Gunnar

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Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish
Old Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese
Greenlandic

Origin and Meaning

Old Swedish, Old Danish and younger form of Gunnarr ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9]

Related Names

See *Gunþa-harjaR

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Gunnarsen
Gunnarson
Gunnarssen
Gunnarsson
Gunnarssøn
Gunnarsøn

Female

Gunnardatter
Gunnardotter
Gunnarsdatter
Gunnarsdotter
Gunnarsdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Gunnar
Genitive:	Gunnars

- Faroese
Nominative:	Gunnar
Accusative:	Gunnar
Dative:	Gunnari
Genitive:	Gunnars

- Finnish
Nominative:	Gunnar
Genitive:	Gunnarin
Partitive:	Gunnaria

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Gunnar
Accusative:	Gunnar
Dative:	Gunnari
Genitive:	Gunnars

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Gunnar
Genitive:	Gunnars

- Swedish
Nominative:	Gunnar
Genitive:	Gunnars

Name Days

Norway Norway

9 January

Finland (Swedish Language)

8 January

Sweden Sweden

9 January

Further Information

Strongest Period of Usage

Denmark: 1910-1929 ^[6]
Norway: 1920-1925 ^[9]

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway:
- Telemark (after the Protestant Reformation - ca. 1900) ^[2]
- Setesdal (after the Protestant Reformation - ca. 1900) ^[2]
Denmark:
- Bornholm ^[6]
- Lolland-Falster ^[6]
Sweden:
- Västergötland ^[10]
- Halland ^[10]

Namesakes

Gunnar Wennerberg (2 October 1817 – 24 August 1901), Swedish poet, composer and politician
Gunnar Knudsen (né Aanon Gunerius Knudsen, 19 September 1848 - 1 December 1928), former Prime Minister of Norway (1908-1910 + 1913-1920)
Gunnar Gunnarsson (18 May 1889 – 21 November 1975), Icelandic author
Karl Gunnar Myrdal, 6 December 1898 – 17 May 1987, Swedish economist, sociologist, politician and Nobel laureate (Economics, 1974)
Gunnar "Nu" Valdemar Hansen (20 October 1905 - 5 January 1993), Danish sports journalist
Gunnar Ernst Algot Sandgren (27 June 1929 - 4 November 2016), Swedish novelist and playwright

Placenames

Gunderslev - 1322 Gunnærsløf (Sjælland, Denmark) ^[11]

Trivia

Gunnar is also used as an Icelandic horse name

Statistics

Name Count per Country

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Country	Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[12]	1	4	16678	107614
Norway^[13]	0	n.a.	12929	n.a.
Denmark^[14]	0	n.a.	4119	n.a.
Iceland^[15]	0	0	3156	4052
Finland^[16]	0	0	n.a.	13192
^#: count of main first name only
^&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Gunnar(m) Sources: ^[12]^[14]^[13]^[16]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Gunnar(m) Sources: ^[17]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Gunnar(m)

Sources: ^[12] ^[14] ^[13] ^[16]

References

↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
↑ Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
↑ Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Colette van Luik: Stora boken om namn (2009)
↑ Kristian Hald: Personnavne i Danmark - Oldtiden (1971)
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 ^16.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ details see Name Statistic tables

[pet-1] Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)

[nper-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)

[ott-3] Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)

[dah-4] Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)

[pal-5] Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)

[mel-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)

[blo-7] Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)

[bry-8] Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)

[alh-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)

[lui-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Colette van Luik: Stora boken om namn (2009)

[halo-11] Kristian Hald: Personnavne i Danmark - Oldtiden (1971)

[scb.se-12] 12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/

[ssb.no-13] 13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no

[dst.dk-14] 14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk

[hag.is-15] Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/

[vrf.fi-16] 16.0 ^16.1 ^16.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi

[17] tails see Name Statistic tables

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