Surnames Starting with G

usage
Guarneri Italian
From the given name Guanero, an Italian cognate of Werner.
Guérin French
From the Old German given name Warin.
Guerra Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "war", given to a belligerent person or one engaged in warfare.
Guerrero Spanish
Means "warrior" in Spanish, an occupational name for a soldier. It is derived from Late Latin werra "war", of Germanic origin.
Guerriero Italian
Italian form of Guerrero.
Guevara Spanish
Hispanicized form of Gebara. A notable bearer was Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara (1928-1967).
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.
Gujić Bosnian
Means "son of a snake" from the Bosnian word guja meaning "snake".
Gulbrandsen Norwegian
Means "son of Gulbrand" in Norwegian.
Guldbrandsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Gulbrand" in Norwegian and Danish.
Guliyev m Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Quliyev.
Guliyeva f Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Quliyeva.
Gully English
Nickname for a big person, from Middle English golias meaning "giant" (ultimately from Goliath, the Philistine warrior who was slain by David in the Old Testament).
Gulyás Hungarian
Means "herdsman, tender of cows" in Hungarian.
Gump German (Rare), Popular Culture
Possibly from a nickname derived from Middle High German gumpen meaning "to hop, to jump". This surname was used by author Winston Groom for the hero of his novel Forrest Gump (1986), better known from the 1994 movie adaptation.
Gundersen Norwegian
Means "son of Gunder".
Günther German
Derived from the given name Günther.
Gunther German
Derived from the given name Günther.
Guo Chinese
From Chinese (guō) meaning "outer city".
Gupta Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu
Means "protected" in Sanskrit.
Gurbanow m Turkmen
Means "son of Gurban".
Gurbanowa f Turkmen
Feminine form of Gurbanow.
Gustafsson Swedish
Means "son of Gustaf". The actress Greta Garbo (1905-1990) was originally named Greta Gustafsson.
Gustavsson Swedish
Means "son of Gustav".
Gutenberg German, Jewish
Variant of Guttenberg. A notable bearer was the inventor of the printing press Johannes Gutenberg (1398-1468), whose family hailed from an estate by this name.
Gutermuth German
Derived from Middle High German guot meaning "good" and muot meaning "mind, spirit". It was a nickname for an optimistic person.
Gutiérrez Spanish
Means "son of Gutierre".
Guttenberg German, Jewish
From the name of various places, derived from Middle High German guot meaning "good" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.
Guttuso Italian
From a Sicilian nickname meaning "sad". It was name of the famous Italian painter Renato Guttuso (born 1912).
Guzmán Spanish
From the name of the town of Guzmán in Burgos, Spain. The town's name itself may be derived from an old Visigothic given name, from the Germanic elements *gautaz "a Geat" and *mannô "person, man".
Gwerder German (Swiss)
From Swiss German gwerig meaning "agile, alert".
Gwózdek Polish
Derived from either archaic Polish gwozd meaning "forest" or gwóźdź meaning "nail".
Gynt Literature
Meaning unknown. This name was used by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen for the central character in his play Peer Gynt (1867). Ibsen based the story on an earlier Norwegian folktale Per Gynt.