This is a list of submitted names in which the length is 4 or 5.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Gorgo f Ancient Greek, HistoryMost likely derived from Greek γοργός
(gorgos) meaning "grim, fierce, terrible". However, it's also possible that the name is derived from the Greek verb γοργεύω
(gorgeuō) meaning "to move rapidly, to hasten", which itself is related to the Greek noun γοργία
(gorgia) meaning "agility, nimbleness, mobility"... [
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Goron m CornishSaid to be derived from Proto-Celtic
*kawaro- "hero, champion" (compare Breton
kaour, Welsh
cawr "giant, champion"). Saint Goron or Goronus is the patron saint of
St Goran, a coastal parish in Cornwall.
Gota m JapaneseFrom 豪 (
gō) meaning "powerful" and 太 (
ta) meaning "grand, big". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Goti m Old Norse, Old Danish, IcelandicFrom Old Norse
goti meaning "Gotlander." Gotland is an island in the Baltic sea about 60 miles off the southeastern coast of Sweden.
Gouki m JapaneseFrom Japanese 豪 (
gou) meaning "magnificent, bold" combined with 貴 (
ki) meaning "expensive". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Goun f & m Korean (Modern)From the present determiner form of adjective 곱다
(gopda) meaning "beautiful, pretty, fine, soft." It can also be written with hanja, combining a
go hanja, e.g. 高 meaning "high, tall," with an
un hanja, e.g. 雲 meaning "cloud."
Goven m Georgian (Archaic)Meaning and origin unknown. Perhaps it is related to the Turkish name
Güven. Another possibility might be the Latin adjective
iuvenis meaning "young, youthful" and its Middle Persian cognate
ǰuwān meaning "young"... [
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Gowan m & f Scottish, Medieval EnglishFrom a Scots name for the daisy and other golden or white field flowers, perhaps ultimately from Old Norse
gollinn "golden". Robert Burns' poem "To a Mountain Daisy" (1786) was originally titled "The Gowan"... [
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Gowan m AfricanMeans "Rainmaker" and originates from Africa, notably Nigeria.
Goyit m NgasForesight, seer, one who sees the future. The name is used in reference to a visionary.
Gozei f JapaneseJapanese form of the Okinawan warabi-naa or personal name (childhood name in its literal sense)
Gujī (呉勢/グジー), which is comprised of 呉 (go, kure, ku.reru / gu) meaning "do something for, give" and 勢 (sei, zei, ikio.ri, hazumi / ji-) meaning "energy, power, force, vigour."... [
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Graci m Arabic (Maghrebi)Carried over from surrounding Latin countries to, particularly Algeria during the "reconquista" of the Moors. Possibly the diminutive form of the surname
Garcia, which is a common occurrence to reverse given names with family names in Latinize Arabic countries (ex; Malta, Lebanon, ect.).
Gramr m Old Norse, Norse MythologyFrom Old Norse
gramr meaning "wrath, king, warrior". Gram (Gramr) was the name of a legendary Danish king. In Norse Mythology, this is the name of the sword that
Sigurd used to kill the dragon
Fáfnir.
Grani m Norse Mythology, PetDerived from Old Norse
grani meaning "horse". According to the chapter thirteen of
Völsungasaga, this is the name of a horse owned by the hero
Sigurd through advice from
Odin in disguise.
Grata f History (Ecclesiastical), Late RomanFeminine form of
Gratus. A famous bearer of this name was Justa Grata Honoria (5th century), the sister of the Western Roman emperor Valentinian III. It was also borne by Saint Grata of Bergamo, an early 4th-century martyr.
Greca f Italian (Rare)Italian feminine form of
Graecus. This was the name of a 4th-century saint who was martyred under Diocletian.
Grell m & f Popular CultureMeaning unknown. Manga author Yana Toboso used this name for a character in her popular manga serie 'Kuroshitsuji'. The name was also used in the 'Dungeons & Dragons' fantasy role-playing game, where it belong to a race of tentacled creatures.
Grete m East Frisian (Archaic)Either use of the feminine
Grete as a masculine name or from old frisian
Grete meaning claimant, this word can also be found in
Gretman meaning judge.
Grian f Irish MythologyGrian (literally, "Sun") is the name of an Irish figure, presumed to be a pre-Christian goddess, associated with County Limerick and Cnoc Greine ("Hill of Grian, Hill of the sun").
Grif m EnglishAlternate spelling of
Griff, a diminutive of
Griffith or
Griffin. Grif Teller (1899-1993), an American painter, is a notable bearer of this name.
Grifo m Frankish, Medieval Italian, HistoryDerived from the noun
grifo, which means "griffin" in both Italian and Old High German. In turn, it is derived from the Latin noun
gryphus, which itself is ultimately derived from the Greek noun γρύψ
(gryps) --- see
Griffin.... [
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Grímr m Old Norse, Norse MythologyMeans "masked person" or "shape-changer" in Old Norse (derived from
gríma "mask, helmet"). This was a byname of the god
Odin, perhaps given to boys in an attempt to secure the protection of the god.
Grit m EnglishOld English
grēot "sand, gravel", of Germanic origin; related to German
Griess.
Grīva f Medieval BalticDerived from Latvian
grīva "estuary". This name was recorded in Latvia in the late Middle Ages.
Groot m Popular CultureMeans "large" in Dutch. This is the name of a fictional superhero in Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy'.
Grug f WelshDirectly taken from Welsh
grug "heather".
Grýla f Norse MythologyGrýla is a mythic giantess who comes down from the mountains at Christmas to eat all the bad children.
Gude m & f SwedishVariant of
Gautr or diminutive of names containing the element
gud ("god" or "good").
Gudor m Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)Either a Norwegian form of
Guðþór or a combination of Norwegian
gud "god" and Greek δῶρον (
doron) "gift". The name was first used in the mid 19th century.
Guel m Biblical, Biblical LatinForm of
Geuel 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.
Guga m GeorgianDiminutive of
Giorgi. This name is not to be confused with the Georgian noun გუგა
(guga) meaning "pupil" (as in, the part of the eye).
Gugu f Zulu, XhosaFrom Zulu
igugu meaning "precious, valuable" or "treasure".
Gugum m SundaneseDerived from Sundanese
gumbira meaning "happy, glad".
Güher f TurkishTurkish form of
Gohar. A famous bearer is Turkish pianist Güher Pekinel (1951-).
Guía f Spanish (European, Rare)From the Spanish word
guía ("guidance"), itself after the title of the Virgin Mary
Virgen de la Guía (Our Lady of the Guidance), venerated in the town of Santa María de la Guía (Las Palmas, Spain).
Guia f Italian (Rare)Of uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include a feminine form of
Guido, a variant of
Gaia and an adoption of the Spanish name
Guía.
Guie f ChineseFrom the Chinese
贵 (guì) meaning "expensive, valuable" and
娥 (é) meaning "be beautiful, good".
Guihu f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桂 (guì) meaning "laurel, cassia" and
湖 (hú) meaning "lake; bluish-green".
Guiju f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桂 (guì) meaning "laurel, cassia" and
菊 (jú) meaning "chrysanthemum".
Guilu f ChineseFrom the Chinese
贵 (guì) meaning "expensive, valuable" and
绿 (lǜ) meaning "green".
Guina f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桂 (guì) meaning "laurel, cassia" and
娜 (nà) meaning "elegant, graceful".
Guinu f ChineseFrom the Chinese
贵 (guì) meaning "expensive, valuable" and
女 (nǚ) meaning "woman, girl".
Guize m GuancheThe name of a king of Maxorata, located in the northern part of the island of Fuerteventura.
Guja m & f GeorgianShort form of
Elguja for men. The meaning of Guja as a feminine name is unknown, and it appears that the name is no longer used on women.
Gu-ji f Korean, HistoryMeaning unknown. Yi Gu-ji (d. 1489) was a Joseon-dynasty princess, writer, artist and poet who was executed for having an affair with a slave.
Guk-ju f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 國 (
guk) "nation, country, nation-state" and 主 (
ju) "master, chief owner; host; lord".
Gulab m & f Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, UrduDerived from Persian گلاب
(golab) meaning "rosewater, rose", from گل
(gol) meaning "rose, flower" and آب
(ab) meaning "water".
Gulav f KurdishFrom the Kurdish
gul meaning "rose" and
av meaning "water".
Guled m & f SomaliIt means victory after a long struggle
Gülin f Turkish"owner of rose gardens" or "a person with a rose smell"
Gulla f UzbekMeans "to flower, to florish, to blossom" in Uzbek.
Gulli f Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)Short form of
Gunhild via it's Swedish form
Gunilla. It could also be a variant of
Gull, a short form of names beginning with the Old Norse element
guð meaning "god".
Gulli f UzbekMeans "having or containing flowers" or "covered in a flower or spotted pattern" in Uzbek.
Güllü f TurkishMeans "with roses", from Turkish
gül meaning "rose".
Gulo f & m GeorgianShort form of given names that contain the Georgian element გული
(guli) meaning "heart" or the Middle Persian element
gul meaning "flower, rose".... [
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Gulō f BalochiDiminutive for names containing the element
gul.
Guloy f UzbekDerived from Uzbek
gul meaning "rose, flower" and
oy meaning "moon".
Gülüş f Azerbaijani, TurkishMeans "laugh, smile" in Azerbaijani and Turkish. In addition to being an independent name, it is also used as a diminutive of names beginning with the element
gül meaning "flower, rose" (from Persian
gol), such as
Gülay or
Gülnarə.
Gumi f JapaneseIt's a name beared by a VOCALOID2 character, GUMI or Megpoid. Actually is a form of name
Megumi.
Gumru f AzerbaijaniFeminine Azeri name derived from the Turkish word
kumru meaning "turtledove".
Guna f LatvianDerived from Latvian
guns / uguns "fire, flame". This name was used by Latvian poet and playwright Aspazija in her play
Sidraba šėidrauts.
Guna m TamilMostly used by Tamil people based in South India, Malaysia and Singapore.
Gunda f AbkhazPossibly means "beautiful" in Abkhaz. Alternately, it may be a form of the Ossetian name
Agunda. This is the name of a legendary Abkhaz woman who could take the form of a white horse.
Gunde m SwedishVariant of
Gunnar or any other name containing the Old Norse name element
gunnr "war".
Guni m BiblicalGuni was a son of
Naphtali according to Genesis 46:24 and Numbers 26:48. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with
Jacob.
Gunji m Japanese (Rare)From 軍 (
gun) meaning "army, troops, forces, military" and 司 (
ji) meaning "direct, administer, govern, rule, government office". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Gunjō m Japanese (Rare)From 群青
(gunjō), referring to the brilliant blue pigment or colour known as ultramarine.... [
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Gunvi f SwedishCombination of Old Norse name elements
gunnr "battle" and
vígja "to consecrate, to dedicate to God". This name was coined in the 20th century.
Gunzo m GermanicGunzo was a 7th-century Alemmani duke under Frankish sovereignty.
Guoda f LithuanianDerived from the old Lithuanian noun
guoda or
guodas meaning "honor" as well as "respect". Also compare the similar-looking Lithuanian noun
guodimas meaning "comfort, consolation".
Guonu f ChineseFrom the Chinese
国 (guó) meaning "country, nation" and
女 (nǚ) meaning "woman, girl".
Guosu f ChineseFrom the Chinese
国 (guó) meaning "country, nation" and
素 (sù) meaning "white silk".
Guoyi m & f ChineseFrom the Chinese
国 (guó) meaning "country, nation" and
怡 (yí) meaning "happy, harmony, joy".
Guozi f ChineseFrom the Chinese
国 (guó) meaning "country, nation" and
紫 (zǐ) meaning "purple, violet".
Guram m GeorgianMeaning uncertain. Georgian sources state that the name is etymologically related to
Bahram and therefore of Persian origin. Also compare the related names
Gvaram and
Varam.... [
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