Given name & surname
Günter
“a warrior”
In German use, Günter is a variant of Gunther. One German interpretation is “a warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Günter is a variant of Gunther. One German interpretation is “a warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Günter is a variant of Günther. An origin associated with Günther is Germanic. In German use, Günter is a variant of Gunther. An origin associated with Gunther is German.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Old High German gund (“battle”), from Proto-West Germanic *Gunþihari, from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Günter’s family of names
In German usage, Günter has a related form in Gunther. In German usage, Günter has a related form in Gunther. In German usage, Günter has a related form in Gunter.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Günter
- Günter GrassGerman novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)
- Günter BlobelGerman American biologist (1999 Nobel Prize)1936–2018
- Günter NetzerGerman association football player (born 1944)
- Günter SchabowskiGerman politician (1929-2015)
- Günter BehnischGerman architect, submarine commander in World War II (1922–2010)
- Günter VerheugenGerman politicianborn 1944
- Günter EichGerman poet and radio playwright (1907–1972)
- Günter WallraffGerman writer and journalistborn 1942
- Günter KunertGerman writer (1929-2019)
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