Given name & surname
Guttorm
“god”·“to spare, respect”
Guttorm is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Nynorsk.
Original Old NorseGuðþormr
Meaning & origin
What it means
Guttorm is built from elements meaning “god” and “to spare, respect”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Norse Guðþormr, built from Old Norse guð (“god”) + þormr.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Guttorm’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Guttorm has a related form in Gudtorm. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Guttorm continues an earlier form in Guðþormr.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 Guttorm
- Guttorm of NorwayKing of Norway1199–1204
- Guttorm Bergealpine skier (1929–2004)
- Guttorm HansenNorwegian politician (1920-2009)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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