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Male Name
Usage
Old Swedish
Old Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Icelandic
Faroese
Greenlandic
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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
Male
Gunnarsen
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Gunnarson
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Gunnarssen
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Gunnarsson
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Gunnarssøn
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Gunnarsøn
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Female
Gunnardatter
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Gunnardotter
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Gunnarsdatter
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Gunnarsdotter
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Gunnarsdóttir
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Gunnar
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Genitive: |
Gunnars
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- Faroese |
Nominative: |
Gunnar
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Accusative: |
Gunnar
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Dative: |
Gunnari
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Genitive: |
Gunnars
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- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Gunnar
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Genitive: |
Gunnarin
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Partitive: |
Gunnaria
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- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Gunnar
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Accusative: |
Gunnar
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Dative: |
Gunnari
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Genitive: |
Gunnars
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- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Gunnar
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Genitive: |
Gunnars
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- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Gunnar
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Genitive: |
Gunnars
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Name Days
Norway
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9 January
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 Finland (Swedish Language)
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8 January
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Sweden
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9 January
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Further Information
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
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
Statistics
Name Count per Country
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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [12][14][13][16]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [17]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
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