Gunter

Where Gunter comes from

From German Gunther, from Proto-West Germanic *Gunþihari, from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gunter
  • Germanic
Along the way
  1. 1929
    First appearance
    #3,559 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1964
    Peak, #3,282
    7 babies named Gunter — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1969
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages used in medieval England.
Namesakes

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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.