First names dictionary

IDONY

Idonyf
English: medieval name derived from the Old Norse female personal nameIðunnr, which is also the name of a goddess in Old Norse mythology. It is probably a derivative of the elementagain: Iðunnr was in charge of the gods' apples of eternal youth. The name has sometimes beenLatinizedasIdonea, as if from the feminine form of theLatinadjectiveidoneussuitable.