Given name & surname
Guri
“resembling a young lioness”
Guri is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a young lioness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a young lioness.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From Old Norse Guðríðr, built from Old Norse guð (“god”) + fríðr (“beautiful”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Guri’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Guri shares a linguistic root with the Faroese form Guðrið. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Guri has a related form in Gudrid. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Guri has a related form in Gudrid.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Guri has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
8 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 17
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Guri
- Guri SchankeNorwegian singerborn 1961
- Guri MelbyNorwegian politicianborn 1981
- Guri IngebrigtsenNorwegian politician (1952-2020)
- Guri StormoenNorwegian actress (1901–1974)
- Guri HjeltnesNorwegian historian and journalistborn 1953
- Guri Madhipainter (1921-1988)
- Guri RichterDanish actress (1917-1995)
- Guri HetlandNorwegian cross-country skierborn 1974
- Guri BergNorwegian artist and sculptor (born 1963)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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