Guenther

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Walter in US United States, DE Germany, GB United Kingdom and 24 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Guenther is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname8.0K records spelled Guenther3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Güenther

• a separate surname3.2K records spelled Guenther2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Güenther

• Hindi surname462 records spelled Guenther3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Güenther

57 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Guenther is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, alternative spelling of Günther

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 10 years between 1926–1960. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Franz Adolph Güntherb. 1820DEnot in their usual nameGerman politician (1820-1880)
• Richard W. Guentherb. 1845USAmerican politician-Congressman (1845–1913)
• Konrad Guentherb. 1874DEGerman ornithologist (1874–1955)
• Ernest Guentherb. 1895USAmerican essential oils researcher
• Herbert V. Guentherb. 1917DEGerman academic (1917–2006)
• Andreas Guentherb. 1973DEGerman actor
• Gregg Guentherb. 1982USAmerican football player
• Sean Guentherb. 1995USAmerican baseball player
• Dylan Guentherb. 2003CACanadian ice hockey player
• Maxilmilian Guenthercinematographer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 61 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Guenther?

We estimate roughly 373 thousand people bear Guenther (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Guenther have the most bearers?

Guenther is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled walter.

How common is Guenther compared with other names?

In Germany, Guenther is the 27th most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.

What does the name Guenther mean?

Recorded meaning: from a Germanic personal name composed of gund ‘battle’ -(- hari, heri ‘army’.