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Fried German
Derived from the given name Friedrich.

Friedrich German
Derived from the given name Friedrich.

Friel Irish
From the Irish Ó Frighil meaning "descendant of Fearghal".

Fülöp Hungarian
Derived from the given name Fülöp.

Fylan Irish
Variant of Whelan.

Fyodorov Russian
Means "son of Fyodor".

Gaál Hungarian
Variant of Gál.

Gábor Hungarian
From the given name Gábor.

Gabor Hungarian
Variant of Gábor.

Gabrielli Italian
From the given name Gabriele 1.

Gabriels English
Derived from the given name Gabriel.

Gabrielson English
Means "son of Gabriel".

Gál Hungarian
Derived from the given name Gál.

Gallagher Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Gallchobhair meaning "descendant of Gallchobhar".

Ganza Italian
Probably from the feminine medieval given name Allegranza or Alleganza, a derivative of Allegra. It comes from northern Lombardy.

Garbutt English
From the given name Gerbold.

García Spanish
From a medieval given name of unknown meaning, possibly related to the Basque word hartz meaning "bear". This is the most common surname in Spain.

Garcia Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese form of García. It is also an unaccented form of the Spanish name used commonly in America and the Philippines.

Garey English
Variant of Geary.

Garnet English
Variant of Garnett 1 or Garnett 2.

Garnett 2 English
From a diminutive of the given name Guarin.

Garnier 1 French
From the given name Garnier.

Garrard English
From the given name Gerard.

Garret English
Variant of Garrett.

Garrett English
Derived from the given name Gerald or Gerard.

Garrod English
Derived from the given name Gerald.

Garry English
Variant of Geary.

Gary English
Variant of Geary.

Gáspár Hungarian
Derived from the given name Gáspár.

Gaspar Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the given name Gaspar.

Gaspard French
From the given name Gaspard.

Gaspari Italian
From the given name Gaspare.

Gašper Slovene
Derived from the given name Gašper.

Gauthier French
Derived from the given name Gauthier.

Gautier French
From the given name Gautier.

Gavrilović Serbian
Means "son of Gavrilo".

Gavrilyuk Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Ukrainian Гаврилюк (see Havrylyuk).

Geary English
Derived from a Norman given name that was a short form of Germanic names starting with the element ger "spear".

Geelen Dutch
Derived from the given name Geel, itself from Gillis or Gilbert.

Geels Dutch
Variant of Geelen.

Geerts Dutch
Means "son of Geert".

Gehrig German
Variant of Gehring.

Gehring German
Derived from a short form of Old German names starting with the element ger "spear".

Gelashvili Georgian
Means "son of Gela".

Gelens Dutch
Variant of Geelen.

Genadiev Bulgarian
Means "son of Genadi".

Genkov Bulgarian
Means "son of Genko".

Genov Bulgarian
Means "son of Geno".

Gensch German
From the given name Gensch, a Sorbian form of John.

George English
Derived from the given name George.

Georgeson English
Means "son of George".

Georgiev Bulgarian
Means "son of Georgi".

Georgiou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Georgios".

Gérard French
From the given name Gérard.

Gerhard German
Derived from the given name Gerhard.

Gerhardsson Swedish
Means "son of Gerhard".

Gerhardt German
Derived from the given name Gerhard.

Gerig German
Variant of Gehring.

Germain French
From the French given name Germain.

Germano Italian
From the given name Germano.

Géroux French
Derived from the Germanic name Gerulf.

Gevorgian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Գեւորգյան (see Gevorgyan).

Gevorgyan Armenian
Means "son of Gevorg".

Gheorghe Romanian
Derived from the given name Gheorghe.

Giannino Italian
Derived from the given name Giannino.

Giannopoulos Greek
Means "son of Giannis" in Greek.

Gibb English
Derived from the given name Gib.

Gibbs English, Scottish
Means "son of Gib".

Gibson English, Scottish
Means "son of Gib".

Giehl German
German form of Giles.

Giese German, Danish
Derived from a short form of the given name Giselbert or other Old German names beginning with the element gisal meaning "pledge, hostage".

Giffard French, English
Possibly from Old French gifart meaning "chubby" or possibly from the Germanic name Gebhard. Walter Giffard was one of the Norman companions of William the Conqueror.

Gil Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Gil 1.

Gilbert English, French
Derived from the given name Gilbert.

Gilchrist Scottish
From Gaelic MacGilleChrìosd meaning "son of Gille Críst".

Giles English
From the given name Giles.

Gilliam English
Variant of William. A famous bearer of the name is cartoonist and filmmaker Terry Gilliam (1940-).

Giménez Spanish
Variant of Jiménez.

Gimondi Italian
Probably derived from the Old German given name Gismund.

Giordano Italian
Derived from the given name Giordano.

Giorgadze Georgian
Means "son of Giorgi".

Girard French
From the given name Gérard.

Giraud French
From the given name Gérald.

Giroux French
Derived from the Germanic name Gerulf.

Gismondi Italian
From the Old German given name Gismund.

Giuliani Italian
From the given name Giuliano.

Giunta Italian
From the old Italian given name Bonagiunta or Bonaggiunta (derived from bono "good" and aggiunto "assistant").

Gjorgiev Macedonian
Means "son of Gjorgji".

Gladwin English
Derived from the Old English given name Glædwine.

Gladwyn English
Variant of Gladwin.

Gniewek Polish
Derived from Gniewek, a diminutive of Zbigniew, Jarogniew, or other names containing gniew "anger".

Göbel German
Derived from the given name Göbel, a diminutive of the Old German name Godabert.

Godard French
Derived from the Germanic given name Godehard.

Goddard English
Derived from the Germanic given name Godehard.

Godfrey English
From the Norman given name Godfrey.

Goebel German
Variant of Göbel.

Gomes Portuguese
From the medieval given name Gomes.

Gómez Spanish
Spanish form of Gomes.

Gomez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Gómez.

Gonçalves Portuguese
Means "son of Gonçalo" in Portuguese.

Gonzales Spanish
Variant of González.

González Spanish
Means "son of Gonzalo" in Spanish. This is among the most common surnames in Spain.

Gonzalez Spanish
Unaccented variant of González.

Gonzalo Spanish
From the given name Gonzalo.

Goodwin English
Derived from the given name Godwine.

Goossens Flemish
From the Germanic given name Gozzo.

Goranov Bulgarian
Means "son of Goran".

Göransson Swedish
Means "son of Göran".

Gorbold English
From the given name Gerbold.

Goretti Italian
Derived from the given name Gregorio.

Gori Italian
Derived from the given name Gregorio.

Gorman 1 German
From the Old German given name Germund.

Gorman 2 Irish
From the Irish Ó Gormáin meaning "descendant of Gormán". The given name Gormán means "little blue one".

Gosse French
Derived from the Norman given name Gosse.

Gosselin French
Derived from a diminutive of the French given name Gosse.

Gott German
Derived from the Old German given name Goda 1.

Gotti German
Variant of Gott.

Gottlieb German
Derived from the given name Gottlieb.

Gottschalk German
Derived from the given name Gottschalk.

Gough 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mag Eochadha meaning "son of Eochaidh".

Grady Irish
From Irish Ó Gráda or Ó Grádaigh meaning "descendant of Gráda". The byname Gráda means "noble, illustrious".

Greer Scottish
Derived from the given name Gregor.

Gregersen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Gregers".

Gregory English
From the given name Gregory.

Grgić Croatian
Means "son of Grgur".

Grier Scottish
Derived from the given name Gregor.

Griffin 1 Welsh
Derived from the given name Gruffudd.

Griffith Welsh
Derived from the given name Gruffudd.

Griffiths Welsh
Means "son of Gruffudd".

Grigorescu Romanian
Means "son of Grigore" in Romanian.

Grigorov Bulgarian
Means "son of Grigor".

Grigoryan Armenian
Means "son of Grigor" in Armenian.

Grimaldi Italian
From the given name Grimaldo. It is the surname of the royal family of Monaco, which came from Genoa.

Grześkiewicz Polish
Derived from the given name Grzegorz.

Guarneri Italian
From the given name Guanero, an Italian cognate of Werner.

Guérin French
From the Old German given name Warin.

Guidi Italian
From the given name Guido.

Guillaume French
From the given name Guillaume.

Guillory French
Derived from the Old German given name Williric.

Guillot French
From a diminutive of the given name Guillaume.

Guinness Irish
Variant of McGuinness. The name is well known because of the Guinness brand of ale, established in 1759 by Arthur Guinness.

Gulbrandsen Norwegian
Means "son of Gulbrand" in Norwegian.

Guldbrandsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Gulbrand" in Norwegian and Danish.

Guliyev Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Quliyev.

Gundersen Norwegian
Means "son of Gunder".

Gunnarsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Gunnar".

Gunnarsson Swedish, Icelandic
Means "son of Gunnar".

Günther German
Derived from the given name Günther.

Gunther German
Derived from the given name Günther.

Gunvaldsen Norwegian
Means "son of Gunvald".

Gustafsson Swedish
Means "son of Gustaf". The actress Greta Garbo (1905-1990) was originally named Greta Gustafsson.

Gustavsson Swedish
Means "son of Gustav".

Gutiérrez Spanish
Means "son of Gutierre".

Gutierrez Spanish
Variant of Gutiérrez.

Haakonsson Norwegian
Means "son of Håkon".

Hackett English
From a diminutive of the medieval byname Hake, which was of Old Norse origin and meant "hook".

Hagopian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).

Haines English
Variant of Haynes.

Håkansson Swedish
Means "son of Håkan".

Hakim Arabic
Derived from the given name Hakim.

Hakobyan Armenian
Means "son of Hakob" in Armenian.

Halloran Irish
From Irish Ó hAllmhuráin meaning "descendant of Allmhurán". The given name Allmhurán means "stranger from across the sea".

Halvorsen Norwegian
Means "son of Halvor".

Hammond English
From the Norman given name Hamo or the Old Norse given name Hámundr.

Hampson English
Means "son of Hamo".

Hancock English
From a diminutive of the medieval name Hann.

Hanegan Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

Hanigan Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

Hannigan Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

Hannigen Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

Hansen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Hans". This is the most common surname in Norway, and the third most common in Denmark.

Hanson English
Means "son of Hann".

Hanssen Norwegian
Means "son of Hans".

Hansson Swedish
Means "son of Hans".

Haralampiev Bulgarian
Means "son of Haralampi".

Haraldsen Norwegian
Means "son of Harald".

Haraldsson Swedish
Means "son of Harald".

Harding English
Derived from the given name Heard. A famous bearer was American president Warren G. Harding (1865-1923).

Harman English
From the given name Herman.

Harmon English
From the given name Herman.

Haroldson Swedish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Haraldsson.

Harrell English
From the given name Harold.

Harrelson English
Means "son of Harold". A famous bearer of this surname is the American actor Woody Harrelson (1961-).

Harris English
Means "son of Harry".

Harrison English
Means "son of Harry".

Hartman Dutch, German
Dutch and Americanized form of Hartmann.

Hartmann German
From the German given name Hartmann.

Harutyunyan Armenian
Means "son of Harutyun" in Armenian.

Harvey English
From the Breton given name Haerviu (see Harvey).

Həsənov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Həsən".

Hasek Czech
From a diminutive of the given name Havel.

Hashemi Persian
From the given name Hashem.

Hass German
From the given name Hasso.

Hassan Arabic, Persian, Urdu
From the given name Hassan.

Havel Czech
Derived from the given name Havel.

Havelka Czech
Means "son of Havel" in Czech.

Havlíček Czech
From a diminutive of the given name Havel.

Havrylyuk Ukrainian
From a diminutive of the given name Havryil.

Haward English
Variant of Howard 1 or Hayward.

Hayden 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó hÉideáin or Ó hÉidín.

Hayes 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAodha meaning "descendant of Aodh".

Hayes 3 Jewish
Matronymic name derived from the given name Chaya.

Haynes English
Patronymic derived from the Norman name Hagano.

Hearn Irish
Anglicized form of Ó hEachthighearna.

Hébert French
Derived from the given name Herbert.

Heffernan Irish
From Irish Ó hIfearnáin meaning "descendant of Ifearnán". The byname Ifearnán means "little demon".

Heidrich German
From the Old German given name Heidrich.

Heijman Dutch
Patronymic from a diminutive of the given name Hendrik.

Heijmans Dutch
Variant of Heijman.

Heikki Finnish
From the given name Heikki.

Heikkinen Finnish
From the given name Heikki.

Heiman Jewish
From the given name Chayyim.

Heimans Dutch
Variant of Heijman.

Heimisson Icelandic
Means "son of Heimir".

Heinonen Finnish
From the given name Heino.

Heinrich German
Derived from the given name Heinrich.

Heinrichs German
Derived from the given name Heinrich.

Heintze German
Derived from a diminutive of Heinrich.

Heinz German
Derived from a diminutive of Heinrich.

Henderson Scottish, English
Means "son of Hendry".

Hendrickx Flemish
Derived from the given name Hendrik.

Hendriks Dutch
Derived from the given name Hendrik.

Hendrikx Dutch
Derived from the given name Hendrik.

Hendrix Dutch
Derived from the given name Hendrik. A famous bearer was the American rock musician Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970).

Hendry Scottish, English
Derived from the given name Henry.

Hennessy Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAonghuis meaning "descendant of Aonghus".

Hennig German
From a diminutive of the given name Heinrich.

Henningsen Danish
Means "son of Henning".

Henriksen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Henrik".

Henriksson Swedish
Means "son of Henrik".

Henriques Portuguese
Means "son of Henrique".

Henry English
Derived from the given name Henry.

Henryson English
Means "son of Henry". A bearer of this surname was the poet Robert Henryson (1425-1500).

Henson English
Means "son of Henne", a medieval diminutive of Henry.

Herbert English, German, French
Derived from the male given name Herbert.

Herberts English, Dutch
Variant of Herbert.

Herbertson English
Means "son of Herbert".

Herbertsson Swedish
Swedish form of Herbertson.

Herman English, Dutch
From the given name Herman.

Hermann German
From the given name Hermann.

Hermans Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Herman".

Hermansen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Herman".

Hermanson English
Means "son of Herman".

Hermansson Swedish
Means "son of Herman".

Hernández Spanish
Means "son of Hernando" in Spanish.

Hernandez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Hernández.

Hernando Spanish
From the given name Hernando.

Herriot English
From an Old French diminutive of the given name Herry.

Herrmann German
From the given name Hermann.

Hersch German, Jewish
Variant of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2.

Herschel German, Jewish
Diminutive form of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2. A famous bearer was the British-German astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822), as well as his sister Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) and son John Herschel (1792-1871), also noted scientists.

Hewitt English
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Hugh.

Heydari Persian
From the given name Heydar.

Heyman Jewish
From the given name Chayyim.

Heymans Dutch
Variant of Heijman.

Hibbert English
Derived from the given name Hilbert.

Hicks English
Derived from the medieval given name Hicke, a diminutive of Richard.

Higgins Irish
From Irish Ó hUiginn meaning "descendant of Uiginn". Uiginn is a byname meaning "Viking".

Hildebrand German
From the given name Hildebrand.

Hilmarsson Icelandic
Means "son of Hilmar".

Hines Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEidhin meaning "descendant of Eidhin", a given name or byname of unknown origin.

Hinrichs Low German
Derived from the given name Hinrich.

Hintzen German
Means "son of Hintz", a diminutive of Heinrich.

Hirsch 2 Jewish
Derived from the given name Hirsh.

Hirschel German, Jewish
Diminutive form of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2.

Hobbes English
Derived from the medieval given name Hob. A famous bearer of this name was British political philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), the author of Leviathan.

Hobbs English
Derived from the medieval given name Hob.

Hobson English
Means "son of Hob".

Hodges English
Patronymic of Hodge, a medieval diminutive of Roger.

Hodgson English
Means "son of Hodge", a medieval diminutive of Roger.

Hodson English
Means "son of Hodge", a medieval diminutive of Roger.

Hogan Irish
From Irish Ó hÓgáin meaning "descendant of Ógán". The given name Ógán is a diminutive of óg meaning "young".

Holgersen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Holger".

Holgersson Swedish
Means "son of Holger".

Hopkins English
Patronymic formed from a diminutive of Hob.

Hopson English
Variant of Hobson.

Hosseini Persian
From the given name Hossein.

Houben Dutch
Derived from the given name Hubert.