Asmund

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Asmund is a male name .

Origin and meaning

Asmund comes from the old Norse Ásmundr and is made up of the words Áss (Asen, 'God') and mundr ('protection / bride gift').

variants

Carrion mouth
Icelandic Ásmundur
Swedish Åsmund
Polish Osmund

Name bearer

Middle name:

Karl Asmund Rudolphi (1771–1832), German naturalist, botanist and zoologist of Swedish descent

Individual evidence

↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt Runnamnslexikon. P. 70 (PDF file; 1.2 MB)

Web links

Wiktionary: Åsmund - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations