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Gagen

Two main origins: * Variant of Gahan or Geoghegan, two surname of Irish origin. * Borrowed from German Gagen, a topographic surname from a Tyrolean term meaning "Alpine dairy hut".

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Gagne

Borrowed from French Gagne or Gagné.

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Gago

Borrowed from Spanish Gago, from Galician gago (“stutterer”).

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Gagol

From Polish Gągoł or Gągol.

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Gagra

From Georgian გაგრა (gagra).

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Gahan

Reduced form of McGahan.

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Gahm

Borrowed from German Gahm.

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Gahn

Borrowed from German Gahn, a short form of the personal name Johannes.

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Gahr

Borrowed from German Gahr.

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γαῖᾰ (Gaîă, “Gaea, the Earth personified as a goddess”), from γαῖᾰ (gaîă, “the Earth”), probably related to γῆ (gê, “earth, land; country”). Sense 1 was coined by the British scientist, enviro

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Gaian

From Gaia + -an.

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Gain

* As an English and Scottish surname of Norman origin, from the name Engaine, based on Old French engaigne (“ingenuity”), from Latin ingenium. Sometimes confused with Ingham. * As a French surname, from the verb gagner (

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Gaius

Borrowed from Latin Gaius

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Gajan

Borrowed from French Gajan, itself from Occitan Gajan.

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Gajda

Borrowed from Polish Gajda.

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Gala

Clipping of Galashiels.

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Galan

From Spanish Galán, from galán (“gallant”). Doublet of Gallant.

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Galax

Borrowed from translingual Galax, as in Galax urceolata, an evergreen groundcover plant found throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Galen

From Middle English Galen, from Latin Galēnus, from Ancient Greek Γαληνός (Galēnós), from γαλήνη (galḗnē, “calm, tranquillity”).

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Galik

Borrowed from Mongolian галиг (galig).

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Gall

* As an English, Scottish Gaelic, and Irish surname, of Celtic origin, from Gall (“foreigner”). This is in turn from Latin Gallus, which has borrowings (many of which are surnames) in several European languages, such as

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Galla

* As a Polish, Czech, and Slovak surname, from a personal name derived from Latin Gallus, Gaulus (“a Gaul”), also see Gall. * As an Italian surname, from gallo (“rooster”), or from Medieval Latin galla (“oak apple”), or

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Galli

* As an Italian surname, spelling variant of Gallo * As an Alemannic German surname, spelling variant of Galle * As a Hungarian surname, spelling variant of Gáli, itself from a pet form of Ecclesiastical Latin Gallus. Al

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Gallo

* As an Italian and Spanish surname, from the noun gallo (“rooster”). * Also as an Italian surname, from the personal name Gallo, from Latin Gallus (“a Gaul”). This is sometimes Americanized from Greek Γάλλος (Gállos). C

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Gama

From Portuguese Gama.

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Gamba

From the Italian surname, from the noun gamba (“leg”).

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Gambo

Etymology uncertain. The toponym may derive from Portuguese Baía de las Gamas, derived in turn from baía (“bay”) and the plural form of gamo (“fallow deer, Dama dama”).

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Gamel

* As a German surname, variant of Gammel. * As a French surname, from the obsolete Old French gamel (“mess tin”).

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Gamet

Two main origins: * Borrowed from French Gamet, a pet form of the personal name Gamo, which is probably based on the Proto-Germanic lemmas *gamaną (“pleasure, joy”) or *gamalaz (“old, weak”). * Borrowed from Tagalog Game

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Gan

From Mandarin 贛／赣 (Gàn, “Jiangxi; Gan (language)”).

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Ganci

Borrowed from Italian Ganci.

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Ganda

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *ngàndáder.? Luganda Omugandabor. English Ganda Borrowed from Luganda Omuganda (“Ganda”).

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Gandy

Spelling variant of the surname Cantey

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Ganem

Variant of Ghanem.

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Ganev

Borrowed from Bulgarian Ганев (Ganev).

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Ganga

Transliteration of Hindi गंगा (gaṅgā) or Sanskrit गङ्गा (gaṅgā). Doublet of Ganges.

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Gange

* As an southern English surname, of German origin, from variant of Genge, Gänge, from Middle High German genge (“circulating, common”), from Old High German gengi (“passable”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangī (“passable

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Gangi

Borrowed from Italian Gangi.

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Gangu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 甘谷 (Gāngǔ).

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Ganja

Borrowed from Classical Persian گنجه (ganja), from Middle Persian gncg (Ganzag).

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Gansu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 甘肅 /甘肃 (Gānsù).

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Gant

* As a French and English surname, from gant (“glove”). * As a German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname, possibly related to Gand (“scree”); compare Gander. Or, related to Gans (“goose”).

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Gantt

Named after American mechanical engineer and management consultant Henry Gantt in the 1910s.

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Ganus

Reduced form of Gurganus.

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Ganz

* As a German and Alemannic German surname, from Gans (“goose”). * Also as a German surname, shortened from Ganso, derived from ganz (“whole”). * Also as a German surname, possibly altered from Hans with Russian influenc

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Ganza

From Arabic غانزا, from the name in Ganza.

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Gao

From Mandarin 高 (Gāo).

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Gaoli

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高麗 /高丽 (Gāolí).

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Gaon

From Hebrew גָּאוֹן (ga'ón, “grandeur, majesty, genius”).

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Gaona

Borrowed from Spanish Gaona, perhaps of Basque origin.

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Gap

Borrowed from French Gap.

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Gappy

From gappy, because of the gap between his front teeth.

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Gar

From Tibetan སྒར (sgar).

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Gara

Various origins: * Borrowed from Hungarian Gara, a variant of Garay. * Reduced form of O' Gara, a surname of Irish origin.

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Garat

Borrowed from French Garat.

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Garay

From Spanish, from Basque Garai.

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Garbe

* As a German surname, variant of Garb, which is converged from words such as gerben (“to tan”) and Ger (“spear”). Compare the surnames Gerber, Gerhardt. * As a French surname, from Old French gerba (“wheatsheaf”) (see m

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Gard

Borrowed from French Gard.

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Garda

From Irish Garda (“guardian”), from Irish Garda Síochána (“Guardian of the Peace”) and Garda Síochána na hÉireann (“Guardian of the Peace of Ireland”) after the model of the French Third Republic's civilian French gardie

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Garg

Borrowed from Hindi गर्ग (garg).

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Garge

Borrowed from Marathi गर्गे (garge).

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Garms

Borrowed from German Garms.

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Garon

From French Garon.

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Garr

* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, shortened from McGarr, from macc an gearr (“son of the short man”). * As a German surname, from Gorr, shortened from Gregor, as well as from Karre (“cart”).

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Garro

From Spanish Garró, from Basque Garro.

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Gars

French, of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *kar, *gar (“big rock”), referring to the geography, probably from the same ultimate origin as Welsh craig (“cliff, rock”).

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Garst

From the German and Dutch surname, variant of Karst, from the noun Karst (“hoe, mattock”). Also a short form of the personal name Christian.

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Garth

Welsh garth probably has its influence on Welsh place names.

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Garw

From Welsh garw and Afon Garw (River Garw).

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Gary

Medieval short form of Germanic compound names beginning with gari or geri ("spear"), such as Gerard, Garrett, Gerald, or Gerbert. Cognate with the Scottish and Irish name Garaidh. Sometimes also a short form of Gareth.

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Garzê

From Tibetan དཀར་མཛེས (dkar mdzes).

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Gasa

Borrowed from Dzongkha དགའ་ས་ (dga' sa).

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Gaska

Borrowed from Polish Gąska.

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Gass

Borrowed from German Gass.

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Gast

* As a German surname, from Gast (“guest”) (see below). * As an Alemannic German surname, shortened from the personal Germanic names Arbogast and Gastolf (compare German Gasthof). * As a French surname, from Old French g

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Gatch

Variant of Goetsch/German Götsch.

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Gates

From gate. A topographic name for someone who lived by the gates of a medieval walled town.

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Gath

Various origins: * A reduced form of McGath, a Scottish surname. * A variant of Garth, an English topographic surname. * Borrowed from North German Gath, a topographic surname from Middle Low German gate (“street, alley”

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Gatha

Transliteration of Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 (gāθā). Doublet of gatha.

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Gatso

From the Gatso brand of speed cameras and red light cameras, widely used in the United Kingdom.

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Gatt

Various origins: * A variant of Galt, a Scottish surname. * Borrowed from South German Gatt, a short form of a personal name containing Middle High German gate (“companion”); compare modern German Gatte (“husband”). * Bo

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Gatta

Borrowed from Italian Gatta.

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Gau

Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Gau, a habitational surname. * A variant of Gao, a surname of Chinese origin.

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Gaul

Borrowed from French Gaule (“Gaul”), from Middle French Gaule (“Gaul”), from Old French Gaule, Waulle (“Gaul”, a term used to translate unrelated Latin Gallia (“Gaul”)), from Frankish *Walha(land) (“Gaul, Land of the Rom

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Gault

In some cases, from Middle English galt(e) (“boar”), from or related to Old Norse gǫltr. In other cases, from Old French gaut (“woods”) (as in placenames like Le Gault), from Proto-West Germanic *walþu.

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Gauna

Borrowed from Spanish Gauna, a habitational surname of Basque origin.

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Gaunt

English surname, variant of Gant.

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Gaur

Borrowed from Bengali গৌড় (gōuṛ).

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Gauri

Borrowed from Sanskrit गौरी (gaurī).

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Gauss

From German Gauß, which was then spelt as Gauſs or Gauss in Antiqua.

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Gaut

English and French surname, variant of Gault.

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Gavar

From Armenian Գավառ (Gavaṙ).

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Gavin

Medieval variant of Gawain, the name of an Arthurian knight, first recorded as Old French Gauvain. The form Gavin survived in Scotland and spread to other English-speaking countries in the 1960s. Doublet of Gawain.

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Gavyn

Rare spelling variant of Gavin.

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Gaw

From Scottish Gaelic gall (“foreigner or stranger”), meaning: * (Ireland) a person from Wales or England who immigrated after the Norman invasion, or * (Scotland) a person from Scandinavia or the English-speaking lowland

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Gawel

* As a Polish surname, derived from Latin gallus. * As a German surname, from the archaic noun Gau (“shire, district”).

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Gawne

Variant of Gavin.

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Gaya

Borrowed from Korean 가야 (gaya).

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Gayan

Borrowed from French Gayan, itself from Occitan Gajan.

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Gaydu

Blend of gay + Chengdu, due to its prominent gay culture.

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Gaye

Spelling variant of Gay.

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Gaza

Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (ʕazzɔ̂)bor. Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza)bor. Latin Gazabor. English Gaza Borrowed from Latin Gaza, borrowed from Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (ʕazzɔ̂

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Gazan

Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (ʕazzɔ̂)bor. Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza)bor. Latin Gazabor. English Gaza Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English

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Gazda

Borrowed from Polish, Czech and Slovak Gazda, all from gazda (“farmer”).

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Gazza

From Gareth (or any personal name starting Ga-) + -zza.

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Gbe

From the word gbe, meaning "language" in these languages.

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Gbêkê

Borrowed from French Gbêkê.

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Gchat

From the first letter of Google + chat, after Gmail and Google Talk.

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Ge'ez

Borrowed from Ge'ez ግዕዝ (gəʿz).

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Gean

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Géibhinn, related to Mac Géibheannaigh, from géibheannach (“fettered”), from géibheann (“fetter”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Gien, shortened from Heinrich.

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Geary

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Gadhra, from gadhar (“hound”) * As an English surname, from gar (“spear”), as well as a nickname derived from Middle English gery (“unpredictable”) * As a German surname, from Gehring and Ge

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Geat

From Old English Ġēat, from Proto-West Germanic *Gaut, from Proto-Germanic *gautaz (“Geat”).

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Geb

Borrowed from Egyptian gbb (“Geb, earth”).

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Geba

From Naxi ɡə³¹ba³¹the³³ɤɯ³³.

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Gebel

Borrowed from German Gebel.

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Geck

Borrowed from German Geck.

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Gee

Northern English surname of debated meaning.

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Geel

Borrowed from Dutch Geel.

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Geep

From GP (general purpose locomotive), usually spelt with a capital G.

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Geer

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Geary * As a German surname, from Ger (“spear”) * As a Dutch surname, from van den Geer, from geer (“headland”)

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Geet

Borrowed from Sanskrit गीत (gīta).

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Gegg

Borrowed from South German Gegg, a variant of Geck.

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Gehm

Borrowed from German Gehm.

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Gehr

From the German surname, from personal names derived from Ger (“spear”).

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Geil

From the German surname, from the adjective geil (“happy, lustful, boisterous”).

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Geist

Borrowed from German Geist.

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Gejia

Borrowed from Mandarin 𱎼家 (Gějiā).

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Gejiu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 箇舊 /个旧 (Gèjiù).

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Gello

From Ancient Greek Γελλώ (Gellṓ), perhaps from Akkadian; see Γελλώ (Gellṓ) for more.

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Gelpi

Borrowed from Catalan Gelpí, of uncertain origin, but compare gelpa (“goblet, cup”), presumably a borrowing from Old French gobelet.

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Gelug

Borrowed from Tibetan དགེ་ལུགས་པ (dge lugs pa).

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Gem

From Gem State.

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Gemma

Ultimately from Latin gemma (“jewel”). The given name is mostly borrowed via Italian Gemma; the spelling Jemma in particular is associated with James. Doublet of gemma and gem.

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Gen

Shortened from new generation, from Italian generazione nuova.

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Gen Z

Clipped compound of Generation Z.

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Genco

Borrowed from Italian Genco, a surname derived from Sicilian jencu (“calf”).

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Genet

Borrowed from French Genet.

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Geng

* As a south German surname, from obsolete Middle High German genge (“vigorous”), from Old High German gengi (“passable”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangī (“passable”). * As a Chinese surname, Mandarin form of 耿 (gěng).

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Genhe

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 根河 (Gēnhé).

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Genk

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Genk.

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Genna

A variant of Jenna with the spelling possibly influenced by Gina or Gianna.

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Genny

Clipping of Genesis + -y.

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Genoa

Borrowed from Latin Genua (with influence from Italian Genova), as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians. Probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for “knee”, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a thematic

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Gens

Borrowed from German Gens, a variant of Jens.

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Gentz

From the German surname, shortened from Gendrich, Genrich, a Slavic form of Heinrich.

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Genye

Borrowed from Dzongkha དགེ་བསྙེན་ (dge bsnyen).

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Genz

From the German surname, spelling variant of Gentz.

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Geoff

Clipping of Geoffrey.

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Georg

From Danish, Estonian, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Georg, from Latin Geōrgius. The slang sense is from Spiders Georg.

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Gepid

From Latin Gepidae.

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Gepiu

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Gepiu.

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Ger

Shortened from (Ran)gers

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Gera

Borrowed from German Gera.

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Gerda

Latinate variant of Scandinavian Gerd, from Old Norse Gerðr, garðr (“protection”). The name occurs in nineteenth century Swedish poetry and in Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen (1844).

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Gere

* As a German surname, Americanized from Gehr * As an English surname, spelling variant of Geary * As a Hungarian surname, from the personal name Gergely

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Geren

From the German surname, spelling variant of Gehren, from Gehr.

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Geri

Shortening; compare Jerry from Gerald.

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Germ

Clipping of German, from the phonetic similarity to germ.

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Gerry

Clipping + -y.

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Gers

From French Gers.

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Gest

From the German surname, related to geest (“sandy area”).

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Geta

Borrowed from Latin Geta.

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Getae

From Latin Getae, from Ancient Greek Γέται (Gétai).

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Gettr

Blend of get + together, coined by company founder Jason Miller in 2021.

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Geung

Transliteration of Cantonese 姜 (goeng¹).

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Ghaly

Borrowed from Arabic غَالِي (ḡālī). This surname is mostly found in Egypt.

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Ghan

From Afghan, although they may also have been from India and what is now Pakistan.

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Ghana

Named after the Ghana Empire by J. B. Danquah, from Soninke gajanŋa.

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Ghats

Borrowed from Hindi घाट (ghāṭ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝 (ghaṭṭa), from Sanskrit घट्ट (ghaṭṭa), ultimately derived from Dravidian.

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Ghazi

Borrowed from Arabic غَازِي (ḡāzī, “hero, champion, conqueror”). This surname is mostly found in Iraq.

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Gheg

Borrowed from Albanian gegë.

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Ghent

From Middle Dutch Ghent (modern spelling: Gent), from Latin Ganda, itself probably of Celtic origin.

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Ghera

Borrowed from Ghera [Term?].

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Ghere

Variant/altered form of Gere

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Ghia

From Italian Carrozzeria Ghia SpA, an Italian company named after one of its founders.

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Ghosh

Transliteration of Bengali ঘোষ (ghōś).

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Ghosn

Borrowed from Arabic غُصْن (ḡuṣn).

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Ghoti

Borrowed from Bengali ঘটি (ghoṭi).

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Gia

* (name from Italian): Borrowed from Italian Gia * (name from Greek): Clipping of Georgia.

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Giard

Borrowed from French Giard.

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Gibb

Derived from a Middle English diminutive of the name Gilbert

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Gibbs

Etymology tree English Gibb Proto-Germanic *-as Proto-West Germanic *-as Old English -es Middle English -es English -s English Gibbs From Gibb + -s.

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Gibby

From Gibson + -y.

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Gick

Borrowed from German Gick.

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Gien

From French, from Late Latin Giomum, probably of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *gyemos *magos (“winter market”).

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Giese

German, Dutch and Danish surname, from a short form of the personal name Gieselbert (see Gilbert) or related Germanic names such as Giesel, where the first element means "pledge, hostage." Compare Giesey.

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Gifu

Borrowed from Japanese 岐阜(ぎふ) (Gifu).

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Gigha

From Scottish Gaelic Giogha.

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Gigi

Borrowed from French Gigi. Sometimes a pet form of English names such as Virginia or Genesis. Occasionally from initials G.G. (e.g. George General 'Gigi' Gryce).

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Gihan

Borrowed from Sinhalese ගිහාන් (Gihān).

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Gihon

From Biblical Hebrew גִּיחוֹן (Giḥôn). Doublet of Jayhoun.

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Gijón

From Spanish Gijón, from Asturian Xixón; found in medieval documents as Medieval Latin Gigia and as Old Leonese Pobla de Gigión, but further origins are unclear.

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Gil

Shortening.

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Gila

From Spanish Gila, from a native (Yuma?) name.

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Gilan

Borrowed from Iranian Persian گیلان (gilân).

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Gilbo

Americanized spelling of French Guilbault.

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Giles

Medieval English form of Old French saints' name Giles, modern Gilles, an altered form of Latin Aegīdius, from Ancient Greek Αἰγίδιος (Aigídios), derivative of αἰγίδιον (aigídion, “kid, young goat”).

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Gill

* As an English surname, converged from variants of Giles (sometimes through Dutch), Julian, and William. * As a northern English surname, from Middle English gil (“ravine, glen”), from Old Norse gil. The Old Norse is al

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Gille

* As a French surname, variant of Giles. * As a German surname, variant of Gill. * Also as a German surname, related to the noun Geld (“money, payment”).

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Gilly

Borrowed from French Gilly.

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