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“respectful protector”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Amund is a masculine given name documented in Norwegian. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Ǫgmundr. English Wikipedia gives the meaning “respectful protector”.
Separate records with matching spellings: Åmund (Q141585634)
Meaning: “respectful protector”
From Old Norse Ǫgmundr and from Ámundi "great" + " protection". Cognate with Faroese Øgmundur, Icelandic Ögmundur, and Swedish Amund.
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Norway, 2025: 93 boys (rank 74). Documented as a given name in Norwegian.
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03 / By the numbers
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1945–2025 Spelling: Amund
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 18 | 197 | observed |
| 1946 | 21 | 186 | observed |
| 1947 | 23 | 180 | observed |
| 1948 | 22 | 181 | observed |
| 1949 | 10 | 255 | observed |
| 1950 | 15 | 220 | observed |
| 1951 | 12 | 242 | observed |
| 1952 | 14 | 214 | observed |
| 1953 | 11 | 247 | observed |
| 1954 | 8 | 290 | observed |
| 1955 | 12 | 241 | observed |
| 1956 | 5 | 386 | observed |
| 1957 | 7 | 341 | observed |
| 1958 | 10 | 284 | observed |
| 1959 | 5 | 409 | observed |
| 1960 | 10 | 298 | observed |
| 1961 | 7 | 358 | observed |
| 1962 | 7 | 371 | observed |
| 1963 | 11 | 300 | observed |
| 1964 | 10 | 331 | observed |
| 1965 | 6 | 429 | observed |
| 1966 | 13 | 292 | observed |
| 1967 | 13 | 287 | observed |
| 1968 | 14 | 277 | observed |
| 1969 | 14 | 291 | observed |
| 1970 | 7 | 439 | observed |
| 1971 | 15 | 288 | observed |
| 1972 | 15 | 294 | observed |
| 1973 | 13 | 322 | observed |
| 1974 | 24 | 228 | observed |
| 1975 | 27 | 205 | observed |
| 1976 | 34 | 190 | observed |
| 1977 | 36 | 178 | observed |
| 1978 | 38 | 172 | observed |
| 1979 | 30 | 204 | observed |
| 1980 | 41 | 167 | observed |
| 1981 | 43 | 157 | observed |
| 1982 | 39 | 173 | observed |
| 1983 | 42 | 156 | observed |
| 1984 | 30 | 203 | observed |
| 1985 | 30 | 205 | observed |
| 1986 | 36 | 182 | observed |
| 1987 | 28 | 210 | observed |
| 1988 | 35 | 183 | observed |
| 1989 | 33 | 197 | observed |
| 1990 | 24 | 229 | observed |
| 1991 | 37 | 179 | observed |
| 1992 | 31 | 202 | observed |
| 1993 | 26 | 226 | observed |
| 1994 | 47 | 143 | observed |
| 1995 | 54 | 131 | observed |
| 1996 | 56 | 122 | observed |
| 1997 | 48 | 146 | observed |
| 1998 | 67 | 106 | observed |
| 1999 | 66 | 107 | observed |
| 2000 | 50 | 141 | observed |
| 2001 | 64 | 106 | observed |
| 2002 | 61 | 118 | observed |
| 2003 | 73 | 106 | observed |
| 2004 | 70 | 108 | observed |
| 2005 | 59 | 117 | observed |
| 2006 | 85 | 97 | observed |
| 2007 | 76 | 103 | observed |
| 2008 | 81 | 106 | observed |
| 2009 | 47 | 144 | observed |
| 2010 | 74 | 110 | observed |
| 2011 | 54 | 135 | observed |
| 2012 | 65 | 115 | observed |
| 2013 | 54 | 128 | observed |
| 2014 | 60 | 116 | observed |
| 2015 | 61 | 116 | observed |
| 2016 | 56 | 125 | observed |
| 2017 | 68 | 102 | observed |
| 2018 | 49 | 126 | observed |
| 2019 | 71 | 94 | observed |
| 2020 | 60 | 95 | observed |
| 2021 | 74 | 85 | observed |
| 2022 | 68 | 94 | observed |
| 2023 | 67 | 98 | observed |
| 2024 | 77 | 89 | observed |
| 2025 | 93 | 74 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Amund” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Amund— “awful protection”
_Aug_ is the oldest form in the North, as in Augmund, which, however, was soon turned into Ogmund, Agmund, and Amund, a shape in which it is common in the North, while in the Low Countries it gave the title of Egmont to the victim of Alva. Ogwald has run something the same course in the North, and become Avald; Œgunn and Œgulv are also there; and in Germany Egiheri once existed, and gave us the surnames of Agar and Eggar; Eggerich makes the Frisian Eggert, Iggerick, and Eggo.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter II (Names From Teuton Mythology), Section XIII (Œgir) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
