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Gurel Turkish
Dynamism is the meaning of the name.

Gurewitz Jewish
Belarusian 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.

Gurfinchel Yiddish
A variant of Garfunkel.

Gurgenidze Georgian
Means "son of Gurgen".

Gurion English (Rare)

Gurion Hebrew
Short form of Ben-Gurion.

Gurira Southern African, Shona
From 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.

Gurney English, French, Norman
Originated from the region Normandy in France, is also a biospheric name from Gournay-en-Bray, a commune in France. It is also a fictional character's maiden name, Jacqueline "Jackie" Bouvier from the animated sitcom show, The Simpsons.

Guro Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao goro meaning "teacher, instructor", ultimately from Sanskrit गुरु (guru).

Guroalim Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao goro meaning "teacher, instructor" and alim meaning "sage, philosopher".

Gurrola Basque
Originally came from Biscay, Spain.

Gurruchaga Basque (Castilianized)
Castilianized form of Gurrutxaga.

Gurrutxaga Basque

Gurry Irish
Variant of Gorry.

Gürsoy Turkish
From Turkish gür meaning "bushy, strong" or "thunder" and soy meaning "ancestry, descent, family".

Gursultur Jewish (Latinized), Kurdish, Hebrew
This 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.... [more]

Gurtskiy m Russian, Jewish

Guruceaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Gurutzeaga.

Guruge Sinhalese
Derived from Sinhala ගුරු (guru) meaning "teacher, master" and the locative suffix -ගේ (-ge) meaning "of, home, house".

Guruli Georgian

Gurung Nepali
From the name of the Gurung (Tamu) people of Nepal, itself an exonym probably of Tibetan origin.

Gurung Gurung
From Nepali गुरुङ (Guruṅ) meaning "Gurung", a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group.

Gurusinga Batak
From Sanskrit guru, meaning “Mentor”, and singha, meaning “Lion”.

Gurusingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුරුසිංහ (see Gurusinghe).

Gurusinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुरु (guru) meaning "teacher, sage" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Gurutzeaga Basque
It means "of the cross".

Gurutzeta Basque

Gus English
From the given name Gus 1.

Guscott English

Gusev Russian
Derived from Russian гусь (gus) meaning "goose".

Gushiken Okinawan, Japanese
Means "strong-willed" from Japanese 具 (gu) meaning "tool, utensil, means", 志 (shi) meaning "intention, will", and 堅 (ken) meaning "hard, resolute, unyielding".

Gushima Japanese
From 具 (gu) meaning "tool" and 島 (shima) meaning "island."

Gusinjac Bosnian
From Gusinje, the name of a town in the Plav municipality of Montenegro where Bosniaks form a regional majority

Gusley English

Gusman Maltese

Gusmão Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Guzmán.

Gusmeroli Italian
Possibly from an alternate form of Cosma.

Gušo Bosnian

Gust German
German: from a short form of the personal name Jodocus, which is either a Latinized form of a Breton name, Iodoc, borne by a 7th-century Breton saint (compare Jost and Joyce) or from a reduced form of the personal name Augustus.... [more]

Gustafsdotter f Swedish
Means "daughter of Gustaf".

Gustavo Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Gustavo.

Gustavson Swedish
Variant of Gustavsson.

Gut Jewish
Derived from Yiddish gut "good".

Guta Bosnian
Possibly a mispronunciation of the Bosnian word for the verb "gutati" (to swallow) or "guta" (swallowing).

Gutang Filipino, Cebuano
Means "cracked heels, cracked calluses of the feet" in Cebuano.

Gutawa Sundanese

Guterre Portuguese (Brazilian)

Gutfreund German
From the words gut freund, which means "good friend."

Guth Jewish
Variant of Gut.

Guðfriðsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Guðfriðr" in Icelandic.

Guðfriðsson Icelandic
Means "son of Guðfriðr" in Icelandic.

Guðjohnsen Icelandic
Means "son of Guðjohn".

Guðmundsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Guðmund"; not strictly used as a surname, and is also used as a patronymic.

Guðmundsson Icelandic
Means "son of Guðmund" in Icelandic.

Guðnadóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Guðni". A notable bearer is Icelandic musician and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir (b. 1982).

Guðnason Icelandic
Means "son of Guðni".

Guthrie Scottish, Irish
As a Scottish surname, this is either a habitational name for a person from the village of Guthrie near Forfar, itself from Gaelic gaothair meaning "windy place" (a derivative of gaoth "wind") and the locative suffix -ach, or alternatively it might possibly be an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mag Uchtre meaning "son of Uchtre", a personal name of uncertain origin, perhaps related to uchtlach "child".... [more]

Gutić Serbian, Croatian

Gutierre Spanish
From the given name Gutierre.

Gutjahr German, German (Swiss)
nickname for someone born on New Year's Day from a New Year's greeting meaning "Good year".

Gutknecht German, German (Swiss)
Status name for a page of noble birth (Middle High German guot kneht).

Gutknecht German, German (Swiss)
status name for a page of noble birth (Middle High German guot kneht). Derived from the elements guot "good" and kneht "servant, apprentice".

Gütlin German, Yiddish
Diminutive of GUTE and GUTA, recorded in Frankfurt, Germany throughout the 14th century.

Gutmann German
German cognate of Goodman. from Middle High German guot man literally "good man, capable man" derived from the elements guot "good" and man "man"... [more]

Gutner Jewish
Variant of Gut.

Gutnik Ukrainian, Russian, Yiddish
Yiddish surname meaning "glassworker" from Yiddish hute meaning "glassworks".

Gutt Jewish
Variant of Gut.

Guttenberg German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of various places, for example in Bavaria, called Guttenberg, from the weak dative case (originally used after a preposition and article) of Old High German guot ‘good’ + berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’... [more]

Guttenplan Jewish

Gutting German
Of uncertain origin. Probably from a Germanic personal name formed with god "good" or god, got "god".

Guttormsen Norwegian
Means "son of Guttorm" in Norwegian.

Gutwald f German
Gutwald is a surname of German origin, which can be derived from the German words ‘Gut’ meaning ‘good’ and ‘Wald’ meaning ‘woods’, thus creating the meaning ‘good woods’. The surname is also derived from the German personal name 'Gottwald', which was derived from the Old High German 'Gottwalt' meaning ‘rule of God’ or ‘God’s power’.

Guujaaw Haida

Güven Turkish
Means "trust, confidence" in Turkish, perhaps designating a trustworthy person or one who trusts in others readily.

Güvenç Turkish
From the given name Güvenç.

Gūwalgiya Manchu, Chinese
Unknown.

Guy English
Occupational name for a guide, Old French gui (a derivative of gui(d)er "to guide", of Germanic origin).

Guy English, French
From a French form of the Germanic personal name Wido, which is of uncertain origin. This name was popular among the Normans in the forms Wi, Why as well as in the rest of France in the form Guy.

Guyet French
Derived from Guy.

Guynes Welsh
Welsh. Derivitive of Gwynn. Modified in the 19th century when the family came to the United States.

Guyon French
From a diminutive of Guy 1.

Guyot Belgian

Guyton English
Means "hill of Gaega".

Güzel Turkish
Meaning "beutiful" or "pretty" in Turkish.

Guzi Hungarian
As far as known, Guzi means 'friend' but as far as other meanings go, it is unknown. Due to its origin, the last name has two factions of distant family that pronounce it differently- One as "Guh-Zee" as the more uncommon pronunciation that actually follows the origin, and "Goo-Zee" as it is commonly pronounced in English.

Guzina Serbian, Croatian

Guzman Spanish (Americanized), Filipino, South American
Unaccented form of Guzmán used mainly in America and the Philippines.

Gvardiol Croatian

Gvero Serbian

Gvozdenović Serbian, Montenegrin
Means "son of Gvozden".

Gvozdik Russian
Means carnation in Russian.

Gvozdyk Ukrainian, Russian

Gwak Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 곽 (see Kwak).

Gwan Korean
From Sino-Korean 官 (Gwan) meaning "Tube".

Gwenn Breton
From the given name Gwenn, also "Gwenn" mean white in breton

Gwilliam Welsh
From the personal name Gwilym, Welsh form of William.

Gwilliam English
Anglicised form of the Welsh given name Gwilym.

Gwilliams Welsh
Means son of Gwilym, Cognate of Williams

Gwilym Welsh
Derived from the given name Gwilym.

Gwin Welsh
Derived from the forename Gwyn.

Gwinyai Shona
Gwinyai means "be strong".

Gwizdala Polish
Nickname for someone noted for his cheerful whistling, from a derivative of gwizdac ‘to whistle’.

Gwynne Welsh
Means "white" or "blessed"

Gwyther Welsh
meaning, "victor" or "victory"

Gyaltsen Tibetan
From the given name Gyaltsen

Gyasi Akan
Meaning unknown.

Gyatso Tibetan
From the given name Gyatso.

Gyatt English, French
Variant of Guyatt, Guyet, or Guyot, all diminutives of Guy.

Gye Korean
Etymology uncertain, possibly deriving from the Hanja element 季 (gye) ("season") or 桂 (gye) ("cassia, cinnamon").

Gygax Swiss

Gyhra German

Gyirbáky Hungarian

Gylespie Scottish
Variant of Gillespie

Gylfadóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Gylfi". Used exclusively by women. Gylfason is the male version.

Gylfason Icelandic
Means "son of Gylfi". Used exclusively by men. Gylfadóttir is the female version.

Gyljárlaugsson Icelandic
The name Gyljárlaugsson combines two Icelandic words, "gylja" meaning "to roar" and "laug" meaning "hot spring". Therefore, the name Gyljárlaugsson could be interpreted as "son of the roaring hot spring".

Gyllenhaal Swedish
The name Gyllenhaal originated from Nils Gunnarsson Gyllenhaal's father Gunne Olofsson Haal, who was from Hahlegården, a crown homestead in South Härene Parish in the county of Västergötland in West Sweden... [more]

György Hungarian
From the given name György.

Gyros Greek (Cypriot)

Gyűjtő Hungarian
Means "gatherer, collector".

Gyzis Greek

Gzheskovyak Polish (Ukrainianized), Polish (Russified)
Russian and Ukrainian form of the Polish surname Grześkowiak.

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