Gun

See also gun, gün, gūn, gǔn, and gùn

Swedish

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Etymology

Old Norse Gunnr, short form of female compound names with the element gunnr (“battle”). Name of a Valkyrie in Norse mythology. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1891.

Proper noun

Gun

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• female given names: Gunborg, Gun-Britt, Gunhild, Gunilla, Gunnel, Gunvor
• male given names: Gunnar

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 34 071 females with the given name Gun living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.