GoiswinthafGermanic, History Derived from Gothic gavi "region, district" or Gothic gauja "inhabitant" combined with Gothic svinths (swind in Old High German) "strength." Goiswintha was the wife of Athanagild, a 6th-century king of the Visigoths.
GomentrudefFrankish Gomentrude (598 – fl. 630) was a Frankish queen consort by marriage to King Dagobert I. She was the sister of queen Sichilde. The marriage was arranged against the will of Dagobert in 625. When he became king in 629, he repudiated her one year after his succession, officially because of her claimed infertility.
GontiafCeltic Mythology The name of an obscure Celtic goddess, the tutelary deity of the river Günz, possibly derived from Proto-Celtic *kom-dati "confluence, river mouth", or related to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- "to pour".
GrantairemLiterature Grantaire is a fictional character from the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. He is a student from the South of France and is one of the principal characters of the revolutionary group known as the Friends of the ABC.
GrantlymEnglish Transferred used of the surname Grantly.
GrantortomArthurian Cycle Grantorto is the giant who holds Irena and her kingdom hostage in Book 5. He represents Irish Catholic rebels. Artegall kills him.
GregentiosmHistory (Ecclesiastical), Late Greek (?) Meaning uncertain. Gregentios was the missionary Bishop of Himyaritia for over 30 years in the 6th century, when the area was under Aksumite control, playing an important role in the restoration of Orthodox Christianity there after the persecution of Dunaan.
GuntheucfFrankish This was the name of the Frankish queen Guntheuc of Burgundy (c. 495 - 540). She was the first wife of Chlothar I and the daughter of Godomar of Burgundy. She was also the mother of Saint Cloud (Clodoald) by her first husband, Chlodomer.
GuntildafLithuanian (Rare) Lithuanian form of Gundhild (which is also found spelled as Gunthild), which is the Germanic equivalent of the Old Norse name Gunnhildr (see Gunhild).
GvantsafSvan, Georgian Derived from the Svan word გუანც (guanc), which literally means "wren" but means "mischievous, restless, wild" in a figurative sense.... [more]
HelianthafDutch (Rare) Means "sunflower" in Greek, from ‘Ηλιος (helios) "sun" and ανθος (anthos), "flower".
HelianthefDutch (Rare) Derived from Hélianthe, the French name for Helianthus, which is a genus of plants. It is ultimately derived from Greek helianthos meaning "sun-flower", from Greek helios "sun" and anthos "flower".
HelissentfMedieval French Probably from an Old French form of the Germanic name Alahsind, which is composed of the elements alah "temple" and sinþs "path" (compare Elisenda).
HermophantosmAncient Greek Derived from the name of the Greek messenger god Hermes combined with the Greek adjective φαντός (phantos) meaning "visible", which is ultimately derived from the Greek verb φαντάζω (phantazo) meaning "to make visible".
HerophantosmAncient Greek Derived from the name of the Greek goddess Hera combined with the Greek adjective φαντός (phantos) meaning "visible", which is ultimately derived from the Greek verb φαντάζω (phantazo) meaning "to make visible".
HontanaresfSpanish (European, Rare) From the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora de Hontanares meaning "Our Lady of Hontanares." She is venerated at the hermitage in Riaza in the province of Segovia, Spain.
HrafntinnafIcelandic From the Icelandic word hrafntinna meaning "obsidian", which is itself derived from Old Norse hrafn "raven" and tinna "flint" (also see Tinna).
HrafntýrmIcelandic (Rare) Derived from the Old Norse elements hrafn "raven" and týr "god" (or the name of the Norse god Týr, which is identical).
HyacinthiafFolklore Variant of Hyacintha used by Andrew Lang for a character in his version of the Russian fairy tale King Kojata. It also coincides with the name of an ancient Spartan festival that celebrated the death of Hyacinthus.
ImentetfEgyptian Mythology Means "she of the west". In Egyptian mythology she was the goddess representing the necropolis west of the Nile River and the consort of Aken. Typically depicted wearing the hieroglyph for 'west' on her head, she often appeared on tombs to welcome the deceased into the afterlife... [more]
ImentimKikuyu Means "believer of faith" in Kikuyu.
InocentemSpanish, Galician Derived from Spanish and Galician inocente, meaning "innocent, blameless; naïve". It is used in reference to the Christian festival Día de los (Santos) Inocentes (Childermas) celebrated on December 28.
IntarsmLatvian Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Dzintars and a purely phonetic coinage.
IntefmAncient Egyptian From Egyptian jnj-jt.f meaning "(he) whom his father brought", derived from jnj "to bring", jt "father", and .f "his". This name was borne by several Egyptian pharaohs.
IntegramPopular Culture Notably used for Sir Integra Hellsing in the Hellsing manga by Kouta Hirano.
IntegrityfEnglish (American, Modern, Rare) From the English word integrity, which is derived via Middle French from Latin integritās meaning "soundness, integrity".
Intisarf & mArabic, Urdu Means "victory, triumph, conquest" in Arabic, from the root انتصر (intaṣara) meaning "to gain victory, to triumph". It is typically masculine in Pakistan and feminine elsewhere.
Intizarm & fArabic, Kazakh, Turkmen, Urdu Derived from the Arabic noun انتظار (intizar) meaning "wait" as well as "anticipation" and "expectation".... [more]
Intizorm & fTajik, Uzbek Tajik and Uzbek form of Intizar. This name appears to be strictly feminine in Uzbekistan, whilst it is unisex in Tajikistan (though it is more often used on males there).
IntrafLatvian (Rare) Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a variant of Inta, a variant of Dzintra, a variant of Antra as well as a purely phonetic coinage.
IntzafBasque (Modern) From the name of a town in the municipality of Araitz (Navarre), possibly related to Ihintza.
IriantomIndonesian From Indonesian Irian, the former name of the western part of the island of New Guinea (also known as Papua). This name was most popularly given to children who were born around the time of the Dutch expulsion from Western New Guinea in 1962.
IsinthonmHistory From the name of one of the seven hills surrounding Mount Meru, a sacred mountain in Buddhist mythology. This was the name of a son of King Taksin the Great (1734-1782).
Ixpantonf & mNahuatl Probably derived from Nahuatl ixpan, meaning "before, in front of; to present or manifest to someone", combined with the diminutive suffix -ton.
JachentfYiddish Variant of Jachet. This name was recorded in France and Germany in the 13th-century.
JacintmCatalan, Lengadocian, Provençal Catalan. Languedocian and Provençal form of Hyacinthus. Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló (1845 – 1902) was a writer, regarded as one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature and a prominent literary figure of the Renaixença, a cultural revival movement of the late Romantic era... [more]
JantienfMedieval Dutch, Dutch This given name originated in medieval times as a variant spelling (or even a misspelling) of Jantjen, as the letter 'j' was regularly written as an 'i' in medieval records... [more]
JantjenfMedieval Dutch, Dutch (Rare) This name is a variant of Johanna, where the diminutive suffix -tjen is included in the name. Since -tjen is a diminutive suffix that was primarily used in the Middle Ages and has since been replaced by the more modern -tje, we can actually say that Jantjen is the medieval Dutch form of Jantje.... [more]