The runes mani can be interpreted in two ways, since runic inscriptions never repeat two runes. One possibility is that it refers to Máni, the moon, and the other alternative is the male name "Manni" which is derived from "maðr" ("man"). The runes mus:kia are more challenging and the older interpretation that it was "Mus-Gea" is now rejected. It is probably a nominalization of "myskia" which means "darken" as during sunset, and one scholar has suggested that it could mean "sunset" and "twilight" and refer to e.g. a hair colour. A second theory is that the name refers to the animal bat. It is also disputed whether it is a man's name or a woman's name, but most scholars think that it refers to a woman. The name "Myskia" appears in a second runic inscription in Södermanland, and it may refer to the same person.