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A name. A world of connections.
“god” + “beautiful”
/ˈɡʉː.ri/ · Norwegian Bokmål
01 / Meaning & origin
Guri is a feminine given name documented in Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Guðríðr, from the components “god” + “beautiful”.
Meaning: “god” + “beautiful”
Inherited from Old Norse Guðríðr, from Guðfríðr, from guð (“god”) + fríðr (“beautiful”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Guri, Danish Gyrith, Swedish Gyrid, Faroese Guðrið and Icelandic Guðríður (“female given name”).
02 / Across borders
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2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Guri
Recorded category girls
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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 | 49 | 107 | observed |
| 1946 | 61 | 99 | observed |
| 1947 | 71 | 87 | observed |
| 1948 | 48 | 114 | observed |
| 1949 | 59 | 98 | observed |
| 1950 | 59 | 95 | observed |
| 1951 | 57 | 96 | observed |
| 1952 | 49 | 105 | observed |
| 1953 | 40 | 126 | observed |
| 1954 | 58 | 95 | observed |
| 1955 | 55 | 94 | observed |
| 1956 | 59 | 95 | observed |
| 1957 | 54 | 98 | observed |
| 1958 | 74 | 82 | observed |
| 1959 | 50 | 103 | observed |
| 1960 | 61 | 94 | observed |
| 1961 | 66 | 89 | observed |
| 1962 | 65 | 93 | observed |
| 1963 | 40 | 124 | observed |
| 1964 | 60 | 102 | observed |
| 1965 | 44 | 122 | observed |
| 1966 | 43 | 126 | observed |
| 1967 | 38 | 131 | observed |
| 1968 | 38 | 141 | observed |
| 1969 | 47 | 130 | observed |
| 1970 | 33 | 156 | observed |
| 1971 | 28 | 181 | observed |
| 1972 | 37 | 156 | observed |
| 1973 | 27 | 189 | observed |
| 1974 | 31 | 177 | observed |
| 1975 | 27 | 189 | observed |
| 1976 | 31 | 171 | observed |
| 1977 | 20 | 231 | observed |
| 1978 | 20 | 235 | observed |
| 1979 | 21 | 231 | observed |
| 1980 | 19 | 249 | observed |
| 1981 | 23 | 214 | observed |
| 1982 | 15 | 291 | observed |
| 1983 | 11 | 352 | observed |
| 1984 | 8 | 453 | observed |
| 1985 | 17 | 274 | observed |
| 1986 | 7 | 496 | observed |
| 1987 | 14 | 316 | observed |
| 1988 | 12 | 363 | observed |
| 1989 | 9 | 436 | observed |
| 1990 | 14 | 331 | observed |
| 1991 | 8 | 449 | observed |
| 1992 | 11 | 370 | observed |
| 1993 | 10 | 381 | observed |
| 1994 | 10 | 374 | observed |
| 1995 | 12 | 323 | observed |
| 1996 | 9 | 390 | observed |
| 1997 | 9 | 387 | observed |
| 1998 | 10 | 359 | observed |
| 1999 | 9 | 387 | observed |
| 2000 | 10 | 364 | observed |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | 5 | 536 | observed |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | 6 | 465 | observed |
| 2005 | 6 | 479 | observed |
| 2006 | 5 | 543 | observed |
| 2007 | 5 | 543 | observed |
| 2008 | 7 | 459 | observed |
| 2009 | 5 | 544 | observed |
| 2010 | 4 | 580 | observed |
| 2011 | 4 | 562 | observed |
| 2012 | 4 | 561 | observed |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | 4 | 520 | observed |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | 4 | 471 | observed |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | 4 | 478 | observed |
| 2025 | 5 | 454 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Guri” 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
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
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
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.
