Boy · Old Norse
Guðmundur
Say it: GVOOTH-mun-dur
Meaning
From Old Norse guð 'god' and mundr 'protection' (or 'bride-price').
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Among the most common Icelandic men's names for centuries.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Gudmundur
| Old Norse | Guðmundr |
|---|---|
| Norwegian | Gudmund |
Famous bearers
- Guðmundr Arason, 13th-century bishop of Hólar
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Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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