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Also known as Gunhild (given name), Gunhild (first name)

Gunhild (with variants Gundhild, Gunhilda, Gunhilde, Gunhjild, Gunilda, Gunnhild, Gunnhildr, Gunnhildur) is a Germanic feminine given name composed of two words meaning "war" (gunn and hild/hildr).

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name day
November 1
native label
Gunhild
writing system
Latin script
Soundex
G543
Cologne phonetics
4652
Caverphone
KNT111
Commons category
Gunhild (given name)
language of work or name
Swedish
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Gunhild (with variants Gundhild, Gunhilda, Gunhilde, Gunhjild, Gunilda, Gunnhild, Gunnhildr, Gunnhildur) is a Germanic feminine given name composed of two words meaning "war" (gunn and hild/hildr).

Notable people with these names include: , allegedly a Danish queen consort, wife of Harald Bluetooth Gunhild of Wenden, wife of Sweyn I of Denmark Gunhild of Wessex, (1055–1097), eldest daughter of Harold Godwinson and Edith the Fair Gunhild Carling (born 1975), Swedish jazz musician Gunhild Kyle (1921–2016), Swedish historian Gunhild Rosén (1855–1928), Swedish ballerina Gunhilda of Denmark, daughter of Canute the Great and wife of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor Gunhilde (died 1002), said to have been the sister of Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark Gunnhild, Mother of Kings, wife of Erik Bloodaxe Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir, queen consort of Denmark and Sweden

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