Gunda
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from German Gunda. Cognate with Swedish Gun.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Gunda (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 | 694 |
| 2000 | 672 |
| 2001 | 647 |
| 2002 | 625 |
| 2003 | 595 |
| 2004 | 568 |
| 2005 | 538 |
| 2006 | 513 |
| 2007 | 492 |
| 2008 | 467 |
| 2009 | 445 |
| 2010 | 420 |
| 2011 | 396 |
| 2012 | 374 |
| 2013 | 352 |
| 2014 | 323 |
| 2015 | 298 |
| 2016 | 286 |
| 2017 | 265 |
| 2018 | 241 |
| 2019 | 223 |
| 2020 | 209 |
Gunda in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Gunda.Hi! My name is Gunda.
- Har du träffat Gunda? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Gunda? She started working here on Monday.
- Gunda har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Gunda has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Gundas mamma är lärare.Gunda's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Gundas mamma is Gunda's mum.
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Questions about Gunda
How do you pronounce Gunda in Swedish?
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What does the name Gunda mean?
Borrowed from German Gunda. Cognate with Swedish Gun.
How popular is Gunda in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Gunda in 2022. In 2020, 209 people in Sweden had Gunda 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.