Günther is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “battle and army.” In 2024 it was given to 23 boys in the United States.
Günther at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Scandinavian
Meaning
“battle and army”
Pronunciation
/ˈɡʏntɐ/
About the name Günther
Günther belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “battle and army” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Günther first appears in Social Security records in 1924. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1881 in 1931, and in 2024 23 babies received the name — 1,086 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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