Günther
Günther, Guenther, Ginther, Gunther, and the variants Günter, Guenter, Guenther, Ginter, and Gunter, are Germanic names derived from Gunthere, Gunthari, composed of *gunþiz "battle" (Old Norse gunnr) and heri, hari "army". Gunder and Gunnar are the North Germanic equivalents in Scandinavia.
The name may refer to:
People
- Günther (given name)
- Günther (singer), the stage persona of Swedish musician Mats Söderlund
- Gunther (wrestler), professional wrestler signed to WWE
- Günther (surname)
Places
- Gunther Island, in Humboldt Bay, California
- Guenther, Wisconsin, a town in Marathon County
Ships
- SS Günther, a number of ships with this name
Fictional characters
- Gunther, king of the Burgundians in the Niebelungenlied
- Gunther, a character in the television show Friends
- Gunther Magnuson, a character in Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
- Günther Bachmann, a character in the film A Most Wanted Man
- Gunther Berger, a character in the Luann comic strip
- Gunther Breech, a character in the Canadian animated TV show Jane and the Dragon
- Bernie Gunther, the protagonist of Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir novels
- Welkin Gunther, a character in the video game Valkyria Chronicles
- Gunther Hermann, a character in the video game Deus Ex
- Gunther Hessenheffer, a character from Disney's TV series Shake It Up
- Gunther Thurl, a fictional character in the webcomic Schlock Mercenary
- Gunther Toody, a fictional character in the television show Car 54, Where Are You? (and the film based thereon)
- Gunther, a disguise used by Count Olaf in A Series of Unfortunate Events
Other uses
- Gunther Brewing Company, defunct American brewery, which originated as George Gunther, Jr. Brewing Company