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, 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

See also

• Guenther House (disambiguation)
• Gunter (disambiguation)
• Guntur (disambiguation)