Gunnar

== Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse Gunnarr, cognate with German Günther and medieval English Gunter. === Proper noun === Gunnar 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 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 a male given name ==== Usage notes ==== Patronymics Gunnar's son: Gunnarsson Gunnar's daughter: Gunnarsdóttir ==== Declension ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse Gunnarr. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ʏnːar === Proper noun === Gunnar m (proper noun, genitive singular Gunnars) a male given name ==== Declension ==== == 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 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 accusative of Gunnarr === Proper noun === 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 ==== 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.