Gun-Britt
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a combination of Gun and Britt.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Gun-Britt (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 | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,866 |
| 2000 | 3,812 |
| 2001 | 3,757 |
| 2002 | 5,696 |
| 2003 | 5,664 |
| 2004 | 5,635 |
| 2005 | 5,597 |
| 2006 | 5,559 |
| 2007 | 5,527 |
| 2008 | 5,482 |
| 2009 | 5,427 |
| 2010 | 5,363 |
| 2011 | 5,290 |
| 2012 | 5,219 |
| 2013 | 5,138 |
| 2014 | 5,049 |
| 2015 | 4,972 |
| 2016 | 4,866 |
| 2017 | 4,778 |
| 2018 | 4,657 |
| 2019 | 4,540 |
| 2020 | 4,408 |
Gun-Britt in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Gun-Britt.Hi! My name is Gun-Britt.
- Gun-Britt bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Gun-Britt lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Gun-Britt har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Gun-Britt has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Gun-Britts mamma är lärare.Gun-Britt's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Gun-Britts mamma is Gun-Britt's mum.
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Questions about Gun-Britt
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What does the name Gun-Britt mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a combination of Gun and Britt.
How popular is Gun-Britt in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Gun-Britt in 2022. In 2020, 4,408 people in Sweden had Gun-Britt 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.