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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse Gunnarr, cognate with German Günther and medieval English Gunter.
Proper noun
Gunnar
- a male given name
References
- 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
- a male given name
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse Gunnarr, from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gunnar m
- a male given name
Declension
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Singular
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Indefinite
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Nominative
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Gunnar
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Accusative
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Gunnar
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Dative
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Gunnari
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Genitive
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Gunnars
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Derived terms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse Gunnarr.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gunnar m
- a male given name
Declension
Norwegian Nynorsk
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
- 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.[1][2]
Patronymics:
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.
- ^ K. Jonas Nordby (2002) Nyere tids runer i Hardanger, page 96
- ^ K. Jonas Nordby (2001) Etterreformatoriske runeinnskrifter i Norge: Opphav og tradisjon, page 85
Old Norse
Proper noun
Gunnar m
- accusative of Gunnarr
Gunnar f
- genitive of Guðr
- genitive of Gunnr
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse Gunnarr.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gunnar c (genitive Gunnars)
- a male given name
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- 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.