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Idun

Idun is the Norse goddess who keeps the apples of youth, and the name is associated with renewal and immortality.

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Idun is the Norse goddess who keeps the apples of youth, and the name is strongly associated with renewal, vitality, and immortality. In myth, she stands for the preservation of life and the return of freshness, which gives the name an unusually vivid symbolic charge.

As a modern name, Idun feels crisp, ancient, and mythic. It has the rare ability to sound both short and monumental, because the story behind it is so strong. The name suggests youth not as a passing stage, but as a guarded and repeated renewal, which makes it feel enduring and powerful.

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