Origin and popularity of the name GUNN

Origin

Gunn : English and Scottish: from the Old Norse personal name Gunnr (based on a word meaning ‘battle’) or perhaps from Gunne a pet form of the Old Norse female personal name Gunnhildr (see Gunnell).

Gundersen : Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Gunder from Old Norse Gunnarr a compound of gunn ‘battle’ + arr ‘warrior’. Compare Gunderson and Gunnerson.

Gunnarson : 1: Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish and Icelandic Gunnarsson: patronymic from the personal name Gunnar from Old Norse Gunnarr a compound of gunn ‘battle’ + arr ‘warrior’. Compare Gunderson and Gunnerson.2: Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Gunnarsen a cognate of 1 above.

Gunner : 1: English (southeastern England of Norman origin): from the Old Norse female personal name Gunvor Gunwǫr Gunnor also a common Norman name usually Latinized as Gunnora composed of the elements gunn ‘battle’ + vǫr a feminine form of varr ‘defender’.2: English: occupational name for an operator of heavy artillery from Middle English gonner ‘gunner’.3: Americanized form of German Gönner a habitational name for someone from any of numerous places called Gönne.

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Last name frequency

Geographic distribution of the 33,112 individuals with the name GUNN on Geneanet.

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