Old Norse origin
Source-reportedFrom Old Norse Guðleikr, whence also Gudlak, Gullak.
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- Wiktionary: GudleikCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Chinese Wiktionary: GudleikCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
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Old Norse roots
Language context for this entry: Norwegian Nynorsk
[²ɡʉl.lɛ̝ɪ̯ˑk] · Norwegian Nynorsk
01 / Meaning & origin
Gudleik is a masculine given name documented in Norwegian Nynorsk. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Guðleikr.
From Old Norse Guðleikr, whence also Gudlak, Gullak.
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Documented as a given name in Norwegian Nynorsk.
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GUDLEIK— “divine praise”
Gudleik, divine service, is, perhaps, repeated by our St. Guthlac; but both these may come from _gund_. Gudmund contracts into Gulmund, divine protection. Five ladies called Gudny appear, which latter termination is a common feminine form, and comes from the same word as our _new_. If an adjective, it would mean young and pretty; if a noun, it stands for the new moon, a very graceful name for a woman. Guni is the contraction used in the North.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter II (Names From Teuton Mythology), Section I (Guth) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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