Given name

Gjermund

Gjermund is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Nynorsk.

Original Old NorseGeirmundr

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Gjermund comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old Norse Geirmundr.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Gjermund’s family of names

In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Gjermund has a related form in GEIRMUND. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Gjermund continues an earlier form in Geirmundr.

Walk Gjermund’s family in the name graph

GjermundGeirmundGeirmundurGermundGeirmundr

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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.

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Old Norse

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Old Norse

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Old Norse

Gjerde

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Old Norse

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Old Norse

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Old Norse

Oddmund

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Old Norse

Jåsund

“narrow” · “sound”

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Old High German

Gjurd

“God is peace”

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>99% boys

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