Gunnhild

Gender
Female (Feminine | Girl)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
The name Gunnhild is a combination of two Old Norse words, "gunnr" meaning war and "hildr" meaning battle. The name, therefore, means "war battle".
Popularity
Today, Gunnhild is a relatively rare name and is not ranked in the top 1000 most popular names in the US.

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Gunnhild Name meanings & History

The name Gunnhild is a combination of two Old Norse words, "gunnr" meaning war and "hildr" meaning battle. The name, therefore, means "war battle". Variant of Gunhild. The name Gunnhild is mainly used in Norway and Iceland.

Zodiac Sign of Gunnhild: Gregarious Gemini,Go-getter Virgo

Synonyms of Gunnhild:

G: Gregarious,Go-getter,Genuine,Goof-off

U: Undermining,Universality,Utopia,Unity,Understanding

N: Neat,Nervous,Nitpicking,Nice,Neurosis,Nutrition,Nagging

H: Hobnobbing,Hyper,Hope,Heart's Desire,Haggle

I: Involved,Intimate,Indulgence

L: Luscious,Lovely,Lazy,Languid,Lover,Legal,Liaison

D: Dutiful,Determined,Doting,Demanding,Domestic,Daddy

Gunnhild is:

  • a Boring name
  • a Classic name
  • a Comedic name

2.) GUNNHILD (Female)

Usage: Scandinavian

Meanings: From an Old Norse compound name meaning “battle maid” which contains the elements gunnr (war, strife, battle) and hildr (battle). The name was popular in the Viking age and is attributed to several women in Norse mythology, one being the wife of Asmund, the son of the Norwegian king Svipdag. Another, Queen Gunhild, was the wife of King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark and the mother of Canute the Great. Var: Gunhild. Short: Gun, Gunn. (GUN-HIL, GUN-HILD, GOON-HIL, GOON-HILD)


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