Gunnar

Where Gunnar comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Gunnar.

Gunnar through the years
  1. 1893
    First appearance
    #1,035 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1898
    Gunnar Myrdal born
    Swedish economist
  3. 1921
    Gunnar Nordahl born
    Swedish association football player
  4. 2014
    Peak, #382
    816 babies named Gunnar, its best rank.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Gunnar Myrdal · Swedish economist, 1898–1987
  • Gunnar Nordahl · Swedish association football player, 1921–1995
  • Gunnar Gren · Swedish footballer, 1920–1991
  • Gunnar Asplund · Swedish architect, 1885–1940
  • Gunnar Ekelöf · Swedish writer, 1907–1968

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.