Gulen

Gülen Norwegian Bokmål no:Gulen,Gulen (Bremanger) thumb|A view of Eivindvik in Gulen Municipality. Etymology nb non Guli, an old place name associated with the small peninsula nb Guløy and the fjord now called nb Gulafjorden. The present form is historically definite. The municipality was known as nb Eivindvik Evenvik until 1890, when nb Gulen became the official parish, clerical-district and municipal name.“Gulen”, Store norske leksikon. The deeper origin is uncertain. The name has been derived from Old Norse non gul gust of wind, or, probably, from the Germanic root gem-pro *geul-, reflected in Old Norse non gjól cleft. The separate fjord name in Bremanger has the same two proposed explanations.“Gulen (fjord)”, Store norske leksikon. The surname is habitational, transferred from the place name. Pronunciation nb /²ˈɡʉː.lən/ [ˈɡʉ̂ː.lən] [ˈɡôː.ln̩] local nb ʉːlən oːln̩ 2 2 local nb Gu len Proper noun nb proper noun nb municipality county/Vestland c/Norway, in Sogn, with nb Eivindvik as its administrative centre nb parish mun/Gulen county/Vestland c/Norway, in the Church of Norway nb fjord mun/Bremanger county/Vestland c/Norway, extending eastwards from nb Frøysjøen and dividing into nb Nordgulen, nb Midtgulen and nb Sørgulen nb place names from the place name Gulen Derived terms nb Austgulen<t:locality and surname> Gulafjorden<t:fjord> Gulating<t:historical assembly> Midtgulen<t:fjord and locality> Nordgulen<t:locality and fjord> Sørgulen<t:fjord and locality> guling<t:inhabitant of Gulen> 0 Statistics As of 1 January 2026, 18 people registered in Norway had nb Gulen as their surname.“Navn”, Statistics Norway; data from the Norwegian Population Register as of 1 January 2026, published 28 January 2026. References Anagrams nb eglnu gulne uglen Norwegian Nynorsk nn:+ kommune Etymology Definite form; from nn non Guli, originally a fjord name. Possibly from non gul n strong wind, or from the nn gem-pro - root gem-pro *geul-. Pronunciation nn [²ɡoːln̩] Gulen nn /²ɡʊːlən/ /²ɡʉːlən/ Proper noun nn proper noun m indefinite Gule nn municipality co/Sogn og Fjordane c/Norway Derived terms nn Gulafjorden nn Gula Tidend former local news paper nn Gulatinget nn Gulating lagmannsrett