Given name

Gunill

Gunill is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Jamtish.

Original Old NorseGunnhildr

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Gunill comes from Old Norse.

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How it developed

From Old Norse Gunnhildr.

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Gunill’s family of names

In Jamtish usage, Gunill continues an earlier form in Gunnhildr.

Walk Gunill’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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

Similar names

If you love Gunill, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old Norse

Gunnhild

“a battlemaiden”

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Old Norse

Guðrið

Guðrið is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

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Old Norse

Gunnrið

Gunnrið is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

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Old Norse

Gunby

“settlement”

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Old English

Gunton

“enclosure; settlement, town”

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Old Norse

Gunnvör

Gunnvör is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic.

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Old Norse

Gunnvor

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Old Norse

Gunnborg

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Gunill’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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