Gunnar

Where Gunnar comes from

Gunnar 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. 1893
    First appearance
    #1,035 among boys, 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 — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

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

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.