Günter
[ˈɡʏntɐ]Meaning
variant of Gunther, from Old High German gund "battle" and heri "army"
Background Story
Günter is a variant of the name Gunther, also spelled Günter and Günther. It is formed from the Old High German elements gund, "battle", and heri, "army", which derive from Proto-West Germanic *Gunþihari and Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz. Gunther is recorded in Danish, English, Icelandic, Latvian, Norwegian and Swedish, and in Germanic and Norse mythology.
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