Gunhild

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:

• Gunhild (Danish queen)  [ da ], 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

See also

• 891 Gunhild, an asteroid in the Asteroid Belt
• Gunhild (clothing), a French clothing brand
• Gunilda, a steel yacht which sank on Lake Superior
• Domina Gunilda, a weapon of remarkable size at Windsor Castle in the 1300s; considered the origin of the word "gun"
• The name of the London area "Gunnersbury" means "Manor house of a woman called Gunnhildr", and is from an old Scandinavian personal name + Middle English -bury, manor or manor house. ^[1]
• Gunnel, Swedish name derived from Gunhild

References

1. Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names, A.D.Mills. 2003. ISBN   978-0-19-852758-9. ISBN   0-19-852758-6.

External links

• Nomina • Historiska Museet
• Gunilda - Nordic Names