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Gudny or Guðný is a Nordic female given name, which means "she who the gods make young." Gudny is popular in the Nordic countries and was the 18th most popular female name in
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
Guðný Halldórsdóttir
Guðný Halldórsdóttir (born 23 January 1954) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. She has directed eight films since 1984, including ''Under the Glacier'' and ''The Honour of the House''. She wrote the screenplay for 1986 comedy ' ...
(born 1954), Icelandic film director
* Guðný Björk Óðinsdóttir (born 1988), Icelandic football player
See also
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Icelandic name
Icelandic names are names used by people from Iceland. Icelandic surnames are different from most other naming systems in the modern Western world by being patronymic or occasionally matronymic: they indicate the father (or mother) of the child ...