Given name & surname

Gun

“a white-skinned man; a white-haired man”

Gun is a variant of Gunn. One Scottish interpretation is “a white-skinned man; a white-haired man.”

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Gun is a variant of Gunn. One Scottish interpretation is “a white-skinned man; a white-haired man.”

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Where it comes from

Gun is a variant of Gunn. An origin associated with Gunn is Old Norse.

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How it developed

From Old Norse Gunnr.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Gun’s family of names

In Swedish usage, Gun shares a linguistic root with Gunda. Gun has a related form in Gunn. In Swedish usage, Gun continues an earlier form in GUNNR.

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Around the world

Gun has relatives in 3 languages.

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 5

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Gun

Characters named Gun: Li Gun (Water Margin character).

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