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Futterman Jewish
Occupational name for a furrier, from Yiddish futer "fur, fur coat" and Yiddish man "man".
Fuwa Japanese
From 不 (fu) meaning "not, non-, un-" and 破 (wa) meaning "break, cut".
Fuyuki Japanese
From 冬 (fuyu, tou) meaning "winter" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".... [more]
Fuyuno Japanese
Fuyu means "winter" and no means "plain, wilderness, field".
Fuyuumi Japanese
Fuyu means "winter" and umi means "sea".
Fyfe English
From the place 'Fyfe'
Fyler English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Feiler.
Fynch English
Variant of Finch.
Fyodarovich m Belarusian
Means "son of Fyodar".
Fyodorovtsev m Russian
Means "from Fyodorovsk". Fyodorovsk is the name of many villages in Russia, the most notable of which being Fyodorovsk, Permskiy Kray.
Fyres English (Rare)
Variant of Ayres or Ayers.... [more]
Ga Korean
Variant of Ka.
Ga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).
Gaa German
Bavarian dialect variant of Gau.
Gaard Danish, Norwegian
From Danish and Norwegian meaning "yard".
Gaarder Norwegian
Norwegian form of Gardener.
Gabaldon Spanish
Habitational Name From Gabaldón In The Province Of Cuenca.
Gabaraty Ossetian
Derived from Алгуз (Alguz), an earlier Ossetian family name of unknown meaning. Historically, the last of the Alguz family migrated to the village of Zalda (located in present-day South Ossetia), where most members of the family presently reside.
Gabathuler Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Berchtold.
Gabbett English
From the middle English Gabbett, which is from a pet form of the personal name Gabriel.
Ğabdrafikov m Bashkir
Another form of Abdrafikov.
Gabdrakhimova Tatar
From given name Gabdrakhim
Gabe Biblical Hebrew
From the name Gabriel
Gaber Jewish, German
In Jewish, from Haber, and in German from Gabrijel.
Gaber Slovene
Means "hornbeam" in Slovene, denoting someone who lived by a place where those types of trees grew. In North America, this surname may also be a shortened form of the surnames Gaberšek or Gaberšček.
Gabin French
From the given name Gabin.
Gabino Spanish
From the given name Gabino.
Gabiria Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Basque Country, Spain, derived from Basque gabi "blacksmith’s hammer, mallet" and hiri "village, town, city".
Gabison Judeo-Spanish
From the name of a town located in either the province of Valladolid or near the city of Santander in Spain. It has also been connected to the Spanish word cabeza, used as a nickname for a stubborn person.
Gable English
Northern English: of uncertain origin, perhaps a habitational name from a minor place named with Old Norse gafl ‘gable’, which was applied to a triangular-shaped hill. The mountain called Great Gable in Cumbria is named in this way.... [more]
Gabr Arabic
From the given name Jabr.
Gabras Greek
A corruption of the name Gabriel is also the name of a Byzantine family. Branches of the family live in Greece using the name Gabras, in Turkey as Kavraz and in Russia as Khovrin.
Gabriadze Georgian
Means "son of Gabriel".
Gábriel Hungarian
From the given name Gábriel.
Gabriël Dutch
From the given name Gabriël.
Gabriele Italian
From the personal name Gabriele 1, Italian form of Gabriel.
Gabriella English (American)
Derived from the given name Gabriella.
Gabrieloglou Greek (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Greek Γαβριήλογλου (see Gavriiloglou).
Gabríelsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Gabríel" in Icelandic.
Gabríelsson Icelandic
Means "son of Gabríel" in Icelandic.
Gabrielyan Armenian
Means “Son of Gabriel.
Gadbury English
Habitational name from Cadborough, alias Gateborough, in Rye, Sussex, probably so named from Old English gāt meaning "goat" + beorg meaning "hill".
Gadd Welsh
Means "battlefield" in Welsh. Comes from the Welsh word gad which means battlefield.
Gaddafi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From قذاذفة (Qadhadhfa), the Arabic name for a Berber tribe in Libya. The name possibly means "thrower, archer", from Arabic قَذَفَ (qaḏafa) meaning "to throw". A famous bearer was Muammar Gaddafi (1942–2011), a Libyan politician and revolutionary.
Gaddam Telugu
This surname means "on the hill" It is derived from the Telugu words "gadda (గడ్డ)" which means hill and "meeda (మీద)/meedi (మీది)" which means on. The two words were put together and shortened to Gaddam.
Gaddam Indian, Telugu
Derived from Telugu గడ్డము (gaddamu) meaning "beard".
Gaddamu Telugu
Variant of Gaddam. This surname means "on the hill" It is derived from the Telugu words "gadda (గడ్డ)" which means hill and "meeda (మీద)/meedi (మీది)" which means on. The two words were put together and shortened to Gaddamu.
Gade Danish
Means "street" in Danish.
Gadgil Marathi
A Chitpavan Brahmin surname from the Konkan region of Maharashtra. Likely means "Holder of a Urn of water" during a Hindu ritual.
Gadient Romansh
Derived from the given name Gaudentius.
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 gadol with the same meaning... [more]
Gadot Hebrew
Means "riverbanks" in Hebrew.
Gadžo Bosnian
It is assumed that Gadžo derives from the old-Indian gārhya ("domestic") and means farmer, villager, head of the house or husband.
Gaekwad Indian, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Marathi गायकवाड (see Gayakwad).
Gaerlick Jewish
A name given to people whose homes were burnt down.
Gaeta Italian
Derived 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.
Gaétan French
From the given name Gaétan.
Gaetano Italian
From the given name Gaetano
Gaetz English (American)
Americanization of Gätz.
Gafafer Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and Romansh faver "smith".
Gaffney English (American)
This may sound like the female given name Daphne
G'afurov Uzbek
Means "son of G'afur".
G'afurova f Uzbek
Feminine form of G'afurov.
Gagalac Tagalog
From Tagalog gagalak meaning "delighted, joyous".
Gagarin Russian
A 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 Italian
Habitational name from any of several places in Italy, most of which derive from the Latin personal name Gallius (see Gallus). Alternatively, it could derive directly from the given name Gallius, or from a similar name such as Galianus or Galenus.
Gagné French (Quebec, Modern)
From Gagnier/Gagner (cf. Gagner), alternative form of Gagneux/Gagneur ("ferm laborer"), from Old French gaignier, "to farm, to work the earth".
Gagneau French
Variation of Gagne.
Gagner French (Rare), French (Anglicized)
Alternate or anglicized form of Gagné or Gagneur.
Gagulia Abkhaz
Mingrelian form of the Abkhaz name Dzug-ipa meaning "son of Dzug", the name itself of Adyghe or Circassian origin of unknown meaning.
Gaguliya Abkhaz
Variant transcription of Gagulia.
Gahi Filipino, Cebuano
Means "hard, stiff, tough" in Cebuano.
Gai Jewish
From the given name Gai.
Gaida Latvian
From a personal name Gaida, based on the verb gaidīt meaning ‘to wait for’.
Gaikwad Indian, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Marathi गायकवाड (see Gayakwad).
Gaikwad Indian, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Marathi गायकवाड (see Gayakwad).
Gailis Latvian
Means "rooster".
Gailītis Latvian
Derived from the word gailis meaning "rooster".
Gain Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali গায়েন (see Gayen).
Gain English
Variant of Gaines.
Gaines English, Norman, Welsh
English (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.... [more]
Gainsborough English
From the city of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, England. A famous bearer of this surname includes English painter Thomas Gainsborough.
Gainsbourg French
French form of Ginsburg.
Gaintza Basque (Rare)
Habitational name derived from Basque gain "above, upper part; top, summit, peak" and the abundance suffix -tza.
Gaínza Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Gaintza.
Gaisford English
Habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.
Gaita Italian
One who came from Gaeta in Italy.
Gaita Romanian
Nickname from Romanian meaning "jay".
Gaitán Spanish
Originated 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.
Gaitán Spanish
Derived from the city in Italy named Gaeta.
Gaitan Romanian
Variant of Gaita.
Gaitano Spanish
Spanish cognate of Gaetano.
Gaitanos Greek
Derived 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 English
Occupational name for a goatherd, derived from Middle English gaytere literally meaning "goatherd".
Gajah Indonesian, Batak
From Sanskrit Gaju, meaning “Elephant”.
Gajda Serbian, Croatian, Czech
A 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.
Gajoko Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganeko).
Gakpo Western African, Ewe
Means "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.
Gal Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Gal 1, means "wave" in Hebrew.
Galal Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Jalal.
Galán Spanish
From Spanish meaning "gallant, handsome". (Compare Gallardo).
Galang Filipino, Pampangan, Tagalog
Means "respect, reverence" in Kapampangan and Tagalog.
Galano Italian
A Campanian name from Greek γαλανός (galanós) "light blue, pale blue", denoting someone with blue eyes.
Galano Spanish
Variant of Galán.
Galant French
French cognate of Galante and variant of Galland.
Galante Italian, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Jewish
Means "gallant, courteous, chivalrous; romantic" in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, both derived from French galant "gentlemanly" or "flirtatious, amorous". 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, meaning "gentleman" in Italian, from which Galante was eventually derived.... [more]
Galanti Italian
Italian variant of Galante.
Galantuomo Italian
Meaning "gentleman"
Galanty Jewish, Judeo-Italian
Possibly derived from the Italian Galantuomo meaning "gentleman"
Galartza Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque galar "dry wood, dead wood, kindling" and the abundance suffix -tza.
Galarza Spanish
Castilianized form of Basque Galartza.
Galasso Italian
From the medieval given name Galasso, an Italianized form of Galahad.
Galasso Italian
In northern Italy it could derive from Piedmontese galàs "rooster" (see Gallo), while in southern Italy it might derive from Greek γάλα (gala) "milk", as a nickname for someone with pale skin.
Galbier Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Albert.
Galbraith Scottish, Scottish Gaelic
Ethnic 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.
Galbusera Italian
From Latin gallicus albus agger, "white Gallic Field".
Galea Biblical Latin
Galea 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... [more]
Galea Spanish, Italian, Maltese
From Spanish galea "galleon, warship" presumably a metonymic occupational name for a shipwright or a sailor. Italian habitational name from Galea in Calabria.
Galevski Macedonian
Son of Gale
Galewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Galew, Galewice, or Galów in the voivodeships of Kalisz, Kielce, or Konin.
Galicia Spanish
Spanish: ethnic name for someone from the former kingdom of Galicia, now an autonomous region of northwestern Spain.
Galicki Jewish, Polish
A Jewish and Polish surname for someone from a lost location called 'Galice'
Galiev Tatar, Bashkir
Tatar and Bashkir variant of Aliev.
Galifianakis Greek
Patronymic 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... [more]
Galijašević Bosnian
Means "galley worker" or "man from Gaul".... [more]
Galimov Bashkir, Tatar
Bashkir and Tatar variant of Alimov.
Galíndez Spanish
Patronymic from the personal name Galindo.
Galindo Spanish
Either 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... [more]
Galit Filipino, Tagalog
Means "anger, indignation" in Tagalog.
Galit Hebrew
From the given name Galit.
Galkin Russian
Derived from Russian галка (galka) meaning "jackdaw".
Gałkowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Gałkowo or Gałków, both derived from Polish gałka meaning "knob, handle, lump".
Gall Spanish
In fact it is Catalan. See italian Gall... [more]
Gall Scottish, Irish, English
Nickname, 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... [more]
Galland French
Nickname 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... [more]
Gallant English
Nickname 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.
Gallatini Italian (Archaic)
Derived from the given name Galla and a suffix, meaning "little rooster".
Gallet French
Either a nickname for a cheerful companion a noun derivative of the Old French verb galler "to enjoy oneself to have fun". Or from a pet form of the personal name Gall.
Galliard French
It resembles the French word "galliard," meaning "brave, cheerful, spirited." Marcel and Porco Galliard from Attack on Titan are known bearers of this name.
Galligan Irish
Shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gealagáin 'descendant of Gealagán' a personal name from a double diminutive of geal 'bright white'.
Gallion English, French
Derived from the given name Galian.
Gallipoli Italian
Possibly from the town of Gallipoli in Apulia, Italy, derived from Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis) meaning "beautiful city", or perhaps denoted someone from Gallipoli (also Gelibolu) in Turkey, of the same etymology.
Gallogly Irish, Irish (Anglicized)
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac An Ghalloglaigh from galloglach "foreign warrior" or "galloglass"... [more]
Gallois French
Either a nickname for a bon vivant Old French galois. Or perhaps an ethnic name from gallois "Welsh".
Galloni D'istria French, Italian
Meaning "Gallons from Istria" in French and Italian.
Galloway Scottish
Scottish: 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... [more]
Gally English
Variant of Galley.
Gally Scottish
Variant of Gailey.
Gally French
Derived from southern French gal "rooster", this name was used as a nickname for a vain or conceited person.
Galmarini Italian
Galmarini is a common surname in the Lombardy region of Italy.
Galo Spanish
From the given name Galo.
Galovac Croatian
Possibly originates from a village, castle and/or lake in Croatia with the same name.
Galpin English
English: occupational name for a messenger or scullion (in a monastery), from Old French galopin ‘page’, ‘turnspit’, from galoper ‘to gallop’.
Galstyan Armenian
Means "son of Galust".
Galt English
An early member was a person with a fancied resemblance to the wild boar.
Galura Pampangan
Means "eagle" in Kapampangan, ultimately from Sanskrit गरुड (garuḍa).
Galván Spanish
From the given name Galván.
Galvan Irish
Variant form of O'Galvin (see also Galvin).
Galvão Portuguese
From the given name Galvão.
Gálvez Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality in the Province of Toledo.
Galvin French
Variant of Gauvain.
Galway Irish, Scottish
Variant of Galloway. Derived from the given name O Gallchobhair.
Galymzhanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Galymzhan".
Galymzhanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Galymzhanov.
Gam Korean
South Korean, from Sino-Korean "甘" (Gam) meaning "Sweet".
Gamache French, Walloon
From 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 Sinhalese
Means "of the village" from Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma) meaning "village, settlement" combined with the Sinhala locative suffix -ගේ (-ge).
Gamal Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Jamal.
Gamanayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගමනායක (see Gamanayake).
Gamanayake Sinhalese
From Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma) meaning "village, settlement" and नायक (nāyaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Gamberini Italian
Possibly from the given name Gambrinus or Gambarus. The Italian word gambero "prawn, shrimp" has also been suggested as an origin.
Gambier French
Derived 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)"... [more]
Gambino Italian
from a diminutive of gamba ‘leg’, probably applied as a nickname for someone with short legs.
Gambiraža Croatian
Croatian variant of Gambirasio.
Gamble English
from the Old Norse byname Gamall meaning "old", which was occasionally used in North England during the Middle Ages as a personal name. ... [more]
Gamboa Spanish, Filipino
Castilianized form of Basque Ganboa. It is also a name for the quince tree (Cydonia oblonga).
Gambon English, Irish
Derived 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 French
From pet form of any of the compound personal names formed with gamal, related to Old Norse gamall, Old German gamel "old", "aged". ... [more]
Gamer Jewish
From the Russian pronunciation of Hamer.
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