Behind the Name: Names Beginning With G

GILBERT m English, French, Dutch, German
Means "bright pledge", derived from the Germanic elements gisel "pledge, hostage" and beraht "bright"... [more]

GILBERTA f Dutch
Feminine form of GILBERT

GILBERTE f French
French feminine form of GILBERT

GILBERTINE f
Feminine form of GILBERT

GILBERTO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of GILBERT

GILCHRIST m Scottish
Derived from the Gaelic phrase giolla Chríost meaning "servant of Christ".

GILDA f Italian, Portuguese
Originally an Italian short form of names containing the Germanic element gild meaning "sacrifice".

GILEAD m Biblical
From an Old Testament place name meaning "monument of testimony" in Hebrew... [more]

GILES m English
From the Late Latin name Aegidius, which is derived from Greek αιγιδιον (aigidion) meaning "young goat"... [more]

GILGAMESH m Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

GILL f English
Short form of GILLIAN

GILLES m French
French form of GILES

GILLESPIE m Scottish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gille Easbaig or Irish Giolla Easpuig both meaning "servant of the bishop".

GILLIAN f English
Medieval English feminine form of JULIAN... [more]

GILLIS m Dutch
Dutch form of GILES

GILROY m Irish, Scottish
From an Irish surname, either Mac Giolla Ruaidh, which means "son of the red-haired servant", or Mac Giolla Rí, which means "son of the king's servant".

GINA f Italian, English, Scandinavian
Short form of GEORGINA, REGINA, LUIGINA, and other names ending in gina... [more]

GINETTE f French
Diminutive of GENEVIÈVE or VIRGINIE

GINEVRA f Italian
Italian form of GUINEVERE... [more]

GINGER f English
From the English word ginger for the spice or the reddish-brown colour... [more]

GINNIE f English
Diminutive of VIRGINIA

GINNY f English
Diminutive of VIRGINIA

GINO m Italian
Italian diminutive of names ending in gino.

GINTARAS m Lithuanian
Means "amber" in Lithuanian.

GINTARĖ f Lithuanian
Feminine form of GINTARAS

GIOACCHINO m Italian
Italian form of JOACHIM

GIOACHINO m Italian
Italian form of JOACHIM

GIOCONDA f Italian
From the Late Latin name Iucunda which meant "happy".

GIOIA f Italian
Means "joy" in Italian.

GIORDANO m Italian
Italian form of JORDAN

GIORGI m Georgian
Georgian form of GEORGE

GIORGIA f Italian
Italian feminine form of GEORGE

GIORGINA f Italian
Diminutive of GIORGIA

GIORGINO m Italian
Diminutive of GIORGIO

GIORGIO m Italian
Italian form of GEORGE

GIOSETTA f Italian
Perhaps an Italian form of JOSETTE

GIOSUÈ m Italian
Italian form of JOSHUA

GIOTTO m Italian
Short form of Ambrogiotto, a diminutive of AMBROGIO... [more]

GIOVANNA f Italian
Feminine form of GIOVANNI

GIOVANNETTA f Italian
Diminutive of GIOVANNA

GIOVANNI m Italian
Italian form of Iohannes (see JOHN)... [more]

GIRALDO m Italian
Italian form of GERALD

GIRISH m Indian
Modern transcription of GIRISHA

GIRISHA m Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "lord of the mountain" in Sanskrit... [more]

GIROLAMO m Italian
Italian form of JEROME

GISA f German
German short form of GISELLE

GISBERT m German
From a Germanic name... [more]

GISELA f German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese
German, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese form of GISELLE

GISELBERT m German
Older form of GILBERT

GISÈLE f French
French form of GISELLE

GISELLA f Italian
Italian form of GISELLE

GISELLE f French, English (Modern)
Derived from the Germanic word gisel meaning "hostage" or "pledge"... [more]

GISSELLE f English (Modern)
Variant of GISELLE

GITA f Indian
Means "song" in Sanskrit... [more]

GITHA f English (Archaic)
Variant of GYTHA

GITTA f German
German short form of BRIGITTE

GITTAN f Swedish
Swedish diminutive of BIRGITTA

GITTEL f Yiddish
Means "good" in Yiddish.

GIUDITTA f Italian
Italian form of JUDITH

GIULIA f Italian
Italian feminine form of JULIUS

GIULIANA f Italian
Feminine form of GIULIANO

GIULIANO m Italian
Italian form of Iulianus (see JULIAN).

GIULIETTA f Italian
Diminutive of GIULIA

GIULIO m Italian
Italian form of JULIUS

GIUSEPPA f Italian
Feminine form of GIUSEPPE

GIUSEPPE m Italian
Italian form of JOSEPH... [more]

GIUSEPPINA f Italian
Feminine form of GIUSEPPE

GIUSTINA f Italian
Italian feminine form of JUSTIN

GIUSTINO m Italian
Italian form of JUSTIN

GIZELLA f Hungarian
Hungarian form of GISELLE

GİZEM f Turkish
Means "mystery" in Turkish.

GIZI f Hungarian
Hungarian diminutive of GISELLE

GJERGJ m Albanian
Albanian form of GEORGE

GJON m Albanian
Albanian form of JOHN

GJORD m Swedish
Contracted form of Guðfriðr, the Old Norse cognate of GODFRIED.

GJORGJI m Macedonian
Macedonian form of GEORGE

GJURD m Norwegian
Norwegian cognate of GJORD

GLADWIN m English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from an Old English given name, itself derived from the Old English elements glæd "bright" and wine "friend".

GLADWYN m English (Rare)
Variant of GLADWIN

GLADYS f Welsh, English
From the old Welsh name Gwladus, possibly derived from gwlad "country"... [more]

GLANVILLE m English (Rare)
From an English surname which was taken from a Norman place name which possibly meant "domain of (a person named) Gland" in Old French.

GLÁUCIA f Portuguese
Feminine form of GLÁUCIO

GLÁUCIO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Glaucia, which was derived from Latin glaucus "bluish grey", ultimately from Greek.

GLAUCO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of GLAUCUS

GLAUCUS m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Γλαυκος (Glaukos), a name meaning "bluish grey"... [more]

GLAW m & f Welsh
Means "rain" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.

GLEB m Russian
Russian form of the Old Norse name Guðleifr, which meant "heir of god" from Old Norse guð "god" and leifr "heir".

GLEN m Scottish, English
Variant of GLENN

GLENDA f Welsh, English
A name created in the 20th century from the Welsh elements glân "pure, clean" and da "good".

GLENDOWER m Welsh
Anglicized form of GLYNDWR

GLENICE f Welsh
Variant of GLENYS

GLENN m Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic gleann "valley"... [more]

GLENNA f Scottish, English
Feminine form of GLEN

GLENYS f Welsh
Elaboration of the Welsh word glân meaning "pure, clean, holy"... [more]

GLORIA f English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "glory" in Latin... [more]

GLORIANA f English (Rare)
Elaborated form of GLORIA... [more]

GLORINDA f Esperanto
Means "worthy of glory" in Esperanto.

GLORY f English (Rare)
Simply from the English word glory, ultimately from Latin gloria.

GLUKE f Yiddish
Means "good luck" in Yiddish.

GLUKEL f Yiddish
Diminutive of GLUKE

GLYKERIA f Greek
Derived from Greek γλυκυς (glykys) meaning "sweet".

GLYN m Welsh
Means "valley" in Welsh.

GLYNDWR m Welsh
From a Welsh surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "valley water"... [more]

GLYNIS f Welsh
Either a variant of GLENYS or an elaboration of the Welsh word glyn meaning "valley".

GLYNN m Welsh
Variant of GLYN

GNAEUS m Ancient Roman
Roman praenomen, or given name, which is of unknown meaning... [more]

GOBÁN m Irish
Either means "little smith" from Irish gobha "smith" combined with a diminutive suffix, or else is derived from the name of the Irish god GOIBNIU (which is also a derivative of gobha).

GOBIND m Indian (Sikh)
Variant of GOVINDA

GOBINET f Irish
Variant of GOBNAIT

GOBNAIT f Irish
Feminine form of GOBÁN... [more]

GOBNATA f History
Latinate form of GOBNAIT

GOBNET f Irish
Anglicized form of GOBNAIT

GODDARD m English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from the Germanic given name Godhard, from the elements god "god" and heard "hardy, brave".

GODELIEVE f French, Dutch
French form of a Germanic name meaning "god's love" from god "god" and liob "love".

GODFREY m English
From the Germanic name Godafrid, which meant "peace of god" from the Germanic elements god "god" and frid "peace"... [more]

GODFRIED m Dutch
Dutch cognate of GODFREY

GODIVA f Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Old English name Godgyfu meaning "gift of god", from the elements god and gyfu "gift"... [more]

GODOFREDO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of GEOFFREY

GODRIC m Anglo-Saxon
Means "power of god", derived from Old English god combined with ric "power, rule"... [more]

GODWINE m Anglo-Saxon
Means "friend of god", derived from Old English god combined with wine "friend"... [more]

GOFFREDO m Italian
Italian form of GEOFFREY

GOFRAIDH m Irish
Irish form of GODFREY

GOIBNIU m Irish Mythology
Derived from Irish gobha meaning "smith"... [more]

GOIZANE f Basque
Derived from Basque goiz "morning".

GOIZARGI f Basque
Derived from Basque goiz "morning" and argi "light".

GOIZEDER f Basque
Derived from Basque goiz "morning" and eder "beautiful".

GÖKER m Turkish
Means "man of the sky" in Turkish.

GOLDA f Yiddish
Means "gold" in Yiddish.

GOLDIE (1) f English
From a nickname for a person with blond hair, from the English word gold.

GOLDIE (2) f Jewish
Variant of GOLDA

GOLIATH m Biblical
Possibly means "uncovered" in Hebrew... [more]

GOMER m & f Biblical
Means "complete" in Hebrew... [more]

GONA f Kurdish
Means "cheek" in Kurdish.

GONCA f Turkish
Turkish form of GHONCHEH

GONÇAL m Catalan
Catalan form of GONZALO

GONÇALO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of GONZALO

GONZALO m Spanish
From the medieval name Gundisalvus, which was the Latin form of a Germanic name composed of the elements gund "war" and salv which is of unknown meaning.

GOODWIN m English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from the given name GODWINE.

GOPAL m Indian
Modern transcription of GOPALA

GOPALA m Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "cow protector" from Sanskrit गो (go) "cow" and पाल (pala) "protector"... [more]

GOPINATH m Indian
Modern transcription of GOPINATHA

GOPINATHA m Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "leader of the gopis" in Sanskrit... [more]

GORAIDH m Scottish
Scottish form of GODFREY

GÖRAN m Swedish
Swedish form of GEORGE

GORAN m Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Means "mountain man", derived from south Slavic gora "mountain".

GORD m English
Short form of GORDON

GORDANA f Serbian, Croatian
Derived from Gordiana, feminine form of Gordianus (see GORDIAN).

GORDEN m English
Variant of GORDON

GORDIAN m History
From the Roman cognomen Gordianus which meant "from Gordium", Gordium being the capital of Phrygia in Asia Minor... [more]

GORDIE m English
Diminutive of GORDON... [more]

GORDON m Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "great hill"... [more]

GORDY m English
Diminutive of GORDON

GORE m English (Rare)
From an English surname meaning "triangular" (from Old English gara), originally referring to someone who lived on a triangular piece of land... [more]

GORETTI f Various
From the surname of Maria Goretti, a 20th-century Italian saint who forgave her murderer on her deathbed.

GORGI m Macedonian
Variant transcription of GJORGJI

GORKA m Basque
Basque form of GEORGE

GORMLAITH f Irish, Scottish
Means "illustrious princess" from Irish gorm "illustrious" and flaith "princess, lady"... [more]

GORO m Japanese
Variant transcription of GOROU

GORONWY m Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

GOROU m Japanese
From Japanese 五 (go) "five" and 郎 (rou) "son"... [more]

GOSSE m English (Rare)
From an English and French surname which was originally derived from the Norman given name Gosse, a diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element god "god".

GÖSTA m Swedish
Swedish diminutive of GUSTAV

GOTAM m Indian
Modern transcription of GOTAMA

GOTAMA m Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "the best ox" from Sanskrit गो (go) "ox, cow" and तम (tama) "best"... [more]

GOTTFRID m Swedish
Swedish form of GODFREY

GOTTFRIED m German
German form of GODFREY... [more]

GOTTHARD m German
German form of GODDARD

GOTTHILF m German
Derived from German Gott "God" and hilf "help"... [more]

GOTTHOLD m German
Derived from German Gott "God" and hold "lovely"... [more]

GOTTLIEB m German
Derived from German Gott "God" and lieb "love"... [more]

GOTTLOB m German
Derived from German Gott "God" and lob "praise"... [more]

GOTTSCHALK m German
Derived from the Germanic elements god "god" and scalc "servant"... [more]

GOTZON m Basque
Means "angel" in Basque.

GOTZONE f Basque
Feminine form of GOTZON

GOVAD m Near Eastern Mythology
Means "wind" in Persian... [more]

GOVANNON m Welsh Mythology
Welsh cognate of GOIBNIU

GOVIND m Indian
Modern transcription of GOVINDA

GOVINDA m Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "cow finder", derived from Sanskrit गो (go) "cow" combined with विन्द (vinda) "finding"... [more]

GOWRI f Indian
Variant transcription of GAURI

GOYATHLAY m Native American
Means "one who yawns" in Apache... [more]

GOYO m Spanish
Spanish diminutive of GREGORIO

GÖZDE f Turkish
Means "favourite" in Turkish.

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