Girl · Old Norse, through Norman French
Gunnora
Say it: guh-NOR-uh
Meaning
From Old Norse Gunnvǫr, whose first element is gunnr 'battle'; the second is uncertain.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A Scandinavian name carried by Norman settlers and found in English records into the 13th century.
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
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Gunnor, Gonnor
| Old Norse | Gunnvǫr |
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Famous bearers
- Gunnor, Duchess of Normandy, great-grandmother of William the Conqueror
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Where this comes from
- Medieval European charters and records
- Royal and noble genealogies
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