Gunnarr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Old Norse gunnr (“fight”) and -arr from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“warrior”), from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz. Cognates include: German Günther, Gunther.

Proper noun

Gunnarr m

1. a male given name

Descendants

• Icelandic: Gunnar
• Faroese: Gunnar
• Norwegian: Gunna(r), Gon(n)ar, Gunnår
• Old Swedish: Gunnar
  • Swedish: Gunnar
• Danish: Gunder, → Gunnar
  • → Faroese: Gundur
  • → Norwegian: Gunder, Gunner
• → Estonian: Gunnar, Kunnar

References

• Gunnar; in: Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN