved man" sounds kind of wimpy for these times
The old Viking male names mostly mean something warlike or "wolf" or "bear", so "secret warrior" sounds believable and also related to the male Rune.
I would have thought that old Celtic names were just as warlike.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
The old Viking male names mostly mean something warlike or "wolf" or "bear", so "secret warrior" sounds believable and also related to the male Rune.
I would have thought that old Celtic names were just as warlike.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
This message was edited 5/30/2006, 11:03 AM
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