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

Danish: Gunnar
Estonian: Gunnar, Kunnar
Faroese: Gunnar
Icelandic: Gunnar
Norwegian: Gunnar
Swedish: Gunnar

References

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

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