Given name
Gunnarr
“fight”·“warrior”
Gunnarr is a masculine given name from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Old Norse.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gunnarr is built from elements meaning “fight” and “warrior”.
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How it developed
From Proto-Indo-European *kóryos, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gunnarr through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 28 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2016.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gunnarr’s family of names
In Old Norse usage, Gunnarr shares a linguistic root with the German form Günther. In Old Norse usage, Gunnarr has a later derivative in Gunnar. In Old Norse usage, Gunnarr has a later derivative in Gunārs.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Gunnarr has relatives in 8 languages.
3 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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