Given name & surname · also Danish

Gundersen

Gundersen is a surname from Danish, ultimately from Norwegian. It is used in English, Danish, and Norwegian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Gundersen comes from Danish, and ultimately from Norwegian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Danish usage, Gundersen as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Gunder.

Gundersen’s family of names

In Danish usage, Gundersen as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Gunder. In Norwegian usage, Gundersen has a later derivative in GUNNERSON.

Walk Gundersen’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 2

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

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Norwegian

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Norwegian

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No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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