Gunnar

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Gunnarr, cognate with German Günther and medieval English Gunter.

Proper noun

Gunnar

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Gunner

References

• [3] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 117 males with the given name Gunnar have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Estonian

Etymology

From Old Norse Gunnarr.

Proper noun

Gunnar

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Kunnar

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Gunnarr, from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊnːaɹ/
• Rhymes: -ʊnːaɹ

Proper noun

Gunnar m

1. a male given name

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Gunnar
Accusative	Gunnar
Dative	Gunnari
Genitive	Gunnars

Derived terms

• Gunnarsson, patronymic, son of Gunnar
• Gunnarsdóttir, patronymic, daughter of Gunnar

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Gunnarr.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʏnːar

Proper noun

Gunnar m

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Gunnar
m-s1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Gunnar
accusative	Gunnar
dative	Gunnari
genitive	Gunnars

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Gunna, Gonnar, Gonar, Gunnår (regional variants)

Etymology

From Old Norse Gunnarr, from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz, from *gunþiz (“battle”) + *harjaz (“warrior”). Cognate with Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish Gunnar, Danish Gunder and German Gunther.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɡʊnːar/, /²ɡʉnːar/
• (segmentation) IPA^(key): /²ɡʊdnar/
• (palatalisation) IPA^(key): /²ɡʊɲːar/, (Sunnmøre) /²ɡʊɲːa/

Proper noun

Gunnar m

1. a male given name from Old Norse

Usage notes

The name is also found in various 19th century rune inscriptions from Hordaland, using the Danicised form Gunder: ᚵᚢᚿᚦᛅᚱ.

Patronymics:

• son of Gunnar: Gunnarsson
• daughter of Gunnar: Gunnarsdotter

Related terms

• gunn (name element)

References

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 149
• Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 11 805 males with the given name Gunnar living in Norway on January 1st 2022, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 2nd January, 2022.

Old Norse

Proper noun

Gunnar m

1. accusative of Gunnarr

Gunnar f

1. genitive of Guðr
2. genitive of Gunnr

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Gunnarr.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Gunnar c (genitive Gunnars)

1. a male given name

Related terms

• (surnames) Gunnarsson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [4] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 116 897 males with the given name Gunnar living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on 19 June 2011.