Gun (Swedish name) explained
Gun or Gunn is an old name formed from gunnr (battle) and is cognate with the Old English word "gúð". Gunnr is one of the valkyries. The equivalent male name is Gunnar.
The earliest attestation of the name is on the Rök runestone where it occurs as part of a kenning for wolf:I say this the twelfth, where the horse of Gunnr sees fodder on the battlefield, where twenty kings lie...
Gun is the 56th most common female name in Sweden as of December 31, 2008,[1] when 34,655 living people were named Gun in Sweden.[2]
Famous Guns
- Atthaphan Phunsawat, also known as Gun Atthaphan, Thai actor https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7202255/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
- Gun Adler, actress https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012158/
- Gun Nathalie Björn, Swedish footballer
- Gun Andersson, actress https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027678/
- Gun Arvidsson, actress https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038111/
- Gun Carlson, politician
- Gun Fors, actress https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286764/
- Gun Hellberg, actress https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0375200/
- Gun Hellsvik, Swedish minister for Justice
- Gun Holmquist, actress https://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0392160/
- Gun Holmqvist, actress https://akas.imdb.com/name/nm1592215/
- Gun Jönsson, actress https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0433636/
- Gun Kessle, artist, married to Jan Myrdal
- Gun Korawit Boonsri, Thai actor https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8298377/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
- Gun Lund, dancer and choreographer
- Gun Robertson, actress https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731858/
- Gun Skoogberg, ballerina
- Gun Chartree Sithananun, Thai guitarist
References
- http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____31043.aspx Given names, women
- http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____31043.aspx Name statistics
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