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 Günther (surname) Gunther, WWE superstar Places Gunther Island, in Humboldt Bay, California Ships , a number of ships with this name Fictional characters Gunther, a character in the television show Friends Gunther, mayor of the city of Motril in the video game Grand Theft Auto V Gunther, 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) Russian Mennonite surnames