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

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

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