Gunther Forename
28,050th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 29,770 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Belgium
Gunther Forename Definition:
A male name. Old German Guntard, compound of gundi ‘war’ and hardu ‘bold’, ‘hardy’ or Old German Gunter a derivative of gundi. Introduced into England by the Normans and fairly common in the 13th and 14th C, Gunter is found as a christian name as late as 1494.
Read More About This ForenameGunther Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 13,934 | 1:6,938 | 593 |
| Belgium | 100% | 5,555 | 1:2,068 | 461 |
| United States | 100% | 2,827 | 1:128,241 | 5,277 |
| Brazil | 98% | 1,195 | 1:179,277 | 8,304 |
| Austria | 100% | 981 | 1:8,679 | 579 |
| South Africa | 100% | 657 | 1:83,003 | 7,183 |
| Canada | 100% | 639 | 1:51,852 | 3,347 |
| Chile | 87% | 560 | 1:31,441 | 1,392 |
| Peru | 100% | 356 | 1:89,302 | 3,393 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 300 | 1:56,340 | 3,693 |
| France | 100% | 224 | 1:296,743 | 4,084 |
| Australia | - | 207 | 1:65,979 | 2,830 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 193 | 1:54,930 | 2,077 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 185 | 1:56,385 | 3,594 |
| Mexico | 99% | 157 | 1:790,729 | 7,164 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 151 | 1:200,013 | 7,311 |
| England | 100% | 149 | 1:373,174 | 8,776 |
| Ecuador | - | 136 | 1:130,345 | 2,784 |
| Italy | 100% | 109 | 1:560,203 | 5,777 |
| Argentina | 93% | 105 | 1:407,364 | 3,377 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 104 | 1:78,976 | 2,778 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 88 | 1:183,050 | 2,913 |
| Spain | 100% | 86 | 1:541,046 | 6,598 |
| Philippines | 98% | 63 | 1:1,682,690 | 39,237 |
| Thailand | 100% | 63 | 1:1,112,156 | 38,881 |
| Colombia | - | 45 | 1:1,061,754 | 11,798 |
| Honduras | 100% | 41 | 1:215,060 | 4,860 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 41 | 1:83,601 | 2,369 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 36 | 1:15,668 | 1,076 |
| Romania | - | 36 | 1:556,999 | 15,559 |
| Norway | 100% | 35 | 1:146,638 | 4,100 |
| Indonesia | - | 33 | 1:7,817,081 | 269,446 |
| Croatia | 100% | 31 | 1:136,035 | 2,865 |
| Sweden | 100% | 29 | 1:339,928 | 9,942 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| China | - | 27 | 1:50,594,659 | 62,307 |
| Denmark | - | 27 | 1:209,241 | 4,567 |
| New Zealand | - | 26 | 1:174,463 | 5,979 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 24 | 1:198,664 | 4,618 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 23 | 1:261,667 | 5,921 |
| Greece | 100% | 22 | 1:497,025 | 6,710 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 22 | 1:328,946 | 4,098 |
| Sudan | 100% | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Ireland | 100% | 14 | 1:331,680 | 4,801 |
| Wales | 100% | 11 | 1:281,301 | 4,460 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 10 | 1:815,231 | 57,976 |
| India | 100% | 9 | 1:134,986,441 | 1,652,066 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| Panama | - | 8 | 1:488,320 | 13,543 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Malaysia | 80% | 7 | 1:4,349,991 | 105,289 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 6 | 1:3,601,750 | 60,590 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Finland | 100% | 6 | 1:913,864 | 8,662 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 5 | 1:7,571 | 562 |
| Russia | 100% | 5 | 1:28,846,741 | 73,146 |
| Singapore | - | 5 | 1:1,257,411 | 16,611 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 5 | 1:1,430,399 | 43,518 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | 1:460,786 | 2,461 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 4 | 1:44,391,090 | 271,718 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Israel | 100% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Congo | - | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,675,183 | 18,328 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Günther (295,571), Gùnther (1) & Gúnther (1) are calculated separately.
Gunther (19,086) may also be a surname.
Gunther Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Old German Guntard, compound of gundi ‘war’ and hardu ‘bold’, ‘hardy’ or Old German Gunter a derivative of gundi. Introduced into England by the Normans and fairly common in the 13th and 14th C, Gunter is found as a christian name as late as 1494. It gave rise to the surnames Gunter, Gunther.
Gunterius Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum 1086-93. Gunter Hundred Rolls 1273, The Coventry Leet Book 1494. Guntard Hundred Rolls 1273.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Teutonic (masculine) - Warlike leader.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Gunther Forename Popularity
Gunther Demographics
Average Male Gunther Height
175.78 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 200 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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