Entry № 5610 · Other origin

Rauni Rauni — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ROW-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Thunder goddess (Finnish + Ukko's wife mythology)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Finnish)

A name that means "thunder goddess (finnish + ukko's wife mythology)".

Rauni is from the Finnish Rauni — foundational Finnish mythological deity name (possibly from Proto-Germanic Raunaz). A modern American baby name in the broader Finnish-Sami heritage aesthetic. Rauni is one of the foundational Finnish feminine names — central to traditional Finnish Indigenous Finno-Ugric heritage. The foundational name connects to foundational Rauni — foundational Finnish mythological goddess + foundational wife of foundational Ukko (foundational Finnish sky-god + thunder-god + chief deity of Finnish pre-Christian pagan pantheon) + foundational mountain-ash/rowan tree sacred to her + foundational subject of foundational Kalevala (foundational Finnish national epic compiled by Elias Lönnrot 1835/1849 from foundational oral folk tradition + foundational basis of Finnish national identity + foundational influence on Tolkien's Middle-earth). Foundational subject of foundational pan-Finnish + Sami Indigenous mythological heritage + foundational Finnish national romantic heritage. Foundational Finnish feminine name.

Featured throughout Finnish heritage.

Thunder goddess (Finnish-Finno-Ugric). Foundational Finnish-Sami feminine + foundational Rauni foundational Finnish mythological goddess + foundational wife of Ukko foundational Finnish sky-god + thunder-god + chief deity of Finnish pre-Christian pagan pantheon + foundational mountain-ash/rowan tree sacred to her + foundational Kalevala foundational Finnish national epic compiled by Elias Lönnrot 1835/1849 from oral folk tradition + foundational basis of Finnish national identity + foundational influence on Tolkien's Middle-earth + foundational pan-Finnish + Sami Indigenous mythological heritage.

The name in its native script.

Rauni
Transliteration
Rauni
Pronunciation
/ ˈraʊ.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rauni stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Rauni · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Raunis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Rauni (Kalevala)
Finnish goddess wife of Ukko + rowan tree sacred.
Kalevala

Names connected to Rauni.

The number behind Rauni.

4

The Builder

Rauni reduces to four.

Why families chose this name.

"Finnish thunder goddess. Five letters. Rauni."
Aino · Mother of one · Helsinki