Gunngifu

Old Norse/Old English Gunngifu (f.)

Gunngifu is a postulated Anglo-Scandinavian hybrid female personal name formed from the very common Old Norse element Gunn- from gunnr, guðr ‘battle’ combined with the Old English element gifu ‘gift’.

There is a possible attestation of the name in a medieval document from Lincolnshire.

Old Norse Name

Gunngifu

Anglicised Name

Gunngifu

Gender

Female

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

female_name, hybrid name, Lincolnshire, personal-name

Further information

References

Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), pp. 114, 344.