Gunda
Gunda is a unisex given name and a surname. In Scandinavia it is used as a feminine given name and is the derivative of the German names ending in -gund such as Hildegund. It was a common name for girls in the Scandinavian countries in the late nineteenth century.
- German
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
Meaning & Origin of Gunda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gunda is a unisex given name and a surname. In Scandinavia it is used as a feminine given name and is the derivative of the German names ending in -gund such as Hildegund. It was a common name for girls in the Scandinavian countries in the late nineteenth century.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Germanic
The Story of Gunda
Gunda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1887, with 10 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1893: 12 births, good for #865 nationwide. About 45% of every Gunda on record arrived during the 1890s, its defining decade. Gunda last appeared in the published SSA data in 1930, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 118 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Gunda
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Gunda. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Gundula
Names that sound like Gunda
Phonetically similar names — useful when Gunda is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Ganda
- Gundy
- Gonda
- Gundi
- Goonda
- Kunda
- Gindi
- Kinda
- Ghandi
- Gandhi
- Gunned
- Gunna
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About the name Gunda
Gunda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1887 and has accumulated 118 births in the dataset. Gunda's peak popularity came in 1893 when it ranked #865. Use the chart and map above to compare Gunda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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