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01 / Meaning & origin
Gunhild is a feminine given name documented in German, Swedish, Danish and 3 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Gunnhildr via Old Swedish. English Wikipedia gives the meaning “war”.
Meaning: “war”
From Old Swedish Gunhild, from Old Norse Gunnhildr.
02 / Across borders
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United States, 1926: 5 girls (rank 4851).
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03 / By the numbers
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1945–2025 Spelling: Gunhild
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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 | 69 | 81 | observed |
| 1946 | 78 | 81 | observed |
| 1947 | 57 | 103 | observed |
| 1948 | 83 | 74 | observed |
| 1949 | 67 | 90 | observed |
| 1950 | 59 | 95 | observed |
| 1951 | 67 | 88 | observed |
| 1952 | 76 | 81 | observed |
| 1953 | 56 | 96 | observed |
| 1954 | 60 | 90 | observed |
| 1955 | 51 | 101 | observed |
| 1956 | 51 | 103 | observed |
| 1957 | 52 | 101 | observed |
| 1958 | 46 | 112 | observed |
| 1959 | 47 | 108 | observed |
| 1960 | 52 | 103 | observed |
| 1961 | 54 | 100 | observed |
| 1962 | 49 | 110 | observed |
| 1963 | 54 | 107 | observed |
| 1964 | 52 | 108 | observed |
| 1965 | 52 | 110 | observed |
| 1966 | 62 | 102 | observed |
| 1967 | 56 | 105 | observed |
| 1968 | 46 | 129 | observed |
| 1969 | 41 | 139 | observed |
| 1970 | 56 | 115 | observed |
| 1971 | 40 | 144 | observed |
| 1972 | 44 | 142 | observed |
| 1973 | 41 | 148 | observed |
| 1974 | 32 | 173 | observed |
| 1975 | 34 | 166 | observed |
| 1976 | 55 | 114 | observed |
| 1977 | 36 | 157 | observed |
| 1978 | 44 | 140 | observed |
| 1979 | 45 | 135 | observed |
| 1980 | 32 | 169 | observed |
| 1981 | 53 | 131 | observed |
| 1982 | 36 | 167 | observed |
| 1983 | 49 | 129 | observed |
| 1984 | 36 | 168 | observed |
| 1985 | 22 | 219 | observed |
| 1986 | 28 | 195 | observed |
| 1987 | 23 | 231 | observed |
| 1988 | 24 | 237 | observed |
| 1989 | 20 | 258 | observed |
| 1990 | 17 | 295 | observed |
| 1991 | 14 | 315 | observed |
| 1992 | 10 | 396 | observed |
| 1993 | 13 | 330 | observed |
| 1994 | 7 | 462 | observed |
| 1995 | 20 | 242 | observed |
| 1996 | 21 | 224 | observed |
| 1997 | 11 | 336 | observed |
| 1998 | 12 | 317 | observed |
| 1999 | 11 | 337 | observed |
| 2000 | 8 | 411 | observed |
| 2001 | 10 | 365 | observed |
| 2002 | 6 | 485 | observed |
| 2003 | 9 | 372 | observed |
| 2004 | 10 | 376 | observed |
| 2005 | 5 | 525 | observed |
| 2006 | 6 | 506 | observed |
| 2007 | 7 | 463 | observed |
| 2008 | 6 | 494 | observed |
| 2009 | 4 | 582 | observed |
| 2010 | 10 | 397 | observed |
| 2011 | 7 | 455 | observed |
| 2012 | 5 | 510 | observed |
| 2013 | 4 | 559 | observed |
| 2014 | 6 | 467 | observed |
| 2015 | 11 | 363 | observed |
| 2016 | 4 | 544 | observed |
| 2017 | 8 | 416 | observed |
| 2018 | 5 | 472 | observed |
| 2019 | 5 | 462 | observed |
| 2020 | 4 | 471 | observed |
| 2021 | 5 | 427 | observed |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | 4 | 489 | observed |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Gunhild” 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.
Gunhild— “war heroine”
Gunhild again was the Danish princess whose murder on St. Brice’s night brought her brother Sweyn down in fury upon England; and her nephew Knud likewise had a daughter so called, but who was Anglicized into Æthelthryth; and each generation of the Godwine family records a lady Gunhild. After the Conquest, however, Gunhild died away in England; but it has never been discarded in the North, where it is now called Gunnilda, or Gunula.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter IV (Heroic Names Of The Nibelung), Section IV (Gunther) · 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.
East German middle distance runner and politician
11th century Queen of Germany
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
wife of Eric Bloodaxe
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Danish royal consorts
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Swedish queen
Recorded 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
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · 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.
