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Giacchino ItalianMeaning unknown. A famous bearer of this name is an American music composer films known as Michael Giacchino (1967-).
Giannone ItalianFrom a diminutive meaning "big Gianni" formed by combining the personal name
Gianni with
-one, a suffix used to form augmentatives.
Gidlow EnglishThe first recorded use of the name is from 1291; Robert de Gidlow was a freeholder in Aspull, Lancanshire, United Kingdom and the name occurs frequently down to the 17th century. The Gidlow family moved to the United States in the mid-18th century where the spelling was changed to
Goodlow and eventually to
Goodloe.
Gieriet RomanshDerived from the given name
Gieri in combination with the diminutive suffix
-et.
Gierlachowski PolishThis indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Gierlachów.
Giesinger GermanDenoted a person from the town of Giesing in Germany. Or perhaps a variant spelling of
Geisinger. A famous bearer of this surname is the German singer-songwriter Max Giesinger.
Gifford EnglishGifford is an English name for someone who comes from Giffords Hall in Suffolk. In Old English, it was Gyddingford, or "ford associated with Gydda." Alternatively, it could come from the Middle English nickname, "Giffard," from Old French meaning "chubby-cheeked."
Giglio ItalianFrom the personal name Giglio, from
giglio "lily" (from Latin
lilium), a plant considered to symbolize the qualities of candor and purity.
Gilani Arabic, Urdu, Persian, PashtoOriginally indicated a person from the
Gilan province in Iran, or the
Gelani tribe mentioned in ancient records.
Gilby EnglishMeans either (i) "person from Gilby", Lincolnshire ("Gilli's farm"); or (ii) "little
Gilbert".
Gildner JewishOccupational name for a worker in gold, from Yiddish gildner 'golden'.
Gilgen German, German (Swiss)Derived from Middle High German
gilge "lily", this was a habitational name from the inflected form of a house name meaning "at the lily".
Gilio ItalianTuscany. One variation of the surname Giglio meaning ""lily"". ... [
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Gillan IrishThe Gillan surname is a reduced Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaoláin, which means "son of the servant of St Faolán." While the name may have originated in Ireland, this line was extant by the beginning of the 17th century, only to find many of the family to return to Ireland about 100 years later with the Plantation of Ulster.... [
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Gillespie Scottish, IrishGillespie can be of Scottish and Irish origin. The literal meaning is "servant of bishop", but it is a forename rather than a status name. The Irish Gillespies, originally MacGiollaEaspuig, are said to to be called after one Easpog Eoghan, or Bishop Owen, of Ardstraw, County Tyrone... [
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Gilli ItalianPatronymic form of the personal name
Gillio, a vernacular derivative of
Aegilius, which itself is a later form of the given name
Aegidius.
Gilliard French, SwissFrench and Swiss French from a derivative of
Gillier, from the Germanic personal name
Giselher, composed of
gisil ‘hostage’, ‘pledge’, ‘noble offspring’ (see
Giesel) +
heri ‘army’.
Gillibrand EnglishFrom the Norman personal name
Gillebrand, of Germanic origin and meaning literally "hostage-sword".
Gilligan IrishEnglish translation of Gaelic name Mac Giollagain, derived from the word, giolla, meaning: lad.
Gillingham EnglishHabitational name from places in Dorset, Norfolk, and Kent, named Gillingham, 'homestead
Gindlesperger GermanPossibly a topographic name for someone who lived on a mountain near the town of
Gindels in Bavaria, Germany.
Ginebra SpanishFrom the Spanish word
ginebra, meaning "gin," possibly ultimately from the Latin
iuniperus, meaning "juniper."
Ginel CatalanMy Great Grandfather's name was Jose Maria Ginel
Gingell EnglishEither (i) from a shortened form of the Germanic personal name
Gangulf, literally "walking wolf"; or (ii) a different form of
Gingold.
Gingold JewishAn invented Jewish name, from Yiddish, literally "fine gold". Hermione Gingold (1897-1987) was a British actress.
Gingrich German (Americanized)Potentially from German “junge” and “reich,” meaning “rich at a young age.” Anglicized by immigrants as either Gingrich or Guengerich.
Ginsburg German, JewishHabitational name for someone who came from Gunzberg in Bavaria, Günsburg in Swabia, or Gintsshprik (Königsburg) in East Prussia. Its origin is from the name of the river Günz, written in early Latin documents as
Guntia, which was probably of Celtic origin, and Old High German
burg meaning "Fortress, walled town".
Gioi ItalianPossibly from Sardinian
angioi "lamb", a nickname for a shepherd, or from
gioi "Thursday".
Giorgaina Greek (Archaic)Andronymic meaning "wife of
Georgios". This was used in early modern Greece, at which time a married woman's surname was formed from her husband's given name and the suffix -αινα
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Giorno ItalianFrom a short form of the name Bongiorno and means "day" in Italian.
Giraldo SpanishSpanish: From The Ancient Germanic Personal Name Giraldo Equivalent To Gerald .
Giray TurkishFrom a form of the Mongolian title
khan meaning "king, ruler". This was the name of the dynasty that ruled Crimea from 1427 to 1783.
Girgin TurkishMeans "sociable, outgoing, enterprising" in Turkish.
Girling EnglishFrom a medieval nickname applied to a brave man (or, with heavy irony, to a cowardly one), from Old French
cuer de lion "lion heart".
Giron SpanishOf Galician origin. Occupational name for a clothing maker.
Gironda ItalianPossibly from a variant of Italian ghironda ‘barrel-organ’.
Giscard FrenchVariant spelling of
Guiscard. A famous bearer was the French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926-2020).
Gish GermanFrom a shortened form of the Germanic personal name
Gisulf, literally "hostage wolf". It was borne by American actress Lillian Gish (?1893-1993), original name Lillian de Guiche.
Gittings WelshFrom the Welsh personal name
Gutyn,
Guto, a pet form of
Gruffydd, with the redundant addition of English patronymic -
s.
Gittings WelshPossibly a patronymic from a byname from Welsh
cethin "dusky", "swarthy".
Giudice ItalianOccupational name for an officer of justice, Italian
giudice " judge" (Latin
iudex, from
ius "law" +
dicere "to say"). In some cases it may have been applied as a nickname for a solemn and authoritative person thought to behave like a judge.
Giugno ItalianDerived from Italian
giugno meaning "June", perhaps indicating a person who was baptized in that month.
Glad EnglishFrom a short form of the various Old English personal names with a first element
glæd "shining, joyful". Compare
Gladwin.
Gladding EnglishGiven as a nickname to someone who is glad, in high spirits, and happy.
Gladney EnglishProbably means "bright island", from the Old English element
glæd "bright" (cf.
Glædwine) and the English element
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Gladstone ScottishHabitational name from a place near Biggar in Lanarkshire, apparently named from Old English gleoda meaning "kite" + stān meaning "stone".
Glandt GermanNickname from Middle High Geman glander meaning "gleam", "sparkle", "shine", for someone with such a temperament.
Glas WelshNickname meaning "gray, green, silver-haired".
Glass Irish, ScottishAnglicized form of the epithet
glas "gray, green, blue" or any of various Gaelic surnames derived from it.
Glauber JewishDerived from German
glauben "to believe" and the suffix
-er. It was originally given either to an elder of the tribe, one renowned for his counsel, or to a layman who kept 'the faith'.
Gleave EnglishMeans either "sword-maker" or "sword-seller", or else from a nickname applied to a skilled swordsman (in either case from Middle English
gleyve "sword").
Glendenning ScottishHabitational name from a place in the parish of Westerkirk, Dumfries, recorded in 1384 as Glendonwyne. It is probably named from Welsh glyn meaning "valley" + din meaning "fort" + gwyn meaning "fair", "white".
Glissen English, IrishPossible British version of the Irish surname Glasson from the the Gaelic word O’Glasain. Meaning green from the counties of Tipperary.
Glock GermanMeant "person who lives by a church bell-tower or in a house with the sign of a bell", "bell-ringer" or "town crier" (German
Glocke "bell"). It was borne by Sir William Glock (1908-2000), a British music administrator.
Gloff GermanGerman and Swiss German: from the Germanic personal name Egilolf, composed of the elements agi(l) ‘edge’, ‘point’ (of a sword) + wolf ‘wolf’, cognate with Old English Ecgwulf. This was the name of several Lombard kings (ancestors of the Bavarian ducal line of the Agilolfinger), who introduced the name to Italy.