Gunvor
Meaning and origin
From Old Norse Gunnvǫr.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Gunvor (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 | 13,677 |
| 2000 | 13,409 |
| 2001 | 13,181 |
| 2002 | 12,912 |
| 2003 | 12,652 |
| 2004 | 12,366 |
| 2005 | 12,078 |
| 2006 | 11,782 |
| 2007 | 11,419 |
| 2008 | 11,099 |
| 2009 | 10,727 |
| 2010 | 10,337 |
| 2011 | 9,948 |
| 2012 | 9,563 |
| 2013 | 9,155 |
| 2014 | 8,728 |
| 2015 | 8,292 |
| 2016 | 7,885 |
| 2017 | 7,487 |
| 2018 | 7,104 |
| 2019 | 6,715 |
| 2020 | 6,323 |
Gunvor in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Gunvor.Hi! My name is Gunvor.
- Har du träffat Gunvor? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Gunvor? She started working here on Monday.
- Gunvor har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Gunvor has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Gunvors mamma är lärare.Gunvor's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Gunvors mamma is Gunvor's mum.
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Questions about Gunvor
How do you pronounce Gunvor in Swedish?
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What does the name Gunvor mean?
From Old Norse Gunnvǫr.
How popular is Gunvor in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Gunvor in 2022. In 2020, 6,323 people in Sweden had Gunvor 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.