Gun



Gender:
Origin: Norse
79 famous people named Gun found on Wikipedia.
Used in: Swedish

Meanings

Gun or Gunn is an old name formed from gunnr (battle) and is cognate with the Old English word "gúð". Gunnr is one of the valkyries. The equivalent male name is Gunnar.
The earliest attestation of the name is on the Rök Runestone where it occurs as part of a kenning for wolf: I say this the twelfth, where the horse of Gunnr sees fodder on the battlefield, where twenty kings lie...
Gun is the 56th most common female name in Sweden as of December 31, 2008, when 34,655 living people were named Gun in Sweden.

Gün is a Turkish name and may refer to:
bediha Gün (born 1994), Turkish female sport wrestler
Güneli Gün, Turkish translator
Gün Temür Khan (1384–1402), Mongol Khagan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty


"shoot with a gun," 1620s, from gun (n.). Related: Gunned; gunning. The sense of "accelerate an engine" is from 1930, from earlier phrase give (her) the gun (1917), which appears to have originated in pilots' jargon in World War I; perhaps from the old military expression give a gun "order a gun to be fired" (c. 1600).


Modern form of Gunnr: war, warrior.

Famous People: 79 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Yoo Gun 1983 South Korean film actor, singer and actor
2 Gün Koper 1986 Turkish actor
3 Gün Temür Khan 1384 Chinese emperor
4 Katharine Gun 1974 Translator and whistle-blower
5 Gün Zileli Turkish author
6 Alpa Gun 1980 German rapper
7 Cedric van der Gun 1979 Dutch footballer
8 Gun Zacharias 1927 Swedish writer
9 Gun Bergman 1916 Swedish translator and journalist
10 Gün Sazak 1932 Turkish politician
11 Gun Arvidsson 1930 Swedish actress
12 Yeni Gün
13 Ahmet Muhtar Gün Turkish diplomat
14 Frank Gun 1971 Hungarian actor
15 Gun Hellsvik 1942 Swedish politician
16 Li Gun
17 Huang Gun
18 Gun Buster 1912 British writer
19 Gun Allroth 1937 Swedish journalist
20 Gun Hägglund 1932 Television news presenter
21 Alice Gun Singer
22 Armando Gun 1986 Panamanian footballer
23 Dennis van der Gun 1978
24 Nerin E. Gun 1920 American writer (1920-1987)
25 Chang Gun 0729 Chinese Chancellor
26 Bediha Gün 1994 Turkish female sport wrestler
27 Gun Röring 1930 Gymnast
28 Gun Lund 1943 Swedish dancer
29 Gun Gordillo 1945
30 Richard Gun 1936 Australian politician
31 Gun Hellberg 1938 Swedish actress
32 Tessa van der Gun 1982
33 Güngör Gün 1979 Turkish actor
34 Ri Gun North Korean diplomat
35 Gun Jönsson 1929 Actress
36 Gun Nowak 1942
37 Gun Arvidssen 1977 Australian writer
38 Gun Kessle 1926 Swedish photographer and author
39 Aydın Gün 1917 Founder of Istanbul Opera House
40 Gun Robertson 1917 Swedish actress
41 Gun Svensson 1937 Swedish politician
42 Gun Brandelius 1912 Swedish actress
43 Gun Carlson 1939 Åland politician
44 Dennis Gun 1956 Turkish painter
45 Gun Adler 1910 Swedish actress
46 Gun Jacobson 1930 Swedish writer
47 Hengky Gun
48 Frans van der Gun 1918 Dutch politician (1918-2001)
49 Gun Holmquist 1910 Swedish actress
50 Gun Maria Pettersson 1943 Swedish artist
51 Gun Fors 1926 Swedish actress
52 Gun Brooke 1960
53 Güneli Gün Turkish writer
54 Gun R. Bengtsson 1929 Swedish translator
55 Gun Ek 1936
56 Gun Ekroth 1941 Swedish writer
57 Gun Heimer 1952
58 Gun Olsson 1946 Swedish athletics competitor
59 Günbileg Jonon 1506 Zungar mongol, sibling of Altan Khan
60 Gun Kveli 1955 Norwegian politician
61 Gun Nordlund 1949
62 Gun von Wittrock 1922 Norwegian ceramist
63 Gun Yström 1942 Swedish politician
64 Gun W. Lönning 1940 Swedish priest and actor
65 Gun Pakdeevijit 1976
66 Gun Strandberg 1912
67 Gun Skoogberg 1920
68 Gun Figure in Chinese mythology
69 Gun Sorling
70 Chae Gun South Korean actor
71 Gun Johansson 1935
72 Gun Widmark 1920 Swedish linguist
73 Chae Jin-gun South Korean actor
74 Gun Holmqvist 1921
75 Lee Dae Gun South Korean actor
76 Kim Geon 1993 South Korean actor
77 Gun Johnson-Ekvall 1913
78 Lee Gun South Korean actor
79 Gun Setterdahl 1912