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Garneau FrenchFrom a pet form of the Germanic given name
Warinwald, composed of the elements
war(in) meaning "guard" and
waldan meaning "to govern".
Garrighan Irishto denote 'son of Geargain' a name which originally in derived from 'gearg' which meant grouse but which was often used figuratively for warrior
Garro BasqueFrom the name of a place in the Basque province of Behenavarra, France. Possibly derived from
gar "flame", or from
harri "rock, stone".
Garten German, Jewishmetonymic occupational name for a gardener or overseer of a garden or enclosure. Originally the term denoted the keeper of an enclosure for deer later of a vineyard or smallholding from Middle High German
garte "garden enclosure"... [
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Garth EnglishMeans "garden" from northern Middle English
garth (Old Norse
garþr,
garðr) "piece of enclosed ground; garden, paddock" originally denoting one who lived near or worked in a garden.
Gartmann German (Swiss)Derived from Middle High German
garte "garden; yard" and German
Mann "man", this was occupational name for a gardener. In some cases it may have been a status name referring to the owner of a small (enclosed or fenced) farm or an occupational name for a worker at a deer preserve.
Garton EnglishFrom a place name: either Garton or Garton on the Wolds, both in East Yorkshire, or from various places similarly named, from Old English
gara "triangular plot of land" and
tun "enclosure, town".
Garufi ItalianMeaning uncertain, possibly related to the Germanic given name
Garulf, or to Arabic
qaruf "hard, cruel".
Garvin IrishAnglicized form of Irish
Ó Gairbhín "descendant of
Garbhán", a given name derived from a diminutive form of Old Irish
garb "rough, coarse, rugged, cruel".
Garwood EnglishComes from a lost locational name from the Olde English
gara, referring to a "triangular piece of land" or to a "spearhead", and
wudu meaning a "wood".
Gascoigne EnglishOriginally denoted a person from the province of Gascony in France. A famous bearer is the English former soccer player Paul Gascoigne (1967-). Another was the television host and author Bamber Gascoigne (1935-2022).
Gascueña SpanishIt indicates familial origin within either of 2 Manchego municipalities: Gascueña or Gascueña de Bornova.
Gąsior PolishMeans "gander (male goose)" in Polish. It was used as a nickname for a person who resembled a gander or as an occupational name for a keeper of geese.
Gąsiorowski PolishName for someone from a place called Gąsiorowo or Gąsiorów, both derived from Polish
gąsior meaning "gander".
Gaski SamiFrom Finnish
kaski "swidden (a field created in slash and burn agriculture)".
Gaskill EnglishMeaning "Goat Shelter". English (Lancashire) habitual name from Gatesgill in Cumbria, so named from Old Norse geit ‘goat’ + skáli ‘shelter’. The surname is first recorded in the early half of the 14th Century.
Gasnier FrenchFrom Old French
gaaigner meaning "to win, to earn" or "to till, to cultivate", possibly used as an occupational name for a farmer.
Gasparrino Italian (Tuscan)Gasparinus de Bergamo was a Italian Teacher who tutored The Future Popes of Italy and was a Secertary for Pope Martin V in the late 1400.
Gasser German (Swiss)Occupational name for a goat herd from Middle High German geiz meaning "Goat" and (n)er an agent suffix.
Gassmann German, JewishFrom German
Gasse or Yiddish גאַס (
gas), both from Middle High German
gazze, meaning "street", denoting someone who lived in a street of a city, town or village.... [
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Gastel DutchMeans "from
Gastel", a toponym derived from
gastel "inn, guesthouse" (related to
gast "guest, stranger").
Gastelum SpanishHispanic (Mexico): Probably An Altered Form Of Basque Gaztelu (See Gastelo ).
Gaster m Popular CultureMeaning unknown. This is the name of a character from the 2015 video game
Undertale.
Gatchalian Filipino, TagalogFrom a Hispanicised spelling of
Gat Sa Li-Han, a Chinese title meaning "lord of Li-Han". It was used by the rulers of Li-Han, an ancient Philippine state that was located in the present-day city of Malolos.
Gatdula Filipino, TagalogThis surname honors Lakan Dula, the last ruler of the Kingdom of Tondo, via his alternative name
Gat Dula. In it, the word or prefix
Gat is a shortened version of the Tagalog honorific
Pamagat, which at the time meant "nobleman," while
Dula possibly means "palace." Altogether, it means "Nobleman of the Palace."
Gatenby EnglishDerives from the place of Gatenby in North Yorkshire, which comes from an Old Norse personal name "Gaithen", likely from Old Norse
geitin "goats" (later influenced by Old English
gāt "goat") and the suffix
býr "farm, settlement", referring to a settlement with goats... [
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Gatica Medieval SpanishThe name appeared sometime after the War of the Bucket and is assumed to mean "bestowed spiritual recognition".
Gatlin EnglishEnglish of uncertain origin; probably a variant of
Catlin or
Gadling, a nickname from Old English
gœdeling ‘kinsman’, ‘companion’, but also ‘low fellow’.
Gatlin GermanPossibly an altered spelling of German
Göttling, from a Germanic personal name formed with
god ‘god’ or
god ‘good’ +
-ling suffix of affiliation, or, like
Gättling (of which this may also be an altered form), a nickname from Middle High German
getlinc ‘companion’, ‘kinsman’.
Gatmaitan Filipino, TagalogFrom a Hispanicised form of
Gat Maitan, a title meaning "lord of Mait" that was used by rulers of an ancient place named Mait or Maitan.
Gato SpanishGato is a Spanish, Portuguese and Galician word for cat.
Gatto ItalianDerived from Old Italian
gatto meaning "cat", ultimately from Late Latin
cattus. This was a nickname for a person who resembled a cat in some way.
Gatton EnglishHabitational name for someone from the village of Gatton, Surrey, derived from Old English
gat "goat" and
tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Gattuso Italian, SicilianSicilian and Calabrian variant of
Gatto, notably borne by the Italian former soccer player Gennaro Gattuso (1978-).
Gatz GermanHabitational name from a place so named in Pomerania.
Gau GermanHabitational name from any of various places named with Middle High German gau, göu ‘area of fertile agricultural land’.
Gauci MalteseDerived from Maltese
Għawdex through Arabic غودش
(ġawdeš) which refers to the island of Gozo in the Maltese archipelago. The name itself is of Phoenician origin (through a Greek borrowing) possibly meaning "turn around"... [
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Gaudin FrenchFrom the Old French personal name
Gaudin Norman French Waldin Waudin a pet form of ancient Germanic names based on the element
wald "rule power".
Gauger GermanMiddle High German gougern 'to wander around or stagger', presumably a nickname for someone with a peculiar gait.
Gaunt EnglishThis name is believed to have derived "from the town of Gaunt, now Ghent, in Flanders."... [
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Gauvin French, Historyome characteristic forenames: French Emile, Jacques, Normand, Pierre, Armand, Gisele, Laurent, Lucien, Raynald, Yves, Adrien, Aime.... [
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Gavitt EnglishPerhaps an altered spelling of the middle English
Gabbett, which is from a pet form of the personal name
Gabriel.
Gavriiloglou GreekPatronymic meaning "son of Gavriil", from the given name
Gavriil combined with the Turkish suffix -
oğlu meaning "son of".
Gawthrop Englishhabitational name from any of several places in Yorkshire and Lancashire called Gawthorpe or Gowthorpe all of which are named from Old Norse
gaukr "cuckoo" and
þorp "enclosure" meaning "village where cuckoo's frequented".
Gay English, FrenchNickname for a lighthearted or cheerful person, from Middle English and Old French
gai "happy, cheerful, joyous".
Gay EnglishHabitational name from a settlement in Normandy called
Gaye, possibly derived from a Germanic person name cognate with
Wade 2, or perhaps related to Old French
gayere "wet ground" or
goille "puddle, quagmire".
Gaya AfricanAfrican spelling, surname form, and variant spelling of
Gaia. It is the 18,784th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 246,879 people... [
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Gayakwad Indian, MarathiFrom a nickname derived from Marathi गाय
(gay) meaning "cow" and कवाड
(kavad) meaning "door".
Gayangos SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the Castilian comarca of Las Merindades.
Gaye EnglishPossibly a nickname for a cheerful person, derived from the archaic word "gay" meaning "happy". A famous bearer was the American singer Marvin Gaye (1939-1984).
Gayen BengaliOccupational name for a singer or bard of traditional Bengali music, ultimately derived from Sanskrit गै
(gai) meaning "to sing".
Gayer GermanDerived from Slavic
gaj "grove", this name denoted a forest warden.
Gazaev Ossetian (Russified)Russified form of an Ossetian name most likely derived from Ossetian гæзæмæ
(gæzæmæ) meaning "few, little, rare".
Gazdanty OssetianPossibly derived from Arabic غَازِي
(ḡāzī) meaning "hero, champion".
Gazdiev Ingush (Russified), Ossetian (Russified)Russified form of an Ingush and Ossetian surname derived from the name of an Ingush teip (clan) of unknown meaning, possibly of Turkic origin. The name is mainly found in present-day Ingushetia and North Ossetia-Alania.
Gazelle English, French, ArabicUnadapted borrowing from Middle French
gazelle, from Old French
gazel, from Arabic
غَزَال (
ḡazāl). This is the surname of famous deuteragonist Gigi Gazelle who is the teacher of Peppa Pig.
Gaztañaga BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous farmhouse in the municipality of Usurbil.
Gaztelu BasqueFrom Basque
gaztelu "castle", denoting someone from the town of Gaztelu in Basque country, Spain.
Ge ChineseFrom Chinese 葛
(gé) referring to the ancient state of Ge, which existed during the Xia dynasty in what is now Henan province.
Gear EnglishDerived from the Germanic name element
ger, meaning "spear".
Gebbia ItalianFrom Sicilian
gebbia "irrigation cistern", itself from Arabic
جُبّ (
jubb) "cistern, well".
Gebhardt GermanFrom a Germanic given name composed of the elements
geb "gift" and
hard "hardy", "brave", "strong".
Geddes Scottish, IrishThere is a place of this name in Nairn, but the name is more likely to be a patronymic from Geddie.
Geers DutchPatronymic from the short form of any of various personal names formed with the Germanic element
ger "spear". Compare
Geerts.
Geeson IrishThis unusual name is the patronymic form of the surname
Gee, and means "son of Gee", from the male given name which was a short form of male personal names such as "
Geoffrey", "
George" and "
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Geidl GermanDerived from a Middle High German nickname
giudel meaning “braggart” or “squanderer.”
Geipelhorst GermanThis rather rare surname is appears to be the combination of "Geipel", which is a variant of "Geibel" originating from a personal name or topographic name formed with Old High German gawi ‘fertile region’, ‘countryside’ (as opposed to a town), and "Horst" which came from of Old High German, meaning "man from the forest", "bosk" or "brushwood"... [
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Geisberger GermanRegional name for someone who lives in
Geisburg,
Geisa or near any mountain called
Geisberg.
Geiselhart German (Silesian, Rare), Lombardic (Rare), Old High German (Rare)Possibly after the Geisel, a river in Saxony-Anhalt, which likely received its name from either the Lombardic patronym
Giso, meaning "noble, precious promise" or from the Old High German
gewi, from the Gothic
gavi, or gaujis, a which is a medieval term for a "region within a country", often a former or actual province combined with the suffix Hart, which means "stag", and comes from the Middle English
hert and the Old English
heort.... [
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Geisinger GermanDenoted a person from the town of Geising in Germany, which in turn got it's name from the Geisingberg mountain. The Geisingberg most likely got it's name from the Germanic
geut or the Early New High German
geußen, both meaning "to pour", and the German word
Berg meaning "mountain"... [
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Geist GermanHabitational name for someone who lived in a house marked by the sign of the Holy Spirit (normally depicted as a dove), from Middle High German geist 'spirit'.