Gundula
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a diminutive of the female given name Gunda
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɡʊndʊla/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gundula is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.
- DEGermany
- ATAustria
- PLPoland
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a diminutive of the female given name Gunda
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- ATAustria
- PLPoland
- FRFrance
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Gundula is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, weibl. Vom., Weiterbildung von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gundula Korteb. 1930DEGerman actress
- Gundula Janowitzb. 1937ATAustrian opera soprano (born 1937)
- Gundula Dielb. 1941DEGerman hurdler
- Gundula Petrovskab. 1943DEGerman actress (1943-2017)
- Gundula Schulze Eldowyb. 1954DEGerman photographer (born 1954)
- Gundula Rapschb. 1963DEGerman actress (1963-2011)
- Gundula Gauseb. 1965DEGerman television presenter and news presenter
- Gundula Bavendammb. 1965DEGerman historian
- Gundula Heinatzb. 1969DEGerman chess player
- Gundula Niemeyerb. 1978DEfilm actor and stage actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 17 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2020 | 48 | #1,837 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 22 | #22,962 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 16 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 16 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2013 | 16 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2012 | 16 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2011 | 16 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 15 | #31,386 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 15 | #30,528 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 15 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 15 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 15 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gundula mean, and where does it come from?
- a diminutive of the female given name Gunda Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Gundula?
- In the etymology graph, Gunna and Gunnr are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Gunda.
- How do you pronounce Gundula?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡʊndʊla/ (IPA) for German.
- Is Gundula a male or female name?
- Gundula 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 Gundula have the most bearers?
- Gundula is most frequently recorded in Germany.
What do you want to know about Gundula?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gundulaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Gundula”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.