Given name · also Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian
Gunārs
Gunārs is a masculine given name from Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian, ultimately from Old Norse. It is used in Latvian.
Original Old NorseGunnarr
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Gunārs comes from Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian, and ultimately from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Latvian usage, Gunārs developed from GUNNARR.
Gunārs’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Gunārs developed from the Old Norse form GUNNARR.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gunārs
- Gunārs CilinskisSoviet and Latvian actor and film director (1931-1992)
- Gunārs PriedePlaywright and writer (1928–2000)
- Gunārs AstraLatvian human rights activist and anti-soviet dissident1931–1988
- Gunārs SkvorcovsLatvian ice hockey playerborn 1990
- Gunārs PiesisLatvian film director (1931–1996)
- Gunārs LūsisLatvian designer and graphic designerborn 1950
- Gunārs BindeLatvian photographerborn 1933
- Gunārs MeierovicsLatvian politician (1920-2007)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Gunārs, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Gunnor
“a bold warrior”
>99% boys
Gunton
“enclosure; settlement, town”
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Guhtur
Guhtur is a masculine given name from Norwegian, ultimately from Old Norse. It is used in Northern Sami.
>99% boys
Guttorm
“god” · “to spare, respect”
>99% boys
Gunby
“settlement”
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Gunnrød
Gunnrød is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Nynorsk.
>99% boys
Gudtorm
“god” · “to spare, respect”
>99% boys
Gunstone
“enclosure; settlement, town”
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