Gunde
Meaning and origin
Via Danish, from Old Norse Gundr, from Old Norse gundr, from Proto-Germanic *gunþiz (“battle, war”).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Gunde (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.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 146 |
| 2000 | 144 |
| 2001 | 145 |
| 2002 | 143 |
| 2003 | 142 |
| 2004 | 140 |
| 2005 | 137 |
| 2006 | 133 |
| 2007 | 130 |
| 2008 | 128 |
| 2009 | 126 |
| 2010 | 123 |
| 2011 | 121 |
| 2012 | 122 |
| 2013 | 115 |
| 2014 | 111 |
| 2015 | 108 |
| 2016 | 109 |
| 2017 | 109 |
| 2018 | 105 |
| 2019 | 105 |
| 2020 | 102 |
Gunde in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Gunde.Hi! My name is Gunde.
- Har du träffat Gunde? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Gunde? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Gunde i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Gunde this afternoon.
- Gundes mamma är lärare.Gunde's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Gundes mamma is Gunde's mum.
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How do you pronounce Gunde in Swedish?
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What does the name Gunde mean?
Via Danish, from Old Norse Gundr, from Old Norse gundr, from Proto-Germanic *gunþiz (“battle, war”).
How popular is Gunde in Sweden?
2 babies were named Gunde in 2022. In 2020, 102 people in Sweden had Gunde 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.