Gudmund
Meaning and origin
From Old Norse Guðmundr.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Gudmund (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 97 |
| 2000 | 93 |
| 2001 | 91 |
| 2002 | 87 |
| 2003 | 90 |
| 2004 | 91 |
| 2005 | 91 |
| 2006 | 90 |
| 2007 | 89 |
| 2008 | 88 |
| 2009 | 87 |
| 2010 | 85 |
| 2011 | 82 |
| 2012 | 79 |
| 2013 | 78 |
| 2014 | 75 |
| 2015 | 74 |
| 2016 | 72 |
| 2017 | 70 |
| 2018 | 68 |
| 2019 | 68 |
| 2020 | 67 |
Gudmund in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Gudmund.Hi! My name is Gudmund.
- Gudmund bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Gudmund lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Jag ska fika med Gudmund i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Gudmund this afternoon.
- Gudmunds mamma är lärare.Gudmund's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Gudmunds mamma is Gudmund's mum.
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Questions about Gudmund
How do you pronounce Gudmund in Swedish?
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What does the name Gudmund mean?
From Old Norse Guðmundr.
How popular is Gudmund in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Gudmund in 2022. In 2020, 67 people in Sweden had Gudmund as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.