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Rune is a unisex, though predominantly masculine given name derived from the Old Norse word rún, meaning "secret".It is earliest attested in a runestone as runi. [1] It is a common name in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and popular in Belgium, where it ranked in top thirty names for baby boys in 2006 and was the tenth most popular name for boys in 2006 in the Flemish Region of Belgium. [2]
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In the Netherlands and Flanders, the name used to be one of the most popular given first names. From the 1950s, the occurrence of the name decreased. In 2014, no more than 3% of the boys are given this name. [4] However, it still is one of the most widely distributed names.
Ludo Loos (1955–2019), Belgian racing cyclist; Ludo Martens (1946–2011), Belgian Communist political activist; Ludo Mikloško (born 1961), Czech football goalkeeper. Ľudo Ondrejov (1901–1962), Slovak poet and prose writer; Ludo Peeters (born 1953), Belgian racing cyclist; Ludo Philippaerts (born 1963), Belgian show jumping rider
The name is particularly common in French (from where the standard English pronunciation is derived), German (already in Middle High German), Dutch, and Afrikaans. In these instances Michel is equivalent to the English personal name Michael, although in Dutch the name Michaël is also common. Mitxel is the Basque form of Michael.
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Wouter is a Dutch masculine given name popular in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the Dutch equivalent of the English name Walter and French name Gauthier, both of Germanic origin, meaning "ruler of the army", "ruler of the forest" or "bright army". [1] Wouter is sometimes shortened to Wout. The patronymic surname of Wouter is Wouters.