Günter name meaning

Gender: Boy
Origin: Old High German
Usage: German, Finnish, Swedish and Danish
Pronunciation: GOON-ter
Meaning: Fight, Army, Warrior and Struggle
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What does Günter mean?

Günter prevalently is used in Danish, Finnish, German and Swedish is rooted from Old High German, meaning of Günter is "Fight, Army, Warrior or Struggle" is used as a baby boy name.

How do I pronounce Günter?

Two syllabled Günter is most commonly pronounced as GOON-ter. There should be emphasis on first GOON syllable while speaking.

Variants of Günter

Gunter

Names that rhyme with Günter

How popular is the name Günter?

Günter is immensely popular in Germany where every 1 in 200 have the name. Also it is popular in Austria. In Switzerland it is common while somewhat familiar in Czech Republic, Belgium, Sweden and Denmark.

At least, 790000 people around the globe have been given the name as per our research.

Facts

Günter in Nordic countries

CountriesMenWomen
First NameSecondary NameFirst NameSecondary Name
Netherlands6711607
Sweden20229907
Norway20229907
Denmark86000

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Famous people named Günter

  • Günter Wand, German orchestra conductor and composer
  • Günter Wächtershäuser, a German chemist turned patent lawyer, is widely
  • Günter Reimann, expert on finance and currencies as founder & editor of International Reports
  • Günter Raphael, German composer
  • Günter Faltin, German economist and entrepreneur
  • Günter Dyhrenfurth, German-born, German and Swiss mountaineer
  • Günter Deckert, East German nordic combined skier
  • Günter Baum, openly gay man
  • Günter Bentele, is professor of Public Relations at the University of Leipzig
  • Günter Strack, German television actor
  • Günter Platzek, German keyboard player
  • Günter Kunert, German writer
  • Günter Hirsch, German legal scholar and a former president of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany
  • Günter Bialas, German composer
  • Günter Lüling, German Protestant theologian
  • Günter Dreibrodt, former East German handball player
  • Günter Neuburger, West German bobsledder
  • Günter Böttcher, West German handball player
  • Günter Blobel, Silesian German and American biologist and 1999 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology for the discovery that proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization
  • Günter Dreyer, Egyptologist at the German Archaeological Institute
  • Günter Nimtz, German physicist
  • Günter Schabowski, official of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
  • Günter Guillaume, intelligence agent for East Germany's secret service
  • Günter Wallraff, German writer and undercover journalist
  • Günter Schulz, German musician
  • Günter Verheugen, German politician
  • Günter Müller, German sound artist
  • Günter Rexrodt, German politician
  • Günter Netzer, former German football player and team general manager currently working
  • Günter Eich, German lyricist, dramatist, and author
  • Günter Brus, controversial Austrian painter, performance artist
  • Günter Zöller, German figure skating coach and former competitor for East Germany
  • Günter Behnisch, German architect, born in Lockwitz, near Dresden
  • Günter Wendt, German-born American mechanical engineer noted for his work
  • Günter Schlierkamp, retired German IFBB professional bodybuilder
  • Günter Nooke, German CDU politician and a former civil rights activist
  • Günter Sommer, German jazz drummer
  • Günter Reisch, German film director and screenwriter
  • Günter Meisner, German film and television character actor
  • Günter Hermann, retired German footballer
  • Günter Bernard, former German football player
  • Günter Sawitzki, former German football player
  • Günter Kießling, German general in the Bundeswehr
  • Günter Benkö, retired football referee from Austria
  • Günter Steinhausen, World War II Luftwaffe Flying ace with 40 combat victories to his name
  • Günter Haritz, retired road and track cyclist from West Germany
  • Günter Güttler, former German football player
  • Günter E. Bein in movie Max und Moritz as Actor

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