Meaning and history
This name comes from the Old German Gundahar, formed from gunda meaning “war” and heri meaning “army,” making it cognate with Gunnar. It was borne by a semi-legendary 5th-century Burgundian king who appears in the medieval German Nibelungenlied, where he courts the Icelandic queen Brunhild with Siegfried’s help, later betrays Siegfried, and is eventually avenged by Siegfried’s widow Kriemhild, Gunther’s sister. The name was also borne by an 11th-century saint, a hermit in Bavaria and Bohemia.
20062006: 14 births, rank #5,781
2007: 16 births, rank #5,434
2008: 9 births, rank #8,324
2009: 12 births, rank #6,802
2010: 11 births, rank #7,087
20112011: 17 births, rank #5,200
2012: 21 births, rank #4,533
2013: 14 births, rank #5,923
2014: 17 births, rank #5,252
2015: 26 births, rank #3,982
20162016: 19 births, rank #4,943
2017: 20 births, rank #4,746
2018: 19 births, rank #4,918
2019: 16 births, rank #5,555
2020: 23 births, rank #4,275
20212021: 20 births, rank #4,780
2022: 17 births, rank #5,445
2023: 10 births, rank #7,738
2024: 23 births, rank #4,433
20252025: 17 births, rank #5,399
In 2025, 17 babies were recorded with the name Gunther, ranking #5,399 among boys.