Runa is a girl's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “Aaron.” In 2024 it was given to 58 girls in the United States.
Runa at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Scandinavian
Meaning
“Aaron”
Pronunciation
/²rʉːna/
About the name Runa
Runa belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “Aaron” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Runa first appears in Social Security records in 2000. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2494 in 2020, and in 2024 58 babies received the name — 560 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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