Given name & surname
Guenther
“a warrior”
Guenther is a variant of Gunther. One German interpretation is “a warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Guenther is a variant of Gunther. One German interpretation is “a warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Guenther is a variant of Gunther. An origin associated with Gunther is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Guenther through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 71
- 71 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1960. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1930. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 376 as a first name in 2020; 9,439 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Guenther’s family of names
Guenther has a related form in Gunther. In German usage, Guenther as a surname has a related form in Günther.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Guenther
- Guenther Steinerformer team principal of Haas F1 Teamborn 1965
- Guenther RothGerman-American sociologist1931–2019
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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