Gunnar
Gunnar is a boy name of Norse origin, meaning Bold warrior.
What Gunnar means
Bold warrior.
Gunnar sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Gunnar comes from
Old Norse names are usually compounds drawn from the natural world, from battle, or from the gods, carried across northern Europe by Scandinavian settlement.
Gunnar is recorded as Norse in origin. Browse other Norse names.
How popular is Gunnar?
You will not find Gunnar in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Gunnar
We group Gunnar under courage and battle and Brave — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Gunnar
These share Gunnar's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Wyatt — Brave in war.
- Shaurya — Bravery; valour.
- Veer — Brave; a warrior.
- Harold — Army ruler; a leader.
- Odin — All-father; god of wisdom and war.
- Sigurd — Guardian of victory.
- Viggo — War; battle.
- Alexander — Defender of the people.
- Anders — Manly, brave.
- Andreas — Manly, brave.
- Cillian — War, strife; bright-headed.
- Everett — Brave as a wild boar.
More Norse names
- Gerda — Protection; enclosure.
- Harold — Army ruler; a leader.
- Freya — Noble lady; Norse goddess of love.
- Ingrid — Beautiful, beloved (of the god Ing).
- Erik — Eternal ruler.
- Leif — Heir; descendant.
- Embla — Elm; the first woman.
- Liv — Life; protection.
- Dagny — New day.
- Odin — All-father; god of wisdom and war.