Given name
Guðmundr
“god”·“protection”
Guðmundr is a masculine given name. It is used in Old Norse.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Guðmundr is built from elements meaning “god” and “protection”.
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How it developed
Built from Old Norse guð (“god”) + mundr (“protection”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Guðmundr’s family of names
In Old Norse usage, Guðmundr shares a linguistic root with the Old English form Guþmund. In Old Norse usage, Guðmundr has a later derivative in GUDMUND.
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Around the world
Guðmundr has relatives in 5 languages.
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