Gunhild - Meaning of Gunhild

What does Gunhild mean?

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Gunhild

[ 2 syll. gun-hil(d), gu-nhi-ld ] The baby girl name Gunhild is pronounced as GAHNHHihL †. Gunhild is largely used in the German and Scandinavian languages. Its origin is Old Norse. It is a two-element name derived from the words 'gunnr' + 'hildr' meaning war, fight + battle respectively. The name is from the old Scandinavian equivalent of the old German Gunthilde.

The name Gunhilda (Scandinavian) and the name Gunnhild (Scandinavian) are variant transcriptions of Gunhild.

See also the related categories, fight (sword), war (battle), scandinavian, and german.

Gunhild is rare as a baby girl name. It is listed outside of the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Gunhild include Gunnhild, Gamale, Gamille, Gaynelle, Gimlee, Gimley, Gimli, Gimlie, Gimly, Gwennol, and Gimle.

† English pronunciation for Gunhild: G as in "grin (G.R.IH.N)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"