Names starting with G
1,270 Names found
French form of the Old German name Wenilo. In the medieval French epic La Chanson de Roland, Ganelon is the knight who betrays Charlemagne's army to...
Means "lord of hordes", from Sanskrit gaṇa meaning "horde, multitude" and īśa meaning "lord, ruler". This is the name of the Hindu god of wisdom and...
Derived from the Chinese character 刚 (gāng), which conveys the meanings of "hard," "rigid," and "strong," along with other characters that share a...
From Sanskrit गङ्गा (Gaṅgā), the name of the Ganges River, derived from gam meaning "to go". In Hindu tradition this is a personification of the...
Means "steel cooking stand" in Mongolian, from gan meaning "steel" and tulga meaning "cooking stand".
From Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganymedes), possibly derived from ganymai meaning "to be glad" and medea meaning "plans, counsel, cunning". In Greek mythology...
Signifies "steel courage" in Mongolian, from ган (gan) meaning "steel" and зориг (zorig) meaning "courage".
Derived from the French name for a variety of flowering plant (genus Rubia; called madder in English), which is used to make red dye. This name was...
This name refers to the caliph Abu Bakr. It is possibly derived from Arabic غرْب (gharb) signifying "west", because of where his house was in...
Derived from Old Irish Garbán signifying "little rough one", from garb "rough" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a 7th-century...
Derived from the name of the tropical flower, which was named for the Scottish naturalist Alexander Garden (1730-1791).
Of uncertain meaning. It appears in Thomas Malory's 15th-century Arthurian compilation Le Morte d'Arthur, where Sir Gareth (also called Beaumains) is...
Derived from an Old English surname that translates to "triangle field". This name was notably borne by the American president James A. Garfield, who...
Of unknown meaning. It was borne by a 7th-century BC Indian philosopher who appears in the Upanishads, part of Hindu scripture.
Derived from Old German garo meaning "ready, prepared" and bald meaning "bold, brave". It was borne by two rulers of Bavaria in the 6th and 7th...
Derived from a surname that signifies "triangle land", combining the Old English words gara and land. This name was initially associated with an...
From the English word garnet for the precious stone, the birthstone of January. The word comes from Middle English gernet meaning "dark red".
From an English surname that either referred to a maker of hinges (Old French carne) or was derived from the Norman name Guarin.
A medieval French form of Werner.
Signifies "little lamb", derived from Old Armenian գառն (garn) meaning "lamb" combined with a diminutive suffix.
Derived from the given names Gerald or Gerard, this English surname gained prominence through figures like Pat Garrett (1850-1908), who was the...
Derived from an English surname, of French Huguenot origin, that comes from Occitan garric signifying "oak tree grove".
Variant of Gary. A notable individual with this name is the renowned Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov (born 1963), who was given the name Gari...
The meaning is unknown, possibly related to the Basque word hartz signifying "bear". This was the name of several medieval kings of Navarre and Leon.
Derived from an English surname signifying "garden" in Old Norse, originally denoting one who lived near or worked in a garden.
The meaning is uncertain, possibly derived from Sanskrit गॄ (gṝ) signifying "to swallow, to devour". In Hinduism this is the name of the king of the...
Derived from an English surname that originated as a shortened version of Norman given names, which were rooted in Old German elements meaning...
Signifies "carnation" in Greek.
The Spanish and Portuguese versions of Jasper, along with its Latin equivalent, are used.