Old Norse origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “god” + “secret knowledge, rune”
Inherited from Old Norse Guðrún, through a younger Norwegian form in which the final /n/ was lost after nasalising the preceding vowel. The Old Norse name is from guð (“god”) + rún (“secret knowledge, rune”). Doublet of Gudrun (“female given name”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Guro, Danish Guro, Swedish Guro, Icelandic Guðrún and Faroese Guðrun (“female given name”).
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: GuroCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: GuroCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
