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Gad m Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Means "fortune, luck" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, Gad is the first son of Jacob by Leah's slave-girl Zilpah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of the Israelites. His name is explained in Genesis 30:11. Another Gad in the Old Testament is a prophet of King David.

Gae f English (Rare)
Variant of Gay.

Gai m Hebrew
Means "valley, ravine" in Hebrew.

Gál m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Gallus.

Gal 1 f & m Hebrew
Means "wave" in Hebrew.

Gal 2 m Slovene
Slovene form of Gallus.

Gay f English
From the English word gay meaning "gay, happy". By the mid-20th century the word had acquired the additional meaning of "homosexual", and the name has subsequently dropped out of use.

Gaz m English (British)
Diminutive of Gary or Gareth.

Geb m Egyptian Mythology
From Egyptian 𓎼𓃀𓃀 (gbb) meaning "earth". In Egyptian mythology he was the god of the earth and crops. His consort was his sister the sky goddess Nut.

Ger m Dutch, Irish
Short form Gerard, Gerrit, Gearóid and other names beginning with Ger.

Gia f Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Gianna.

Gib m English
Medieval diminutive of Gilbert.

Gil 1 m Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of Giles.

Gil 2 m English
Short form of Gilbert and other names beginning with Gil.

Gil 3 m Hebrew
Means "joy, happiness" in Hebrew.

Gio m Georgian
Short form of Giorgi.

Giò m & f Italian
Short form of Giovanni and other names beginning with Gio.

Giv m Persian Mythology
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a hero in the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh.

Gol f Persian
Means "flower, rose" in Persian.

Gor m Armenian
Means "fierce" in Armenian.

Gro f Norwegian
Norwegian form of Gróa.

Gry f Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Means "to dawn" in Norwegian, Danish and Swedish.

Gui m Portuguese
Short form of Guilherme.

Gül f Turkish
Means "rose" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.

Gul m & f Urdu, Pashto
Means "flower, rose" in Urdu and Pashto, ultimately from Persian.

Gun f Swedish
Modern form of Gunnr.

Guo m & f Chinese
From Chinese 国 (guó) meaning "country" or other Chinese characters pronounced in a similar way.

Gus 1 m English
Short form of Augustus or Angus.

Gus 2 m Greek (Expatriate)
Diminutive of Konstantinos, used primarily by Greek expatriates.

Guy 1 m English, French
Old French form of Wido. The Normans introduced it to England, where it was common until the time of Guy Fawkes (1570-1606), a revolutionary who attempted to blow up the British parliament. The name was revived in the 19th century, due in part to characters in the novels Guy Mannering (1815) by Walter Scott and The Heir of Redclyffe (1854) by C. M. Yonge.

Guy 2 m Hebrew
Alternate transcription of Hebrew גַּיְא (see Gai). This is the more common transcription.

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