Names starting with G
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From the Old German elements ger meaning "spear" and hart meaning "hard, firm, brave". It was borne by saints from Belgium, Germany, Hungary and...
Russian, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Gerasimos.
Derived from Greek γέρας (geras) meaning "honour, gift". Saint Gerasimus was a 5th-century hermit who lived near the Jordan River.
From the Old German elements ger meaning "spear" and bald meaning "bold, brave". This was the name of a 7th-century Frankish saint, a bishop of...
From Old Norse Gerðr, derived from garðr meaning "enclosure, yard". In Norse mythology Gerd was a beautiful giantess (jǫtunn). After Freyr fell in...
Latinized form of Gertrud.
Possibly from Greek geron meaning "old man, elder". It was borne by a 4th-century saint martyred in Cologne.
This name is the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian equivalent of Gerard. It was the name of the former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder, born in 1944.
German variant form of Gerard. A famous bearer was the German writer Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946).
From the Old German element ger meaning "spear" combined with possibly lahhi meaning "doctor, healer". Saint Gerlach was a 12th-century Dutch soldier...
French feminine form of Germain. Saint Germaine was a 16th-century peasant girl from France.
Roman name derived from Germania, the area north of the Roman Empire inhabited by early Germanic tribes. This was the agnomen of the Roman general...
Italian and Portuguese versions of Germanus.
Russian form of Hermogenes.
From the Old German elements ger meaning "spear" and not meaning "need". In the medieval German saga the Nibelungenlied, this is the name of one of...
Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with Old German ger meaning "spear".
From Gerónimo, a Spanish form of Hieronymos (see Jerome). This is the better-known name of the Apache leader Goyaałé (1829-1909), given to him by his...
From a Late Latin name derived from Greek geron meaning "old man".