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Grylls English (Rare)There was an old and distinguished family of Grylls of Tavistock (Devon) and Lanreath (Cornwall) in the 17th century; two high sheriffs of the county then bore the name. The manor of Gryils (commonly mispronounced Garles), near the rocks called the Gryils or Garles, from which they probably derive their name, is in the parish of Lesneweth in that county.
Grzegorzewski Polishhabitational name for someone from Grzegorzowice or Grzegorzewice, both named with the personal name
Grzegorz, Latin Gregorius
Grzyb PolishMeaning "mushroom", a nickname for an old man or simpleton, or signifying someone whose profession involved mushrooms.
Grzybek PolishFrom
Grzyb (literally "mushroom") with the suffix
-ek as a patronymic, or from
grzybek meaning "little mushroom".
Gu Korean (Anglicized)A Korean surname, meaning "tool, device, utensil". Derived from the Chinese surname 具, (Jù)
Gu ChineseFrom Chinese 顾
(gù) referring to the ancient state of Gu, which existed during the Xia dynasty in what is now Henan province.
Gu ChineseFrom Chinese 辜
(gū) meaning "crime, wrong, sin".
Gu ChineseFrom Chinese 谷
(gǔ) referring to the ancient fief of Qin Gu, which existed in what is now the province of either Gansu or Shaanxi. Alternately it may come from the name of the fief of Jia Gu, which was part of the state of Qi during the Zhou dynasty.
Gu ChineseFrom Chinese 古
(gǔ) possibly derived from Kucheng (古成 or 苦城), the name of an ancient fief that may have existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province... [
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Guadagnino ItalianIt came from Italian word
guadagno which means "earnings" and has a diminutive suffix
ino which is also an occupation suffix.
Guajardo SpanishSpanish: unexplained. Perhaps a habitational name from a place so named in Estremadura. This name is common in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico. ... [
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Guanzon FilipinoFrom Hokkein 关孫 (
guān-sun), derived from 关 (
guān) meaning "frontier pass" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild."
Guardado SpanishThe surname Guardado means save, protect, and guard in Spanish
Guàrdia Catalan, Spanish, ItalianCatalan, Spanish, and Italian from Catalan
guàrdia, Spanish and Italian
guardia ‘guard’, ‘watch’, a topographic name for someone who lived by a watch place, an occupational name for a member of the town guard, or a habitational name from any of the numerous places named (La) Guardia.
Guardiola CatalanHabitational name from any of the numerous places named Guardiola, from guardiola, a diminutive of guàrdia meaning "guard".
Guarracino ItalianNothing is known of this family name other then they grew up in Manhattan, New York, other states and cities too but most can from boats and had to be quertied at Ellis Island, New York
Guasti ItalianMeaning uncertain, may denote someone from the town of Guasto. Alternately, it may be an occupational name from
gastaldo "chamberlain", from Latin
gastaldus "manager, bailiff, steward", or be a nickname from
guasto "broken, crippled".
Güç TurkishMeans "power, strength, force" in Turkish.
Gucciardo ItalianFrom the personal name Gucciardo, a revival of French Guichard, of Germanic origin, probably composed of the elements wig 'battle' or wisa 'experience' + hard 'strong', 'brave', 'hardy'.
Gudgeon Englishfrom Middle English gojon, gogen, Old French gougon ‘gudgeon’ (the fish) (Latin gobio, genitive gobionis), applied as a nickname or perhaps as a metonymic occupational name for a seller of these fish... [
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Guengerich German (Americanized)Potentially from German “junge” and “reich,” meaning “rich at a young age.” Anglicized by immigrants as either Guengerich or Gingrich.
Guenther GermanGerman: from a Germanic personal name composed of
gund ‘battle’ +
hari,
heri ‘army’.
Guertin FrenchA French surname that evolved from the Old Germanic given name,
Warin, "meaning to guard", or "protection". This surname was often given as an occupational name for a guard, or someone who served as a protector in their community.
Guest EnglishNickname for a stranger or newcomer to a community, from Middle English g(h)est meaning "guest", "visitor" (from Old Norse gestr, absorbing the cognate Old English giest).
Guet FrenchFrench - From Old French
guet "lookout, watchman".
Guevara SpanishHispanicized form of
Gebara. A notable bearer was Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara (1928-1967), who was born
Ernesto Guevara.
Gug KoreanFrom korean hanja 國, 菊, or 鞠. A surname for 19 000 koreans
Guha BengaliFrom Bengali গুহা
(guha) meaning "cave" (figuratively "mind" or "heart"), ultimately derived from Sanskrit गुहा
(guha).
Gui ChineseFrom Chinese 桂
(guì) referring to the ancient state of Gui, which existed during the Han dynasty in what is now Guangxi province.
Gui ChineseFrom Chinese 归
(guī) referring to the ancient state of Gui, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Anhui province.
Guidry French (Cajun), Louisiana CreoleDerived from the given name
Witeric. This surname is particularly associated with Cajuns in Louisiana, United States, who seem all to be descended from Claude
Guédry dit Grivois, who arrived in Acadia before 1671.
Guignard Frenchfrom the old Germanic name
Winhard composed of the elements
win "friend" and
hard "hard strong".
Guijarro SpanishSpanish: nickname from guijarro 'pebble' perhaps applied to a man who sold pebbles (used for paving the streets).
Guilbeau FrenchPossibly from Ancient Germanic
wil, meaning "will, power", and Latin
bellus, meaning "beautiful".
Guilder EnglishOccupational name for someone who worked in gold. The derivation is from the Old English pre 7th Century "gyldan" and the Old High German "gold", a refiner, jeweller, or gilder.
Guiles FrenchOf uncertain origin; it could be a variant of French Guill or of English Guile or Giles .
Guimarães PortugueseHabitational name for someone originally from the city of Guimarães in northern Portugal.
Guimond Frenchfrom the medieval French name
Guimond from the Germanic name
Wigmund composed of the ancient Germanic elements
wīg "battle combat" and
mund "protection".
Guin FrenchFrom the given name Guin the French form of
Wino a short form of names with the element
win "friend".
Guinan IrishThe surname Guinan comes from the Irish surname O Cuanain (O'Conein and MacConein) and is derived from the Irish Cuinin for "rabbit", son of Dugal. They claim descendancy through the Donnelly line of the native Irish.
Guitry FrenchDerived from the given name
Witeric. A famous bearer of this name was Sacha Guitry (1885-1957), a French actor, playwright, screenwriter and director.
Guldberg DanishDerived from the name of Guldbjerg Parish on the island Funen, Denmark.
Gülden Dutch, Germanfrom
gulden "golden" derived from vergulden vergolden "to gild" a metonymic occupational name for a craftsman who gilds objects; compare Guldner. From gulden the name of the coin (English guilder) applied as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house name such as In den silvren Gulden ("In the Silver Guilder") or from related verb meaning "to gild" applied as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house name such as De Gulden Hoeve ("The Gilded Farmhouse") or De Gulden Zwaan ("The Gilded Swan").
Gulian ArmenianFrom Armenian word
gul meaning "rose", as well as "laughter", combined with the common suffix of
ian meaning "son of".
Gullette FrenchComes from Guillemme or William of Normandy. Reference 1066: The Battle of Hastings.
Gullick EnglishFrom the Middle English personal name
Gullake, a descendant of Old English
Gūthlāc, literally "battle-sport".
Gullit Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)Possibly derived from Old Dutch
golt meaning "gold", most likely referring to a person who worked with gold. The former Dutch soccer player Ruud Gullit (1962-; birth name Rudi Dil) is a famous bearer of this name.
Gulliver EnglishFrom a medieval nickname for a greedy person (from Old French
goulafre "glutton"). Jonathan Swift used it in his satire 'Gulliver's Travels' (1726), about the shipwrecked ship's surgeon Lemuel Gulliver, whose adventures "offer opportunities for a wide-ranging and often savage lampooning of human stupidity and vice."
Gulo Indonesian, NiasFrom the Nias clan name
Gulö, possibly derived from the name of the clan's ancestor, Kulo Ana'a.
Gültekin TurkishFrom Turkish
gül meaning "rose" combined with the title
tekin meaning "prince".
Gultekin TurkishIt comes from "Kül Tigin" (? - 575 AD) who was a general of the Second Turkic Kaganate (Göktürks' khaganate). He was a second son of Ilterish Shad and the younger brother of Bilge Kagan.
Gumm EnglishFrom a nickname or byname from Middle English
gome, Old English
guma "man".
Gumma Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 群馬 (
Gumma) meaning "Gumma", a former district in the former Japanese province of Kōzuke in present-day Gumma, Japan.... [
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Gunapala SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit गुण
(guna) meaning "quality, property, attribute" and पाल
(pala) meaning "guard, protector".
Gunaratne SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit गुण
(guna) meaning "quality, attribute, merit" and रत्न
(ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Gunasinghe SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit गुण
(guna) meaning "quality, attribute, merit" and सिंह
(sinha) meaning "lion".
Gunathilaka SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit गुण
(guna) meaning "quality, attribute, merit" and तिलक
(tilaka) meaning "mark, dot, ornament".
Gunawan IndonesianIndonesianized version of various Chinese surnames (including 陳
Chen, 郭
Guo, etc.), under the social and political pressure during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia toward Chinese Indonesians.
Gunawardana SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit गुण
(guna) meaning "quality, property, attribute" and वर्धन
(vardhana) meaning "increasing, strengthening, growing".
Gundián GalicianThis indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in the parish of Costantín, Baralla or the one in the parish of A Ponte Ulla, Vedra.
Gundry EnglishFrom
Gondri,
Gundric, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans, composed of the Germanic elements
gund "battle" and
rīc "power(ful)".
Gunji JapaneseFrom Japanese 郡
(gun) meaning "county, district" and 司
(ji) meaning "officer, official, boss".
Gunn ScottishThis ancient Scottish surname is of Norwegian origin derived from the Old Norse personal name
Gunnr. This surname, in most cases originated in Caithness, Scotland's most northerly county.
Gunner EnglishFrom Old English
gunne meaning "cannon, gun" and the agent suffix "-er"
Gunnery EnglishThe surname Gunnery was first found in Lincolnshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons.
Guntli RomanshDerived from Romansh
cunt "count" in combination with the diminutive suffix
-li.
Gunzenhauser German, JewishHabitational name for someone from either of two places named Gunzenhausen, one in Württemberg and the other in Bavaria.
Guppy EnglishEnglish habitational name from a place in Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset, Gupehegh in Middle English. This is named with the Old English personal name
Guppa (a short form of
Guðbeorht "battle bright") + (ge)
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Gür TurkishMeans "bushy, strong" or "thunder" in Turkish.
Guralnick JewishOccupational name from Ukrainian
guralnyk, Yiddish
guralnik "distiller".
Gurewitz JewishBelarusian and Lithuanian variant of Horowitz, a habitational name from Horovice in central Bohemia, now in the Czech Republic, which is named with a short form of a personal name formed with Hor, as for example Horimir, Horislav.
Gurira Southern African, ShonaFrom the Ndau word
gurira meaning "to break or cut for someone, cut short, take shortcut". The American-Zimbabwean actress and playwright Danai Gurira (1978-) is a famous bearer of this name.
Gürsoy TurkishFrom Turkish
gür meaning "bushy, strong" or "thunder" and
soy meaning "ancestry, descent, family".
Gursultur Jewish (Latinized), Kurdish, HebrewThis name is a composition of the following words: GUR; Hebrew for "lion cub", SUL; which is an abbreviation of Suleman (Kurdish for king Solomon), TUR; this word is derived from the Arba'ah Turim. The Arbaáh Turim are often called simply the Tur, which is an important Halakhic code.... [
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