Gulla

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Old Swedish Old Swedish
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

1) Short form of names beginning with Gudl-, Gudhl- and Guðl- (see GUD) [1] [2] [3] [4]

2) Short form of names containing the name element GULL [2] [1]

3) Short form of Gunilla (see Gunnhildr) [2]

4) Swedish gullig = 'sweet, cute' (from Swedish guld = 'gold') [5]

Gold ornament, viking age
Gold ornament, viking age
Image by Wolfgang Sauber,[6]
License: Creative Commons, CC-SA

5) Pet form of Gurli [2]

Related Names

Gaula
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Norwegian
Guld
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Norwegian Swedish
Gulda
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Norwegian Swedish
Gull
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Danish Norwegian Swedish
Gulla
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Gulle
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Danish Swedish
Gulle
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Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Gullet
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Swedish
Gulli
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Danish Norwegian Swedish
Gullie
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Danish Swedish
Gullis
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Danish Swedish
Gullu
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Norwegian Swedish
Gullue
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Norwegian
Gully
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Norwegian Swedish
Gullý
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Icelandic
Gulu
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Norwegian

See also Golla, Gullan, Gulline

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Gulluson Iceland

Female

Gulludóttir Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see GULL (name element)

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Gulla
Genitive: Gullas
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Gulla
Accusative: Gullu
Dative: Gullu
Genitive: Gullu
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Gulla
Genitive: Gullas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Gulla
Genitive: Gullas

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Trivia

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Denmark Denmark[8]
48
n.a.
47
n.a.
1
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[9]
9 25 9 25 0 0
Iceland Iceland[10]
0 2
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[11]
44
n.a.
44
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Finland Finland[12]
n.a.
1
n.a.
1 0 0
Greenland Greenland[13]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Gulla.


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  5. Judith Ahrholdt: Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de (2004-2024).
  6. Wikimedia Commons: Image by Wolfgang Sauber, source & license
  7. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  8. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  9. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  10. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  11. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  12. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  13. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/