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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:

  • , 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

References

References

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