Boy · Old High German
Gunther
Say it: GOON-ter
Meaning
From Germanic gund 'battle' and heri 'army'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Recalls the historical Burgundian king Gundahar; Günter was very common in Germany in the 1930s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 1,014 babies given this name since 1924
- At its height in 1995, about 1 in 59,500 boys
- 23 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Günther, Günter
| English | Gunther |
|---|---|
| Old Norse | Gunnar |
Famous bearers
- Gunther, Burgundian king of the Nibelungenlied
- Günter Grass, novelist
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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