The name Gunnar comes from the Old Norse name Gunnarr, which means ‘soldier’ or ‘fighter’. In Norse legend, Gunnar was the husband of Brynhildr. He had his brother-in-law Sigurd murdered based on his wife’s false accusations.
Gunnar is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The name Gunnar isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Gunnar ranks 424. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 4 were named Gunnar. In the entire USA, approximately 14,121 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Gunnar. That is 0.00 % of all living Americans.
The name Gunnar comes from the Old Norse name Gunnarr, which means ‘soldier’ or ‘fighter’. In Norse legend, Gunnar was the husband of Brynhildr. He had his brother-in-law Sigurd murdered based on his wife’s false accusations.
Gunnar is a... popular name in Iceland and is used since about 1990 in the US.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter G is not really common as a first letter for boys' names: only 2.8% of all common boys' names in the US begin with G. By the way, the most common first letters of boys' names are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.
With six letters, the name Gunnar is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that with 2.8% of all boys' names beginning with a G, this initial letter is less common than the other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are boys' names with G that are quite popular, the most common at present is George.
If your name is Gunnar and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Gunnar, you can simply say:
Goat
Unicorn
Nut
Nut
Apple
Rocket
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Gunnar
Gunnar
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
G
U
N
N
A
R
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
G
U
N
N
A
R
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Gunnar sounds like this:
