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Geoffery m English (Rare)
Variant of Geoffrey.

Geordan m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Jordan influenced by George.

Georden m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Jordan (compare Geordie).

Geordey m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Geordie.

Geordi m & f English (Rare), Popular Culture
Variant of Geordie. Geordi La Forge (male) from Star Trek: The Next Generation has this name.

Geordy m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Geordie and Jordy.

Geordyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Rare variant of Jordan (See also Georden and Jordin).

Georgi f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Georgie.

Geovany m Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare)
Variant of Giovanni.

Geovontae m African American (Modern)
Variant of Javonte.

Gerad m English
A form of Gerard or an alternate form of Jared.

Gereld m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Gerald.

Geremiah m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Jeremiah.

Geremy m English
Variant of Jeremy.

Gerg m English

Gerld m English (American, Rare)
Truncated form of Gerald.

Germaine m English (Rare)
Variant of Germain.

Germany f & m English
From the country in Europe.

Gerome m English (Rare)
Variant of Jerome.

Geroy m African American
Possibly a combination of George & Leroy.

Gerrell m African American (Rare)

Gerrick m English
A variant of Garrick.

Gertee m English
Diminutive of Gertrude.

Gervas m English
Form of Gervase

Gervonta m African American (Modern, Rare)
Blend of Gervase and Javonte. A known bearer of this name is American professional boxer Gervonta Davis (1994-).

Gethry m African American
Variant of surname Guthry.

Gevon m African American (Rare)

Gherardi m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Gherardi.... [more]

Ghillie f & m Scottish, English
The origin of this word dates from the late 16th century, from the Scottish Gaelic gille, "lad, servant", cognate with the Irish giolla.

Gianny f & m English (American, Rare)

Giavanni f & m African American (Modern, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare)
Variant of Giovanni used as both a masculine name and a feminine name in the USA.... [more]

Giavonni f & m American (Hispanic, Rare), African American (Modern, Rare)
Most likely an American feminine and masculine variant of Giovanni.... [more]

Gibb m English
Variant of Gib.

Gibbs m English
Diminutive form of Gilbert.

Gibby m English
Diminutive of Gilbert or Gibson.

Gibi m English

Gibi f & m English (American, Rare, ?)
A very rare name. Could be related to Gabby or something similar.

Gid m English
Short form of Gideon.

Giddy m English
Diminutive of Gideon.

Gidi m Hebrew, English (Modern)
Diminutive of Gideon.

Gifford m English
Transferred use of the surname Gifford. Notable namesake is Gifford Pinchot (1865 - 1946) first Chief of the United States Forest Service.

Gig m English (Rare)

Gilam m English (American, Archaic)

Gilderoy m English (Rare), Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Gilroy.

Gilford m American (Rare)

Gill m English (Rare)
Variant of Gil 2.

Gilliam m English (Anglicized, Rare)
Anglicized form of Guillaume

Gillmore m English
Variant of Gilmore.

Gillon m English (Rare)

Gilman m English
From an English surname that was derived from the given name Guillemin, an Old French diminutive of Guillaume (see Gilman).

Gilmer m American
Variant of Gilmore.

Gilmor m English
Variant of Gilmore.

Gilmore m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Gilmore.

Gilmour m English
Variant of Gilmore.

Gilvin m American

Gin f & m English (Modern)
Short form of Virginia, Ginnifer, Ginette and other names containing the 'gin' sound... [more]

Gioni m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Gionni.

Giovani m Italian (Archaic), English, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Archaic Italian and English variant of Giovanni as well as the Spanish and Portuguese form of Giovanni.... [more]

Giovanie m American (Hispanic)
Variant of Giovanni.

Giovanne m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare)
Variant of Giovanni.

Giovannie m American (Hispanic)
Variant of Giovanni.

Giovany m American (Hispanic, Modern)
Variant of Giovanni.

Giovonni m English (American, Modern, Rare)
A variant of Giovanni.

Girlie f & m English, Filipino

Giroud m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Giroud.... [more]

Girvies m African American

Givanni m & f American (Hispanic, Rare), English
Form of Giovanni.

Giveon m African American (Modern, Rare)
The name is derived from the English verb to give with the intended meaning "the one who gives".... [more]

Glacier f & m English (Modern, Rare)
From the English word "glacier"; in turn from Franco-Provençal glacier, which is derived from glace (meaning "ice") and the suffix -ier.

Glad m & f American (Rare)
The word meaning "happy" or a diminutive of Gladys or Gladwin or other names containing glad.

Gladstone m English, Brazilian, Jamaican Patois
Transferred use of the surname Gladstone. A famous bearer of the surname was William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), four-time British Prime Minister.

Glady m & f English (Rare)
Possibly a masculine form of Gladys.

Glandias m English

Glendaryl m English (Rare)
Combination of the masculine names "Glen" and "Daryl".

Glendi f & m English (Rare)
The feminine name is a hypocoristic form of Glenda.

Glendon m English
Transferred use of the surname Glendon.

Glenford m English Creole, Jamaican Patois, English (American), African American

Glenmore m English (Rare)

Glennon m English
Transferred use of the surname Glennon.

Glenroy m Jamaican Patois, English
Combination of Glen and Roy.

Glenwood m American (Rare)
From English location words meaning "valley" plus -wood.

Gloom m & f English
A word that means "gloaming, twilight, darkness" from Middle English gloom, glom, from Old English glōm.

Glorius m & f English (American, Rare)
This name can be a masculinization of Gloria as well as be a variant spelling of the English word glorious, which is etymologically related to the aforementioned name.

Glover m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Glover.

Glow f & m English
From English glow, Old English glōwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gloeien and German glühen.

Gloyd m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of "Lloyd".

Glyndon m English (Rare)
Variant of Glendon. Transferred use of the surname Glyndon.

Glyne m & f English
Variant and feminine form of Glyn.

Glynne m & f English
Variant and feminine form of Glyn.

God m American (Archaic), English (Modern, Rare)
Short form of Godfrey or possibly directly from the English word.

Godefredo m Louisiana Creole (Rare)
Louisiana Spanish form of Godefroy.

Godfridus m English
Form of Godfrey.

Godigisel m Germanic, English, German, Italian, Norwegian, History
Variant spelling of Godegisel. Godigisel was a 4th-century king of the Hasdingi Vandals.

God’iss m & f African American
From the scripture, “God is love.” May also be an alternative of Goddess.

Godlove m English (American, Archaic)
English translation of German Gottlieb, which in turn 'is for the most part a translation of Greek Theophilos ("one who loves God") that became very popular in the 17th and 18th centuries with the rise of the Pietist movement' (second edition of Dictionary of American Family Names, 2022)... [more]

Godslove m & f Nigerian (Modern), English
The combination of God is love, God's love. Meaning "God's kind of love" or "God is love"

Godwin m Germanic, Danish (Archaic), Dutch (Rare), English (Rare), German (Archaic)
Ancient Germanic cognate of Godwine. In English-speaking countries, the use of Godwin as a given name is these days often inspired by the English patronymic surname Godwin, which was derived from the aforementioned Anglo-Saxon personal name Godwine.... [more]

Godwyn m English
Variant of Godwin.

Golden m & f English (Rare), Romani (Archaic)
Either from the English word golden (from Old English gyldan "made of gold") or the surname Golden, originally given as a nickname to someone with blond hair... [more]

Goldie m English
Diminutive of Golden, Golding and other names that begin with Gold-.

Goldman m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Goldman.

Gonsalve m Louisiana Creole (Rare)
Louisiana Creole form of Gonzalo.

Gonzalez m American (Hispanic)
Transferred use of the surname Gonzalez.

Goober m English
Meaning "peanut", originating from Bantu languages. In English, this is sometimes used as a word to describe a silly or foolish person.... [more]

Goodman m English (Rare, Archaic)
From Middle English gode "good" and man "man", in part from use as a term for the master of a household. In Scotland the term denoted a landowner who held his land not directly from the crown but from a feudal vassal of the king... [more]

Goody m & f English (Rare), African American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Goody.

Gordan m English (Modern)
Variant of Gordon.

Gordo m English
Diminutive of Gordon.

Gorge m English (Rare)
Variant of George.

Gospel m & f English (Rare)
From the word Gospel.

Gotham m English
Transferred use of the surname Gotham.

Gould m English (American)
Transferred the surname Gould.

Gouverneur m English (American)
Likely from the French word gouverneur, meaning "governor". Notable bearers include American founding father Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816), American politician Gouverneur Kemble (1786-1875), sportsman Gouverneur Cadwalader (1880-1935), and United States Army general Gouverneur K. Warren (1830-1882).

Governor m English
From the English governor, a public or executive official that exercise some form of sovereignty to an area.

Gow m & f English (American)
Possibly from the surname Gow, derived from Scottish Gaelic gobha meaning "smith".

Gracen f & m English
Variant of Grayson influenced by Grace.

Graden m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Grayden.

Gradie m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Grady.

Grae m & f English (American, Modern)
It's uncertain but it may be a variant of ... [more]

Graehme m English (Rare)
Variant of Graeme.

Graesyn m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Grayson.

Grafton m American (South)

Grahem m English (Rare)
Variant of Graham.

Graig m English
Variant of Greg

Grainger m English
Variant of Granger.

Graison m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Grayson. According to the SSA, Graison was given to 8 girls and 32 boys in 2010.

Grange m English
Transferred use of the surname Grange.

Granger m English
Transferred use of the surname Granger.

Granite m English (Rare)
From the English word referring to a type of rock.

Grantham m English
Transferred use of the surname Grantham.

Grantley m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Grantley.

Grantly m English

Grapes f & m English
Transferred from the English surname Grapes.

Gratton m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Gratton. Gratton Dalton was an infamous outlaw, one of the Dalton Gang, in Kansas in the 1880s.

Graven m English (Modern, Rare)
Meaning unknown, possibly an invented name.

Graves m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Graves.

Graycen m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Grayson.

Grayden m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Grayden.

Graydon m English
Means 'gray hill' in English. Comes from gray, as in the color, and 'don' which means hill.

Graylen m English

Graylin m & f English
This name means "gray-haired person" ... [more]

Grayling m American

Graylyn f & m English
Variant of Graylynn

Graysyn m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Grayson.

Greeley m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Greeley.

Greely m English (Rare)
From a surname which is a variant of Greeley.

Green m English, Medieval English
Transferred use of the surname Green.

Greenberry m American (South, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Greenberry. Given originally in honor of Colonel Nicholas Greenberry. Sometimes split into two names (i.e. Green Berry)

Greene m English
Variant of Green.

Greenie m & f English
Diminutive form of Green

Greenland m & f English (Modern, Rare)
From the name of the island and Danish territory Greenland.

Greenleaf m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Greenleaf.

Greenleigh f & m English (American)
Variant of Greenlee.

Gregge m English
Short form of Gregory.

Greggie m & f English, Filipino
Diminutive of Gregory or Gregoria.

Greggory m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Gregory.

Greil m English

Greydon m English (Rare)
Variant of Graydon.

Greyer m English (American, Rare)
Elaboration of Grey.

Greyleigh f & m English (American)
A combination of the names Grey and Leigh.

Greyor m English (American, Modern)
As a nod to the school colors of The Ohio State University, Scarlet (f) and Grey (m), chosen with the hope of a marriage to a wife, named Scarlet.

Greysen m American (Modern)
Variant of Grayson.

Greysyn m & f English (American)
Variant of Greyson sometimes used as a feminine form.

Grieve m English
Possible transferred use of the surname Grieve.

Griezmann m American (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Griezmann.... [more]

Grif m English
Alternate spelling of Griff, a diminutive of Griffith or Griffin. Grif Teller (1899-1993), an American painter, is a notable bearer of this name.

Griff m English, Welsh
Short form of Griffin or Griffith.

Griffen m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Griffin.

Grimm m English
Transferred use of the surname Grimm.

Grimsley m English
Transferred use of the surname Grimsley.

Grinling m English (Rare)
Borne by Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721), an English sculptor and wood carver known for his work in England, including St Paul's Cathedral, Blenheim Palace and Hampton Court Palace.

Griswold m English
Transferred use of the surname Griswold.

Grit m English
Old English grēot "sand, gravel", of Germanic origin; related to German Griess.

Grove m English (Rare)
Short form of Grover, or from the English word, ultimately from Old English grāf "grove, copse".

Gryffin m English
Variant of Griffin.

Gryphon m English
Alternate spelling of Griffin, inspired by the word Gryphon/Griffin, a creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle, ultimately from Greek γρυψ (gryps).

Guffin m & f English (Rare)

Guilbert m French (Rare), English (Rare)
French form of Wilbert, since Germanic Wil- tends to become Guil- in French.... [more]

Guilford m English
Transferred use of the surname Guilford. A known bearer was the husband of Lady Jane Grey, Lord Guilford (or Guildford) Dudley.

Gulliver m English
Transferred use of the surname Gulliver. First used in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, published 1726, as the surname of the protagonist Lemuel Gulliver.

Gundulf m Germanic, English
Means "wolf of war", derived from Old High German gund "war" combined with Gothic vulfs "wolf." A bearer of this name was Gundulf of Rochester, who lived in the first half of the Middle Ages.

Guppy m English (Rare)
From the fish.

Gurion m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Gurion.

Gurione f & m English (Rare)

Gurney m English (American, Rare), Literature
Transferred use of the surname Gurney. A bearer of the surname was Ivor Gurney (1890-1937), a British poet and composer who is noted especially for his songs and poems of World War I.... [more]

Guss m English
Variant of Gus 1.

Gust m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Gust.

Guthrie m Scottish, English
Transferred use of the surname Guthrie, borne by the jazz musician Guthrie Govan.

Gutzon m American (Rare, Archaic)

Guyton m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Guyton.

Gwain m English (Rare)
Variant of Gawain or Gwaine, ultimately from Welsh gwalch "hawk". Also coincides with a Welsh word meaning "sheath, scabbard."

Gwyndon m English (American, Archaic)

Gyovanni m American (Hispanic, Rare)
Variant of Giovanni.

Gysbert m American (South, Americanized, Rare)
American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by the name Gisbert.

Haddon m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Haddon.

Hade m English
Short form of Hayden.

Haden m English (American)
Variant of Hayden.

Hadlee f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Hadley.

Hadleigh m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Hadley.

Hadriel m Biblical, Biblical Latin, English (American, Rare), French (Modern)
Form of Adriel used in the Douay-Rheims Bible (1582-1610), the Clementine Vulgate (1592) and the Nova Vulgata ("Neo-Vulgate", 1979). The latter two are respectively the former and current official Bible of the Roman Catholic Church.

Hadron m English (Modern, Rare)
Derived from "Hadrian".

Hagan m English

Haidan m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Varient of Hayden and the rarer Haiden ... [more]

Haiden m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Hayden, probably altered due to the influence of Aiden (which has been, in America, the most popular spelling - i.e., more so than Aidan).

Haidyn f & m English (Modern)
Variant (typically feminine) of Hayden.

Hail m Eastern African, English (Rare)

Hain m English
From the Middle English personal name Hein. This is derived from the Germanic personal name Hagano, originally a byname meaning ‘hawthorn’... [more]

Haines m English
Transferred use of the surname Haines.

Haise m Japanese, English
琲 means “String of pearls” and 世 “World”.... [more]

Haisley f & m English
Variant of Hazley.

Haiven f & m English
Variant of Haven

Haizen m English
Derived from the Old English, meaning "grey".

Halbert m American
Transferred use of the surname Halbert.

Halen m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Halen.

Haliey f & m English (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Variant of Hailey

Hallelujah f & m English (Rare)
From the English word hallelujah, uttered in worship or as an expression of rejoicing, ultimately from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halleluyah) meaning "praise ye the Lord."

Halley f & m English
Transferred use of the surname Halley.... [more]

Halliwell m English (Rare)
Transferred use of a surname Halliwell.

Hally m English
Diminutive of Harry.

Halma m English

Halsey m & f English
From Old English, meaning "from Hal's island". The name is probably given in honour of the American war hero Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, Jr. (1882-1959).

Halston m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Halston. May also be a variation of Halsten.

Hamble m English
Transferred use of the surname Hamble.

Hamlin m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Hamlin. A notable bearer is American author Hamlin Garland (1860-1940) who wrote fictional works about life in the Midwest.

Hammie m & f English
Diminutive of Hamilton and Hammond.

Hammy m English
Diminutive of Hamilton and Hammond.

Hamp m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Hamp.

Hampton m English
Transferred use of the surname Hampton.

Hamylton m English
Variant of Hamilton.

Handi m English
Variant of Handy.

Handler m English (Americanized, Modern)

Handsome m English
From the English word "handsome" meaning "attractive; good-looking".

Handy m English
From a nickname for a useful person

Hanlin m English
Transferred use of the surname Hanlin.

Hanmer m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Hanmer.

Hanoi m & f American (Hispanic)
From the capital of Vietnam.

Hansen m English
Transferred use of the surname Hansen.

Hansford m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Hansford.

Hanson m English
Transferred use of the surname Hanson.

Harbor f & m English
From the English word harbor, a body of water for anchoring ships, ultimately from the Old English herebeorg "shelter, refuge". It may also be the transferred use of the surname Harbor.

Harbour f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Harbor, reflecting the British spelling.

Hardee m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Hardee.... [more]

Harden m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Harden.

Hardie m English
Transferred use of the surname Hardie.

Hardin m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Hardin.

Hark m American (South)
Possibly a religious themed named from the word Hark, meaning "listen," a popular word used in the Bible.

Harl m English
Transferred use of the surname Harl.

Harlem m English
From Harlem, a neighborhood in New York City named after the Dutch city of Haarlem. It originally means 'home on a forested dune'.

Harlen m & f English
Variant of Harlan.

Harlequin m & f Popular Culture, English (Modern)
Refers to the comedic servant character of Italian Commedia dell'arte. It is derived (via Old French) from Old English Herla, a character often identified with Woden.... [more]

Harli f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Harley.

Harlie f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Harley.

Harlin m English
Variant of Harlan.

Harlo m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Harlow.

Harlon m English (Rare)
Variant of Harlan.

Harlowe f & m English
Variant of Harlow.

Harly m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Diminutive of Harlyn, or a variant of Harley.

Harlye f & m English
The meaning of the name is “Hare’s Meadow.” It is a unisex name that is derived from the Old English words hara meaning hare, and Leah, meaning wood.

Harlyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Harlan.

Harm m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Short form of Harmon or Harmony.

Harman m English (Rare)
Variant of Herman.

Harnett m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Harnett.... [more]

Harp f & m English
Short form of Harper

Harpo m English
From the stage name of Harpo Marx.

Harray m English

Harrell m English (Rare)
Of Old German origin, meaning "Commander"... [more]

Harrey m English
Variant of Harry.

Harrie m & f English (American), English
Feminine form of Harry, as well as a short form of Harriet and other names with the element Har-.... [more]

Harrington m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Harrington.

Harriss m English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of the surname Harris.

Harrold m English (American)
Variant of Harold.

Harryson m English (Modern, Rare)
A variant of the name Harrison.

Hart m German, English
Either a short form of Hardy, Hartmann, or other name beginning with the element hart or hard, "hardy, strong"; or from the Old English heorot or Middle Low German harte, a male deer... [more]

Hartford m & f English (American)
Transferred use of the place name Hartford.

Hartigan m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Hartigan.

Hartlee f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Hartley.

Hartwell m English
Transferred use of the surname Hartwell.

Harv m English
Diminutive of Harvey.

Harvard m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Harvard, possibly in reference to the prestigious American university.

Harvest m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Harvester.... [more]

Harvy m English (Rare)
Variant of Harvey.

Harwood m English
Transferred use of the surname Harwood.

Haskell m English
Derived from the English surname Haskell, which in turn is derived from the Old Norse personal name Ásketill... [more]

Hasley f & m English, South American
Transferred use of the surname Hasley.

Hassel m English (Rare)
Variant of Hassell.

Hassell m English (Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Hassell.

Hassie f & m American
Traditionally a diminutive of Hester. Also used as a diminutive of Harrison and therefore potentially of Harris.

Hastings m & f English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Hastings.

Hatcher m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Hatcher.

Hathaway m & f English (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Hathaway. Hathaway was given to 14 girls in 2017.

Hatton m English
Transferred use of the surname Hatton.

Haughton m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Haughton.

Havelock m English
Variant spelling of Havelok; this spelling is most often encountered in the form of the surname Havelock.

Havergal m English
Famous bearer was the composer Havergal Brian.

Havoc m English (Modern, Rare)
From the English word havoc.

Havok m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Havoc.

Havyn f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Haven.

Haward m Medieval English, English
Anglo-Scandinavian form of Heahweard and or Hávarðr. The modern form is derived from the surname Haward... [more]

Hawk m English, Popular Culture
From the English word for 'hawk', a predatory bird.

Hawke m English
Variant of Hawk.