Baby name
FADING
🇸🇪 🇫🇮 Gunilla
/goo · NIL · ah/
Meaning
“Battle”
Swedish feminine form of Gunhild, from Old Norse 'gunnr' (battle) and 'hildr' (battle); a distinctly Swedish name with royal associations.
Nicknames
gunni
Vibe
strongwarm
How it ages.
Peaked in Sweden in the mid-20th century; feels vintage there now without current revival.
The cultural moment.
Common in Sweden from the 1940s through 1960s; rare for newborns since the 1980s.