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Gadolin Finnish (Rare)Derived from the name of the homestead Magnula in Kalanti (formerly Nykyrko) parish in southwest Finland. Magnula is thought to be associated with Latin
magnus "large, big, great" and the name Gadolin is derived from Hebrew
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Gadžo BosnianIt is assumed that Gadžo derives from the old-Indian gārhya ("domestic") and means farmer, villager, head of the house or husband.
Gaeta ItalianDerived from the town of Gaeta, in the province of Latina, in Lazio, central Italy. It can also derive from the given name
Gaetano which shares its origin.
Gafafer RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and Romansh
faver "smith".
Gagarin RussianA Russian surname derived from the word gagara, meaning loon (a waterbird, genus Gavia). Notable people with the surname include: Gagarin family, a Rurikid princely family.
Gagliano ItalianHabitational name from a few places in Italy, which all derived from the Latin personal name
Gallius Gagulia AbkhazMingrelian form of the Abkhaz name
Dzug-ipa meaning "son of
Dzug", the name itself of Adyghe or Circassian origin of unknown meaning.
Gaida LatvianFrom a personal name
Gaida, based on the verb
gaidīt meaning ‘to wait for’.
Gaines English, Norman, WelshEnglish (of Norman origin): nickname for a crafty or ingenious person, from a reduced form of Old French
engaine ‘ingenuity’, ‘trickery’ (Latin
ingenium ‘native wit’). The word was also used in a concrete sense of a stratagem or device, particularly a trap.... [
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Gainsborough EnglishFrom the city of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, England. A famous bearer of this surname includes English painter Thomas Gainsborough.
Gaintza Basque (Rare)Habitational name derived from Basque
gain "above, upper part; top, summit, peak" and the abundance suffix
-tza.
Gaitán SpanishOriginated from the Spanish word "gato," which means "cat." It is thought that the name may have been used to describe someone who had cat-like qualities, such as being agile or quick on their feet.
Gaitanos GreekDerived from the Ancient Greek Καίετανος (
Kaietanos) meaning "who come from the cave/port" or "who come from Gaeta", an ancient Greek port that is located in the Italian modern province of Lazio.
Gaither EnglishOccupational name for a goatherd, derived from Middle English
gaytere literally meaning "goatherd".
Gajda Serbian, Croatian, CzechA slavicized variant of the German surname,
Geidl. This was most notably used by Radola Gajda, a Czech military commander and politician who slaviczed his name from Rudolf Geidl.
Gakpo Western African, EweMeans "iron, metal" in Ewe, possibly derived from a nickname or an occupation. It is usually found in Ghana and Togo. Dutch soccer player Cody Gakpo (1999-) bears this name.
Galano ItalianA Campanian name from Greek
γαλανός (
galanós) "light blue, pale blue", denoting someone with blue eyes.
Galante Italian, French, JewishComes from the ancient French word "galant" meaning someone in love or who has fun. In the case of Mordecai Galante, a Spanish exile in 16th century Rome, his courteous manners won for him from the Roman nobles the surname "Galantuomo" (gentleman), from which Galante was eventually derived.... [
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Galartza BasqueThis indicates familial origin within either of 3 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in Etxebarria, Comarca of Lea-Artibai, the one in Larrabetzu, Comarca of Bilbo, or the one in Aretxabaleta, Comarca of Debagoiena.
Galbier RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Albert.
Galbraith Scottish, Scottish GaelicEthnic name for someone descended from a tribe of Britons living in Scotland, from Gaelic
gall ‘stranger’ +
Breathnach ‘Briton’ (i.e. ‘British foreigner’). These were either survivors of the British peoples who lived in Scotland before the Gaelic invasions from Ireland in the 5th century (in particular the Welsh-speaking Strathclyde Britons, who survived as a distinctive ethnic group until about the 14th century), or others who had perhaps migrated northwestwards at the time of the Anglo-Saxon invasions.
Galea Biblical LatinGalea in Latin is HELMET. The Galea was a Roman helmet in excess of 1000 BC. Another basis for the name was for a type of boat with oars and sails. The first Greek boats called galea, appeared around the second half of the 2nd millennium BC... [
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Galewski PolishHabitational name for someone from Galew, Galewice, or Galów in the voivodeships of Kalisz, Kielce, or Konin.
Galicia SpanishSpanish: ethnic name for someone from the former kingdom of Galicia, now an autonomous region of northwestern Spain.
Galicki Jewish, PolishA Jewish and Polish surname for someone from a lost location called 'Galice'
Galifianakis GreekPatronymic derived from
Galifa, a small village near the former municipality of Episkopi in the regional unit of Heraklion, in Crete, Greece. The place name itself is possibly derived from Greek γαλίφης (
galífis) meaning "flatterer", a cognate of Italian
gaglioffo... [
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Galindo SpanishEither from the given name
Galindo or from the name of the Galindians, an ancient Baltic tribe.
Galishoff Upper German, German (Austrian)Derived from the ancient Roman name
Gallus, meaning "rooster" in Latin.
Hoff meaning house combines the growing or tending to poultry on a farm house, hence the name
Galishoff which has been modified over the millennia... [
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Galkin RussianDerived from Russian галка
(galka) meaning "jackdaw".
Gałkowski PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Gałkowo or Gałków, both derived from Polish
gałka meaning "knob, handle, lump".
Gall Scottish, Irish, EnglishNickname, of Celtic origin, meaning "foreigner" or "stranger". In the Scottish Highlands the Gaelic term
gall was applied to people from the English-speaking lowlands and to Scandinavians; in Ireland the same term was applied to settlers who arrived from Wales and England in the wake of the Anglo-Norman invasion of the 12th century... [
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Galland FrenchNickname for a cheerful or high-spirited or bold person from Old French
galant "lively vivacious" also "bold valiant" (the meanings "gallant" and "attentive to women" developed only in the 16th century) the present participle of Old French
galer "to be in good humor to enjoy oneself" a word of ancient Germanic origin... [
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Gallant EnglishNickname for a cheerful or high-spirited person, from Old French, Middle English
galant "bold, dashing, lively". The meanings "gallant" and "attentive to women" are further developments, which may lie behind some examples of the surname.
Galliard FrenchIt resembles the French word "galliard," meaning "brave, cheerful, spirited." Marcel and Porco Galliard from Attack on Titan are known bearers of this name.
Galligan IrishShortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gealagáin 'descendant of Gealagán' a personal name from a double diminutive of geal 'bright white'.
Galloway ScottishScottish: regional name from Galloway in southwestern Scotland, named as ‘place of the foreign Gaels’, from Gaelic
gall ‘foreigner’ +
Gaidheal ‘Gael’. From the 8th century or before it was a province of Anglian Northumbria... [
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Gally FrenchDerived from southern French
gal "rooster", this name was used as a nickname for a vain or conceited person.
Galovac CroatianPossibly originates from a village, castle and/or lake in Croatia with the same name.
Galpin EnglishEnglish: occupational name for a messenger or scullion (in a monastery), from Old French galopin ‘page’, ‘turnspit’, from galoper ‘to gallop’.
Galt EnglishAn early member was a person with a fancied resemblance to the wild boar.
Galura PampanganMeans "eagle" in Kapampangan, ultimately from Sanskrit गरुड
(garuḍa).
Gálvez SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality in the Province of Toledo.
Gam KoreanSouth Korean, from Sino-Korean "甘" (Gam) meaning "Sweet".
Gamache French, WalloonFrom French meaning "glove" or "mitten". Possibly an occupational name for a glover, someone who makes gloves or mittens, or had a connection to the glove-making industry.
Gamage SinhaleseMeans "of the village", from Sinhala ගම
(gama) meaning "village" and the locative suffix -ගේ
(-ge) meaning "home, house".
Gamanayake SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit ग्राम
(grama) meaning "village" and नायक
(nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Gamberini ItalianPossibly from the given name Gambrinus or Gambarus. The Italian word
gambero "prawn, shrimp" has also been suggested as an origin.
Gambier FrenchDerived from
gambier, a Northern French variant of
jambier, the masculine form of
jambière "greave (a piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin, and occasionally the tops of the feet)"... [
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Gambino Italianfrom a diminutive of gamba ‘leg’, probably applied as a nickname for someone with short legs.
Gamble Englishfrom the Old Norse byname Gamall meaning "old", which was occasionally used in North England during the Middle Ages as a personal name. ... [
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Gamboa FilipinoIt can be associated with several places in Spain. It can also derive from a type of plant or vegetation in certain regions. It can also derive from the Spanish root "gamba" which means leg.
Gambon English, IrishDerived from Anglo-Norman French
gambon meaning "ham", itself derived from a Norman-Picard form of Old French
jambe meaning "leg". A famous bearer is the Irish-English actor Sir Michael Gambon (1940-).
Gamelin FrenchFrom pet form of any of the compound personal names formed with gamal, related to Old Norse gamall, Old German gamel "old", "aged". ... [
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Gamez SpanishPatronymic from Gamo, a personal name of unexplained etymology.
Gamgee LiteratureIn J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings", the surname of Samwise "Sam" Gamgee, Frodo Baggins' gardener.
Gamiz BasqueThis indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in the municipality of Gasteiz or the one in the municipality of Gamiz-Fika.
Gammelgaard DanishDerived from Danish
gammel meaning "old" and
gård meaning "enclosure, farm".
Gammon EnglishFrom a medieval nickname applied to a merry or sportive person (from Middle English
gamen "game"), or to someone who walked in a strange way or had some peculiarity of the legs (from Anglo-Norman
gambon "ham").
Gamon IrishThis name is a last name for the Irish it means Liam Gamon.
Gamp English (British)This surname is thought to originate from Sarah or Sairey Gamp, Mrs. Gamp as she is more commonly known, in the novel Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens.... [
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Gamzee Popular Culture (?)Gamzee is based on a fictional character by the same name. Its origins may be from a Turkish name Gamze which means dimple or the German word Gämse, a type of goat.
Gan ChineseFrom Chinese 甘
(gān) of uncertain origin, possibly from the name of Shang dynasty minister Gan Pan or from the name of an ancient territory called Gan that existed in what is now Shaanxi province.
Ganacsade SomaliMeaning "businessperson" or "entrepreneur." It is often used to refer to someone involved in trade or commerce.
Ganaha JapaneseFrom Japanese 我 (
ga) meaning "selfish", 那 (
na) meaning "what" and 覇 (
ha) meaning "supremacy".
Ganas GreekOccupational name for a coppersmith, from
gana "coating", "verdigris". Possibly also a variant of
Ganis.
Gandaloev Ingush (Russified)Russified form of the Ingush clan name Гӏоандалой
(Ghoandaloy), derived from the name of the ancient village of Gandaloy in present-day Ingushetia.
Gándara GalicianIt refers to a type of unproductive wetland, of alluvial origin, rich in gravel and sand.
Gandhi Indian, Gujarati, Marathi, Hindi, PunjabiDerived from Sanskrit गान्धिक
(gandhika) meaning "perfumier, perfume seller". Notable bearers include Indian civil rights leader Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948), also known as Mahatma Gandhi, and Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi (1917-1984).
Gandin FrenchFrom the French
gandin, pronounced /ɡɑ̃dœ̃/, which is a word used for a dandy, an elegant young man with affected, quite often ridiculous, manners.
Ganesan IndianIndian (Kerala, Tamil Nadu): Hindu name from Sanskrit gaṇeṣa ‘lord of the army’ ( see Ganesh ) + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. This is found only as a given name in India, but has come to be used as a family name in the U.S.
Gangopadhyay BengaliFrom the name of the Ganges River combined with Sanskrit उपाध्याय
(upadhyaya) meaning "teacher, instructor, priest".
Ganiku OkinawanFrom Okinawan 我如古 (
Ganiku) meaning "Ganeko", an area in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan.
Ganji IndianDerived from the Sanskrit word “ganja”, which means “cotton”.
Ganjoo Indian, Urdu, PersianGanjoo is a surname from Kashmiri Pandit clan . The original name was
Ganwar, meaning Person in charge of Treasury in Kings court. This name gradually changed to Ganjoo or
Ganju.
Gann GermanTopographic name for someone who lived near an expanse of scree, Middle High German gant.
Gans German, DutchMeans "goose" in German and Dutch, either an occupational name for someone who worked with geese, a habitational name for someone who lived by a sign depicting a goose, or a nickname for someone walked oddly or was considered silly or foolish... [
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Gans German, DutchFrom Old High German
ganz "whole, intact, healthy", a nickname for a particularly strong or healthy person.
Ganser GermanFrom the Middle High German word
ganser meaning "gander", occupational name for a geese shepherd.
Ganta FrisianProbably a habitational name for someone from Bant, in the 17th century an island in Friesland, now the village north of Emmeloord in the Noordoostpolder.
Ganus Russian, UkrainianPossibly derived from Russian анис
(anis) referring to the anise (
Pimpinella anisum) plant or from the Turkish given name
Gainislam itself from Arabic عَيْن
(ʿayn) meaning "spring, source" combined with the name of the religion
Islam.
Ganzon FilipinoFrom Hokkien 顏
(gân) meaning "face, colour, hue" and 孫
(sun) meaning "grandchild".
Garabedian ArmenianMeans "son of
Garabed", an Armenian personal name meaning literally "leader, precursor" and traditionally used as an epithet of John the Baptist in the Armenian church.
Garaikoetxea BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Hondarribia.
Garand Frenchnickname or status name from the Old French legal term
garant "guarantor". perhaps from a personal name based on the ancient Germanic element
warin "protection shelter" or "guard".
Garate BasqueHabitational name from a town called
Garate in Basque Country, or a topographic name, possibly from a derivative of Basque
gara "height, peak" (
garhaite in some dialects).
Garau ItalianPossibly from a Sardinian modification of the given name
Gherardo. Alternately, it may be from a Spanish surname derived from Basque
garau "grain, wheat".