Gunhild
Gunhild (with variants Gundhild, Gunhilda, Gunhilde, Gunhjild, Gunilda, Gunnhild, Gunnhildr, Gunnhildur) is a Germanic feminine given name composed of two words meaning "war" (gunn and hild/hildr). It may refer to:
- Gunhild (Danish queen), allegedly a Danish queen consort, wife of Harald Bluetooth
- Gunhild of Wenden, wife of Sweyn I of Denmark
- Gunhilde (died 1002), said to have been the sister of Sweyn Forkbeard
- Gunhild of Wessex, (1055–1097), eldest daughter of Harold Godwinson and Edith the Fair
- Gunhild Carling, Swedish jazz musician
- Gunhild Kyle (1921–2016), Swedish historian
- Gunhild Rosén (1855–1928), Swedish ballerina
- 891 Gunhild, an asteroid in the Asteroid Belt
- Gunhilda of Denmark, daughter of Canute the Great and wife of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
- Gunhilde, sister of Sweyn I of Denmark, wife of Pallig Tokesen
- Domina Gunilda, a weapon of remarkable size at Windsor Castle in the 1300s; considered the origin of the word "gun"
- Gunnhild, Mother of Kings, wife of Erik Bloodaxe
- Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir, queen consort of Denmark and Sweden
In the masculine form, Gunnhildus, it is attested from earlier times.
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