Names starting with G

Derived from Cherokee ᎬᏫᏍᏓᏗ (gunwisdadi) meaning "sift, sieve".

Old French form of Wido. The Normans brought it to England, where it remained common until the era of Guy Fawkes (1570-1606), a conspirator who...

Alternate transcription of Hebrew גַּיְא (see Gai). This is the more common transcription.

Variant of Ghislaine.

Has the meaning "beautiful" in both Tatar and Bashkir.

Means "beautiful" in Turkish.

Lithuanian form of Wido.

Derived from Welsh gwalch "hawk", possibly combined with Mai "May (month)" or mai "field, plain". This is a character in Welsh legend (appearing in Cu...

Variant of Gwalchmai.

Welsh form of Walter.

Means "met with misery" in Luganda.

Maltese form of Iohannes (see John).

Means "wall" in Welsh. In the First Branch of the Mabinogi [1], Gwawl is an unwelcome suitor of Rhiannon.

Means "dawn" in Welsh.

From Welsh gwen, the feminine form of gwyn meaning "white, blessed". It can also be a short form of Gwendolen, Gwenllian and other names beginning...

Means "blessed and generous", from Breton gwenn meaning "white, blessed" and hael meaning "generous". Saint Gwenhael was a 6th-century abbot of...

Feminine form of Gwenaël.

From Welsh gwen meaning "white, blessed" and da meaning "good". Created in the 19th century.

From Breton gwenn meaning "white, blessed" and tal meaning "brow, forehead".

From Old Welsh Guendoleu, possibly from gwyn meaning "white, blessed" and dol meaning "meadow". This was the name of a semi-legendary 6th-century...

From Welsh gwen meaning "white, blessed" and dydd meaning "day". In medieval Welsh tales she is the sister of Myrddin. Geoffrey of Monmouth calls her ...

Possibly means "white ring", from Welsh gwen meaning "white, blessed" and dolen meaning "ring, loop". It appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's...

Variant of Gwendolen.

Variant of Gwendolen. This is the typical spelling in the United States.

Variant of Gwyneth.

Variant of Guinevere.

Derived from Welsh gwen meaning "white, blessed" combined with another element of uncertain meaning. It could possibly be Welsh ffreu meaning "stream,...

Old Breton form of Gwenaël.

Welsh form of Guinevere.

Variant of Gwyneth, influenced by the Welsh word gwenith meaning "wheat".

Derived from the Welsh elements gwen meaning "white, blessed" and possibly lliain meaning "flaxen, made of linen" or lliant meaning "flow, flood"....

Breton cognate of Gwen.

Derived from Breton gwenn meaning "white, blessed" with a diminutive suffix. Saint Gwenneg was an 8th-century monk from Brittany.

Variant of Gwyneth.

Variant of Gwyneth.

Welsh short form of Gwilym.

Breton form of William.

Welsh variant of Gwilym.

Welsh variant of Gwilym.

Welsh form of William.

Old Welsh form of Gladys.

Variant of Gladys.

From Old Welsh Guorthigirn meaning "supreme king", from guor meaning "over" and tigirn meaning "king, monarch". It is possible that this was a title...

Probably means "born of trees", from Old Welsh guid meaning "trees" and the suffix gen meaning "born of". In the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi, Gwydio...

Means "white, blessed" in Welsh. In Welsh legend Gwyn was a king of the Otherworld and leader of the Wild Hunt. He appears in Culhwch and Olwen, where...

From the name of the kingdom of Gwynedd in northern Wales, existing from the 5th century (now a Welsh county). The name may relate to Old Irish Féni m...

Means "white snow", from Welsh gwyn meaning "white, blessed" and eira meaning "snow". This is a recently coined Welsh name.

Probably a variant of Gwynedd. It has been common in Wales since the 19th century, perhaps after the Welsh novelist Gwyneth Vaughan (1852-1910),...

From Welsh gwyn meaning "white, blessed" and maur meaning "great, large". Created in the 19th century.

Variant of Gwyn.

Welsh form of Victor. In Culhwch and Olwen he is the rival of Gwyn for the maiden Creiddylad. King Arthur declared that Gwyn and Gwythyr would fight...

From Tibetan རྒྱ་མཚོ (rgya-mtsho) meaning "ocean". It is one of the given names of the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (1935-).

Danish and Norwegian form of Gyða (see Gytha).

Old Norse and Icelandic form of Gytha.

From Sino-Korean 京 (gyeong) meaning "capital city", 景 (gyeong) meaning "scenery, view", 敬 (gyeong) meaning "respect, honour", or other hanja...

From Sino-Korean 敬 (gyeong) meaning "respect, honour" and 姬 (hui) meaning "beauty". Other hanja character combinations are possible.

From Sino-Korean 慶 (gyeong) meaning "congratulate, celebrate" or 敬 (gyeong) meaning "respect, honour" combined with 子 (ja) meaning "child". Other...

From Sino-Korean 京 (gyeong) meaning "capital city" and 淑 (suk) meaning "good, pure, virtuous, charming". Other hanja character combinations are...

Variant of Giles.

Perhaps a variant of Gwyneth, used by Walter Scott for the daughter of King Arthur and Guendolen in his poem The Bridal of Triermain (1813).