| Vrakuňa | |
| Settlement Type: | Borough |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Slovakia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bratislava II |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | y |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Vrakuňa in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 48.1333°N 17.1167°W |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Martin Kuruc |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Population As Of: | |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code: | - |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
Vrakuňa (Hungarian: Vereknye, German: Fragendorf) is a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia. It is divided by into two parts by the Little Danube river.
The first written mention of Vrakuňa was in 1279 as a village named Werekne. Some other recorded medieval names are Verekene (1290), Frecendorf (1297), Verekuna (1323), Oluerekenye (1356), Berekenye in theutonico Fratedorf (1393) or Vraknye (1459).
The name is probably derived from a Proto-Slavic appelative *vrakunъ, potentially reflecting Pre-Christian (pagan) rituals. The stem vra- means "to speak without making any sense", vrakúň – a wizzard, preserved in Russian as вракун/vrakun – a liar, a gossip).[1] [2] Lajos Kiss (1988) tried to drive the name from Proto-Slavic vir- (a whirl). Šimon Ondruš (1990) from Proto-Slavic vorkъ (in East Slavic languages: vorok - a fence, a barrier) like Vorkonъ, Vorkunovka and other similar names,[3] but documented only for the East Slavs.
Vrakuňa became an official borough of Bratislava on January 1, 1972.