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'''Gunhild''' (with variants '''Gundhild''', '''Gunhilda''', '''Gunhilde''', '''Gunhjild''', '''Gunilda''', '''Gunnhild''', '''Gunnhildr''', '''Gunnhildur''') is a [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] feminine [[given name]] composed of two words meaning "war" (gunn and hild/hildr). 

Notable people with these names include:

* {{ill|Gunhild (Danish queen)|da|Gunhild (dansk dronning)}}, allegedly a Danish queen consort, wife of Harald Bluetooth
* [[Gunhild of Wenden]], wife of Sweyn I of Denmark
* [[Gunhild of Wessex]], (1055–1097), eldest daughter of Harold Godwinson and Edith the Fair
* [[Gunhild Carling]] (born 1975), Swedish jazz musician
* [[Gunhild Kyle]] (1921–2016), Swedish historian
* [[Gunhild Rosén]] (1855–1928), Swedish ballerina
* [[Gunhilda of Denmark]], daughter of Canute the Great and wife of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
* [[Gunhilde]] (died 1002), said to have been the sister of Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark
* [[Gunnhild, Mother of Kings]], wife of Erik Bloodaxe
* [[Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir]], queen consort of Denmark and Sweden

==See also==
* [[891 Gunhild]], an asteroid in the Asteroid Belt
* [[Gunhild (clothing)]], a French clothing brand
* [[Gunilda]], a steel yacht which sank on [[Lake Superior]]
* [[Gun#Etymology_and_terminology|Domina Gunilda]], a weapon of remarkable size at Windsor Castle in the 1300s; considered the origin of the word "gun"
* The name of the London area "[[Gunnersbury]]" means "Manor house of a woman called Gunnhildr", and is from an old Scandinavian personal name + [[Middle English]] -''bury'', manor or manor house.<ref>Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names, A.D.Mills. 2003. {{ISBN|978-0-19-852758-9}}. {{ISBN|0-19-852758-6}}.</ref>
* [[Gunnel (given name)|Gunnel]], Swedish name derived from Gunhild

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://historiska.se/nomina/?nomina_name=Gunh Nomina • Historiska Museet]
*[https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Gunilda Gunilda - Nordic Names]

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