Gūnnur

given name · Latin script

Gūnnur is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Iceland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: First bearer born 1911. Shortened from names ending in -gunnur (e.g. Arngunnur, Hildigunnur), or directly from gunnur (“battle”).

rarermore common
  • ISIceland1 in 6.9K(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 1.5M
  • SESweden1 in 3.4M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Iceland (measured from records)

51 people, 2026

Sources
14 (measured from records)

Reference-verified

1 in 6.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Iceland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Gunnur in IS Iceland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

First bearer born 1911. Shortened from names ending in -gunnur (e.g. Arngunnur, Hildigunnur), or directly from gunnur (“battle”).

Sources 2

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gūnnur counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gūnnur is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IS Iceland511 in 6.9K51Gunnur14
DK Denmark41 in 1.5M4—1
SE Sweden31 in 3.4M3—1
IN India——3——
EE Estonia——listed——

51 people counted by Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry), 2026. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Gūnnur under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gūnnur mean, and where does it come from?
First bearer born 1911. Shortened from names ending in -gunnur (e.g. Arngunnur, Hildigunnur), or directly from gunnur (“battle”). Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
Is Gūnnur a male or female name?
Gūnnur is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Gūnnur have the most bearers?
In Iceland, the national register counted about 51 people named Gūnnur, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gunnur.
Where is Gūnnur most common?
Gūnnur is densest in Iceland, where the national register counts about 1 in 6.9 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Gūnnur?
In Iceland, the national register counted 51 people named Gūnnur in 2026, about 1 in 6.9 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gūnnur”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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