Gunder

Where Gunder comes from

Gunder hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1884
    Debut at its peak, #971
    #971 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1885
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1918
    Gunder Hägg born
    Swedish middle and long distance runner
  4. 1946
    Gunder Bengtsson born
    Swedish football manager
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Gunder Hägg · Swedish middle and long distance runner, 1918–2004
  • Gunder Bengtsson · Swedish football manager, 1946–2019
  • Gunder Gundersen · Norwegian Nordic combined skier, 1930–2005
  • Gunder Anton Jahren · Norwegian politician, 1858–1933
  • Gunder Aas · Norwegian politician, 1785–1853

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.