Gunner

Where Gunner comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Gunner.

Gunner through the years
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #4,230 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1973
    Gunner Wright born
    American actor
  3. 1993
    Gunner Kiel born
    American football player
  4. 2014
    Peak, #235
    1,578 babies named Gunner, its best rank.
  5. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #437.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Gunner Wright · American actor, born 1973
  • Gunner Kiel · American football player, born 1993
  • Gunner Nielsen · Danish rower, born 1944
  • Gunner Møller Pedersen · Danish composer, born 1943
  • Gunner Berg · Norwegian politician, 1764–1827

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.