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Amund - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Amund

[ syll. a-mun(d), am-u-nd ] The boy name Amund is pronounced AEMAHND KEY. Amund's origin is Old Norse, and its use, Scandinavian. Two-element name derived from ag and mundr with the meanings 'awe, terror, fear; edge of a sword' and 'protection, protector' respectively. The usual spelling today is with a boll, as in Åmund. See also the related form, Egmont (Dutch, French, German, and Hungarian).

Amund is not often used as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Amund include Achmed (Arabic and German), Achmet (German), Ahmaad (Arabic), Ahmad (Arabic and German), Ahmaud (Arabic), Ahmed (Arabic and Turkish), Ahmet (Turkish), Almond (English), Amédé (French), Amid (Arabic), Amit (Indian), Amjad (Arabic and Urdu), Amjed (Arabic), Anand (Indian), Anant (Indian), Ananth (Indian), Andi (English, German, Hungarian, and Spanish), Andie (English), Andy (English), and Ante (Slavic).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Amund: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"


 
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