Surnames on the List of Olympic Medalists

Cheng 2 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zheng.

Chia Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Xie.

Chiba Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand" and 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf".

Cho Korean
Korean form of Zhao, from Sino-Korean 趙 (jo).

Choi Korean
From Sino-Korean 崔 (choe) meaning "high, lofty, towering".

Chong Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhang.

Chow Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 周 (see Zhou).

Christensen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Christen 1".

Christoffersen Danish
Means "son of Christoffer".

Chu Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 朱 (see Zhu).

Chung Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 정 (see Jeong).

Ciobanu Romanian
From Romanian cioban meaning "shepherd".

Clancy Irish
From Irish Mac Fhlannchaidh meaning "descendant of Flannchadh". The given name Flannchadh means "red warrior".

Clark English
Means "cleric" or "scribe", from Old English clerec meaning "priest", ultimately from Latin clericus. A famous bearer was William Clark (1770-1838), an explorer of the west of North America.

Clarke English
Variant of Clark.

Clausen Danish
Means "son of Claus".

Clay English
Means simply "clay", originally referring to a person who lived near or worked with of clay.

Cleary Irish
From Irish cléireach meaning "clerk" (see Clark).

Clément French
Derived from the given name Clément.

Clement English
Derived from the given name Clement.

Cleveland English
Derived from a place name meaning "cliff land" in Old English.

Coburn Scottish, English
Variant of Cockburn.

Cochran Scottish
Variant of Cochrane.

Cochrane Scottish
From the name of a place in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Its origin is uncertain.

Cohen Jewish
Means "priest" from Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohen). It originally denoted one of the priestly tribe of Levi.

Cojocaru Romanian
From Romanian cojoc meaning "sheepskin coat". This was an occupational name for a maker of these coats.

Cole English
From a medieval short form of Nicholas or from the byname Cola.

Coleman Irish, English
From the given name Colmán.

Collado Spanish
Means "hill" in Spanish.

Collins 1 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Coileáin. A famous bearer was Michael Collins, an Irish nationalist leader who was assassinated in 1922.

Collins 2 English
Means "son of Colin 2".

Colón Spanish
Spanish form of Colombo.

Colquhoun Scottish
From a place name meaning "narrow corner" or "narrow wood" in Gaelic.

Conner English
From Middle English connere meaning "inspector", an occupational name for an inspector of weights and measures.

Connolly Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conghalaigh, which means "descendant of Conghalach". Conghalach is a nickname meaning "valiant".

Connor Irish
Variant of O'Connor.

Constantin Romanian, French
From the given name Constantin.

Conti Italian
From the Italian noble title conte meaning "count", derived from Latin comes (genitive comitis) meaning "companion, attendant". It denoted a person who worked for a count or behaved like one.

Contreras Spanish
From the name of a town in Burgos, Spain, derived from Late Latin contraria meaning "area opposite".

Conway Welsh, English
From the name of the River Conwy in Wales, or the town situated at the mouth of the river. It is possibly derived from Welsh cyn "foremost" and the common river name suffix wy.

Cook English
Derived from Old English coc meaning "cook", ultimately from Latin coquus. It was an occupational name for a cook, a man who sold cooked meats, or a keeper of an eating house.

Cooke English
Variant of Cook.

Cooper English
Means "barrel maker", from Middle English couper.

Corey English
Derived from the Old Norse given name Kóri, of unknown meaning.

Correia Portuguese
Means "leather strap, belt" in Portuguese, denoting a person who worked with leather products.

Cortés Spanish
Means "polite, courteous" in Spanish.

Ćosić Croatian, Serbian
From Croatian and Serbian ćosav "beardless", ultimately from Persian کوسه (kūseh) meaning "shark".

Costa Portuguese, Italian, Catalan
Means "riverbank, slope, coast" in Portuguese, Italian and Catalan, ultimately from Latin meaning "side, edge".

Coughlan Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Cochláin.

Coughlin Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Cochláin.

Courtney English
Variant of Courtenay 1 or Courtenay 2.

Coutts Scottish
From the name of the town of Cults in Aberdeenshire, derived from a Gaelic word meaning "woods".

Cox English
Patronymic form of Cock.

Craig Scottish
Derived from Gaelic creag meaning "crag, rocks, outcrop", originally belonging to a person who lived near a crag.

Crawford English
From a place name derived from Old English crawe "crow" and ford "river crossing". A notable bearer was the American actress Joan Crawford (1904-1977), born Lucille Fay LeSueur.

Crespi Italian
Variant of Crespo.

Croft English
From Old English croft meaning "enclosed field".

Crosby English
From the name of various towns in England, derived from Old Norse kross "cross" (a borrowing from Latin crux) and býr "farm, settlement".

Cross English
Locative name meaning "cross", ultimately from Latin crux. It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol or near a crossroads.

Cruz Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese cognate of Cross.

Cseh Hungarian
Means "Czech" in Hungarian.

Cullen 1 English
From the name of the German city of Cologne, which was derived from Latin colonia "colony".

Cullen 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Coileáin or Ó Cuilinn.

Cummings English
Variant of Cummins.

Cunningham 1 Scottish
From the name of place in the Ayrshire district of Scotland. It possibly comes from Gaelic cuinneag meaning "milk pail".

Cunningham 2 Irish
From Irish Ó Cuinneagáin meaning "descendant of Cuinneagán", a diminutive of Conn.

Curry Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Comhraidhe or Ó Corra.

Curtis English
Nickname for a courteous person, derived from Old French curteis meaning "refined, courtly".

Cvetković Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Cvetko".

Dahl Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
From Old Norse dalr meaning "valley". A famous of this surname was author Roald Dahl (1916-1990) who is mostly remembered for children's stories such as Matilda and Henry Sugar.

Daley Irish
Variant of Daly.

Dalton English
Derived from a place name meaning "valley town" in Old English. A notable bearer of the surname was the English chemist and physicist John Dalton (1766-1844).

Daly Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dálaigh meaning "descendant of Dálach".

Dam Dutch, Danish
Means "dike, dam" in Dutch and Danish. In modern Danish it also means "pond".

D'Angelo Italian
Means "son of Angelo".

Daniel um English, French, German, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian
Derived from the given name Daniel.

Daniels English
Variant of Daniel.

Danielsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Daniel".

Darcy English
From Norman French d'Arcy, originally denoting someone who came from the town of Arcy in La Manche, France. A notable fictional bearer is Fitzwilliam Darcy from Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice (1813).

Darling English
From a nickname or byname derived from Middle English dereling, Old English deorling, meaning "darling, beloved one".

Dávid um Hungarian, Slovak
From the given name Dávid.

David um English, French, German, Welsh, Czech, Portuguese, Romanian, Jewish
From the given name David.

Davies English, Scottish
Variant of Davis.

Davis English, Scottish
Means "son of David". This was the surname of the revolutionary jazz trumpet player Miles Davis (1926-1991).

Dawson English
Means "son of Daw".

Day English
From a diminutive form of David.

Deacon English
Means "deacon", ultimately from Greek διάκονος (diakonos) meaning "servant".

Dean 1 English
Derived from Middle English dene meaning "valley".

Dean 2 English
Occupational surname meaning "dean", referring to a person who either was a dean or worked for one. It is from Middle English deen (ultimately from Latin decanus meaning "chief of ten").

De Boer Dutch
Dutch cognate of Bauer.

De Bruijn Dutch
Dutch cognate of Brown.

De Groot Dutch
From Dutch groot meaning "big, great".

De Haan Dutch
Means "rooster" in Dutch.

De Jong Dutch
Means "young" in Dutch, from Middle Dutch jonc. This is the most common surname in the Netherlands.

De Jonge Dutch
Variant of De Jong.

Dekker Dutch
Means "roofer, thatcher" in Dutch.

De Koning Dutch
Dutch cognate of King.

De la Cruz Spanish
Spanish cognate of Delacroix.

Dela Cruz Spanish (Filipinized)
Variant of De la Cruz primarily used in the Philippines (where it is the most common surname).

De la Fuente Spanish
Means "of the fountain" in Spanish.

Delaney 1 English
Derived from Norman French de l'aunaie meaning "from the alder grove".

Delaney 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhshláine meaning "descendant of Dubhshláine".

Delany Irish
Variant of Delaney 2.

Delgado Spanish, Portuguese
Means "thin" in Spanish and Portuguese, ultimately from Latin delicatus meaning "delicate, tender, charming".

De Luca Italian
Means "son of Luca 1".

Dempsey Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Díomasaigh meaning "descendant of Díomasach", a given name meaning "proud".

Deng Chinese
From Chinese 邓 (dèng) referring to the ancient state of Deng, which existed during the Shang and Zhou dynasties in what is now either Henan or Hubei province. A famous bearer was the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997).

Denman English
From Middle English dene "valley" combined with man.

Dennis English
From the given name Dennis.

Desjardins French
Means "from the gardens", from French jardin "garden".

De Vries Dutch
Means "the Frisian" in Dutch, referring to a person from Friesland.

De Witt Dutch
Variant of De Witte.

Dias Portuguese
Means "son of Diogo" in Portuguese.

Díaz Spanish
Means "son of Diego" in Spanish.

Dickson English
Means "son of Dick 1".

Díez Spanish
Means "son of Diego" in Spanish.

Dijkstra Frisian
Variant of Dykstra.

Dimitrova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Dimitrov.

Ding Chinese
From Chinese 丁 (dīng) meaning "man, person".

Dirkse Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".

Dixon English
Means "son of Dick 1".

Doherty Irish
From the Irish Ó Dochartaigh meaning "descendant of Dochartach". The byname Dochartach means "obstructive".

Dolan Irish
From the Irish Ó Dubhshláin meaning "descendant of Dubhshláine".

Doležal m Czech
Nickname for a lazy person, derived from the past participle of the Czech verb doležat "to lie down".

Domínguez Spanish
Means "son of Domingo".

Dong Chinese
From Chinese 董 (dǒng) meaning "direct, supervise".

Donne Scottish, Irish
From Gaelic donn meaning "brown", a nickname for a person with brown hair.

Donnelly Irish
From Irish Ó Donnghaile meaning "descendant of Donnghal". The given name Donnghal means "brown valour", from donn "brown" and gal "valour". This surname is associated with the descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages.

Donohoe Irish
Variant of Donoghue.

Donovan Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Donndubháin meaning "descendant of Donndubán".

Đorđević Serbian
Means "son of Đorđe".

Douglas Scottish
From the name of a town in Lanarkshire, itself named after a tributary of the River Clyde called the Douglas Water, derived from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river" (an archaic word related to glas "grey, green"). This was a Scottish Lowland clan, the leaders of which were powerful earls in the medieval period.

Doyle Irish
From the Irish Ó Dubhghaill, which means "descendant of Dubhghall". A famous bearer was Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), the author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories.

Draper English
Occupational name for a maker or seller of woollen cloth, from Anglo-Norman French draper (Old French drapier, an agent derivative of drap "cloth").

Drechsler German
Variant of Dressler.

Dreher German
Means "turner" from Middle High German drehen "to turn". A turner was a person who used a lathe to create small objects from wood or bone.

Dries Dutch
From the given name Dries.

Driessen Dutch
Means "son of Dries".

Drummond Scottish
From various Scottish place names that are derived from Gaelic drumainn, a derivative of druim meaning "ridge".

Du Chinese
From Chinese 杜 (dù) meaning "stop, prevent" or "birchleaf pear tree".

Duarte Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Duarte.

Dudek um Polish, Czech
Means "hoopoe (bird)" in Polish and Czech.

Dufour French
Occupational name for a baker, from French four "oven".

Duke English
From the noble title, which was originally from Latin dux "leader". It was a nickname for a person who behaved like a duke, or who worked in a duke's household.

Dumas French
Means "from the farm", from Occitan mas "farmhouse", from Latin mansus "dwelling". A famous bearer was the French author Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870).

Dumitrescu Romanian
Means "son of Dumitru".

Dumitru Romanian
Derived from the given name Dumitru.

Dunai Hungarian
From Duna, the Hungarian name for river Danube.

Duncan Scottish
From the given name Duncan.

Dunn English, Scottish, Irish
Derived from Old English dunn "dark" or Gaelic donn "brown", referring to hair colour or complexion.

Dupuis French
Means "from the well", from Old French puts, Latin puteus "well".

Durant English, French
Variation of Durand.

Đurić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Đuro".

Dvořák m Czech
Occupational name derived from Czech dvůr "manor", indicating a person who worked at such a place. This name was borne by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904).

Dyer English
Occupational name meaning "cloth dyer", from Old English deah "dye".

Dykstra Frisian
From Frisian dyk meaning "dike, ditch". The name was given to a person living near a dyke or embankment.

Dyson English
Means "son of Dye".

Dziedzic Polish
Derived from Polish dziedzic "landowner".

Earl English
From the aristocratic title, which derives from Old English eorl meaning "nobleman, warrior". It was either a nickname for one who acted like an earl, or an occupational name for a person employed by an earl.

Eaton English
From any of the various English towns with this name, derived from Old English ea "river" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Echevarría Spanish
Variant of Echeverría.

Eckstein German
From Old High German ekka meaning "edge, corner" and stein meaning "stone".

Edgar English
Derived from the given name Edgar.

Edwards English
Means "son of Edward".

Egger German
South German occupational name meaning "plowman" or "farmer", derived from German eggen "to harrow, to plow".

Einarsson Swedish
Means "son of Einar".

Eklund Swedish
From Swedish ek (Old Norse eik) meaning "oak" and lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove".

Elliott English
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Elias.

Ellis English, Welsh
Derived from the given name Elijah, or sometimes Elisedd.

Ellison English
Patronymic form of the English name Ellis, from the medieval given name Elis, a vernacular form of Elijah.

Emerson English
Means "son of Emery". The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism.

Engel German
Derived from German given names beginning with Engel, such as Engelbert.

Ennis Irish
Variant of Innes 1.

Enríquez Spanish
Means "son of Enrique".

Ericsson Swedish
Means "son of Eric".

Eriksen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Erik".

Eriksson Swedish
Means "son of Erik".

Escobar Spanish
Derived from Spanish escoba meaning "broom plant", from Latin scopa. It originally indicated a person who lived near a prominent patch of broom.

Esparza Spanish
Derived from the Basque place name Espartza, a town in the province of Navarre.

Espina Spanish
Means "thorn" in Spanish, a name for someone who lived near a thorn bush.

Espinosa Spanish
From Spanish espinoso meaning "thorny", ultimately from Latin spinosus, a derivative of spina meaning "thorn, spine". This was the real surname of the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677), who was of Portuguese Jewish origin.

Espinoza Spanish
Variant of Espinosa.

Esposito Italian
Means "exposed" in Italian and denoted a child who was rescued after being abandoned by its parents.

Esser German
Means "cartwright", related to Old High German ahsa "axle".

Estrada Spanish
Spanish form of Street.

Étienne French
From the given name Étienne.

Evans Welsh, English
Means "son of Evan".

Evensen Norwegian
Means "son of Even".

Everett English
From the given name Everard.

Evers Dutch
Means "son of Evert".

Fábián Hungarian
Derived from the given name Fábián.

Fabian German, English, Polish
Derived from the given name Fabian.

Fallon Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fallamháin meaning "descendant of Fallamhán", a given name meaning "leader".

Fan Chinese
From Chinese 范 (fàn) meaning "bee".

Faragó Hungarian
An occupational name meaning "woodcutter", from Hungarian farag meaning "carve, cut".

Farmer English
Occupational name for a tax collector, from Middle English ferme "rent, revenue, provision", from medieval Latin firma, ultimately from Old English feorm. This word did not acquire its modern meaning until the 17th century.

Farrell Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fearghail meaning "descendant of Fearghal".

Fazekas Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "potter" in Hungarian.

Fedorova f Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Фёдорова (see Fyodorova).

Félix French, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Felix.

Feng 1 Chinese
From Chinese 冯 (féng), which referred to an ancient city in Henan province.

Feng 2 Chinese
From Chinese 凤 (fèng) meaning "phoenix, fire bird, fenghuang".

Ferguson Irish, Scottish
Means "son of Fergus".

Fernandes Portuguese
Means "son of Fernando".

Fernández Spanish
Means "son of Fernando". This is among the most common surnames in Spain.

Fernandez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Fernández.

Ferrari Italian
Occupational name for a metalworker or smith, derived from Latin ferrarius, a derivative of ferrum meaning "iron".

Ferreira Portuguese, Galician
Denoted a person from a town named because it was near an iron mine, from Latin ferrum meaning "iron".

Ferrer Catalan
Catalan cognate of Ferrari.

Fiedler German
Means "fiddler" in German.

Figueroa Spanish
From places named for Galician figueira meaning "fig tree".

Filipović Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Filip".

Filippi Italian
Derived from the given name Filippo.

Findlay Scottish
Anglicized form of MacFhionnlaigh.

Finlay Scottish
Anglicized form of MacFhionnlaigh.

Finn Irish
Derived from the given name Fionn.

Fischer German
Occupational name meaning "fisherman" in German.

Fitzgerald Irish
Means "son of Gerald" in Anglo-Norman French. It was brought to Ireland with William the Conqueror. A famous bearer was Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), an American jazz singer.

Flanagan Irish
From Irish Ó Flannagáin meaning "descendant of Flannagán". Flannagán is a given name meaning "blood red". From County Roscommon in Ireland, it has many other spellings.

Fleischer German
Occupational name meaning "butcher" in German.

Fleming English
Given to a person who was a Fleming, that is a person who was from Flanders in the Netherlands.

Fletcher English
Occupational name for a fletcher, someone who attached feathers to the shaft of an arrow. It is derived from Old French fleche meaning "arrow".

Fleury French
From the name of various towns in northern France, derived from the Gallo-Roman personal name Florus.

Florea Romanian
From the given name Florea.

Flores Spanish
Means "son of Floro" in Spanish.

Flynn Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Floinn meaning "descendant of Flann".

Fodor Hungarian
From Hungarian fodor meaning "curly, wavy", referring to a person with curly or wavy hair.

Fontana Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish cognate of Fontaine.

Ford English
Name given to someone who lived by a ford, possibly the official who maintained it. A famous bearer was the American industrialist Henry Ford (1863-1947).

Fortier French
Derived from Old French fort "stronghold", indicating a person who lived near or worked at such a place.

Foss English
Variant of Fosse.

Foster 1 English
Variant of Forester.

Foster 2 English
Occupational name for a scissor maker, derived from Old French forcetier.

Foster 3 English
Occupational name for a maker of saddle trees, derived from Old French fustier.

Foster 4 English
Nickname given to a person who was a foster child or foster parent.

Fournier French
Occupational name for a baker, from French fourneau meaning "oven".

Fowler English
Occupational name for a fowler or birdcatcher, ultimately derived from Old English fugol meaning "bird".

Fox English
From the name of the animal. It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a crafty person.

Francis English
Derived from the given name Francis.

Francisco Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the given name Francisco.

Frank 1 English
Derived from the given name Frank.

Frank 2 English
From Old English franc meaning "free".

Frank 3 German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
Name for a person from Franconia in Germany, so called because it was settled by the Frankish people. A notable bearer was the German-Jewish diarist Anne Frank (1929-1945), a victim of the Holocaust.

Franklin English
Derived from Middle English frankelin meaning "freeman". It denoted a landowner of free but not noble birth, from Old French franc meaning "free". Famous bearers include American statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) and American singer Aretha Franklin (1942-2018).

Fraser Scottish
Meaning unknown, originally Norman French de Fresel, possibly from a lost place name in France.

Frazier Scottish
Variant of Fraser.

Freeman English
Referred to a person who was born free, or in other words was not a serf.

Frei German
Means "free" in German, probably referring to someone outside the feudal system.

Freitas Portuguese
Means "broken" in Portuguese, a name for one who lived on broken, stony ground.

Freund German
From Middle High German vriunt, modern German Freund meaning "friend".

Fried German
Derived from the given name Friedrich.

Friedrich German
Derived from the given name Friedrich.

Friis Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Scandinavian (mostly Danish) form of Fries.

Fromm German
From a nickname derived from Middle High German vrume meaning "noble, honourable".

Fry English
From Old English frig (a variant of freo) meaning "free".

Fuchs German
From Old High German fuhs meaning "fox". It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair.

Fuentes Spanish
Means "spring, well" in Spanish, derived from Latin fons.

Fuhrmann German
Derived from Middle High German vuorman meaning "cartwright".

Fujimoto Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Fukui Japanese
Denoted a person who was from Fukui prefecture in Japan.

Furukawa Japanese
From Japanese 古 (furu) meaning "old" and 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream".

Fyodorov m Russian
Means "son of Fyodor".

Fyodorova f Russian
Feminine form of Fyodorov.

Gaillard French
Means "lively, strong" in French.

Gál Hungarian
Derived from the given name Gál.

Gale English
Derived from Middle English gaile meaning "jovial".

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

Gallo Italian, Spanish
Means "rooster", ultimately from Latin gallus. This was a nickname for a proud person.

Gao Chinese
From Chinese 高 (gāo) meaning "tall, high".

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.

Gardener English
Occupational surname for one who was a gardener, from Old French jardin meaning "garden" (of Frankish origin).

Gardiner English
Variant of Gardener.

Gardner English
Variant of Gardener.

Garnett 1 English
Occupational name referring to a person who made hinges, from Old French carne "hinge".

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

Garrett English
Derived from the given name Gerald or Gerard.

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

Geisler German
Variant of Geissler 1 or Geissler 2.

Geißler German
Variant of Geissler 1 or Geissler 2.

Geissler 1 German
Derived from the given name Giselher.

Geissler 2 German
Occupational name for a goat herder, from southern German Geiss meaning "goat" and the suffix ler signifying an occupation.

Gentile Italian
From a nickname meaning "gentle, kind" in Italian.

George English
Derived from the given name George.

Georgieva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Georgiev.

Gérard French
From the given name Gérard.

Ghasemi Persian
From the given name Ghasem.

Giannopoulos m Greek
Means "son of Giannis" in Greek.

Gibson English, Scottish
Means "son of Gib".

Gil Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Gil 1.

Gilbert English, French
Derived from the given name Gilbert.

Giles English
From the given name Giles.

Gill English
Originally indicated someone who lived near a ravine, from Middle English gil (of Old Norse origin).

Gilmore Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacGilleMhoire or Irish Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhuire meaning "son of the servant of Moire".

Giorgadze Georgian
Means "son of Giorgi".

Girard French
From the given name Gérard.

Giroux French
Derived from the Germanic name Gerulf.

Glass English, German
From Old English glæs or Old High German glas meaning "glass". This was an occupational name for a glass blower or glazier.

Glover English
Occupational name for a person who made or sold gloves, from Middle English glovere.

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