Given name
Gunilla
“a battlemaiden”
Gunilla is a variant of Gunhilda. One interpretation is “a battlemaiden.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gunilla is a variant of Gunhilda. One interpretation is “a battlemaiden.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Swedish use, Gunilla is a Latinized form of Gunnhild. An origin associated with Gunnhild is Old Norse.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Swedish use, Gunilla is used as a form of Gunnhild.
Gunilla’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Gunilla has a diminutive in NILLA. Gunilla has a related form in Gunhilda. Gunilla is a Latinized form of Gunnhild.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gunilla
- Gunilla BielkeQueen of Sweden (1568-1597)
- Gunilla BergströmSwedish writer, illustrator and journalist (1942–2021)
- Gunilla AnderssonSwedish ice hockey playerborn 1975
- Gunilla RöörSwedish actressborn 1959
- Gunilla NyroosSwedish actressborn 1945
- Gunilla CarlssonSwedish politicianborn 1963
- Gunilla AhrenSwedish paralpine skierborn 1961
- Gunilla GerlandSwedish author, lecturer and debater on the topic of Asperger syndromeborn 1963
- Gunilla BandolinSwedish sculptorborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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