Gilău
Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Gilău.
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Page 32 of 180Gimli
A name from Old Norse.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGimo
Clipping of generalissimo, in reference to Chiang Kai-shek's rank.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGimpo
From Korean 김포(金浦) (Gimpo).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGin
A Hanyu Pinyin-esque romanization of Vietnamese Kinh (京).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGina
* (name from Greek): Clipping of Georgina. * (name from Latin): Clipping of Regina. * (name from Italian): Italian Gina
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGines
* As a Catalan surname, from the saints' name Ginés. Compare Jines. * The city in Spain is of unclear origin, but could possibly be a corruption of the source of the saints' name above with an Arabic influence, namely جن
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsGing
Clipped form of Ginger, itself sometimes a nickname for Virginia.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGinny
Diminutive + -y
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGinsu
Marketing coinage, intended to evoke the idea of Japanese samurai swords.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGinty
Reduced form of McGinty.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGinza
Borrowed from Japanese 銀座(ぎんざ) (Ginza).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGio
From Italian Gio.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGion
From Japanese 祇園 (Gion).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGire
Americanized from German roots, from Gaier or Geyer. It may derive from gyrfalcon, a falcon used in the middle ages for hunting by royalty.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsGirl
Calque of Mandarin 女宿 (Nǚxiù).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGirma
Borrowed from the Amharic personal name ግርማ (gərma).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGirov
Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Girov.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGita
Borrowed from Sanskrit गीता (gītā, “song”), sometimes in reference to Bhagavad Gita.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGitmo
From GTMO (Guantanamo), pronounced as if it were a word rather than letter by letter.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGitte
Borrowed from Danish Gitte.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGiza
From Egyptian Arabic اَلْجِيزَة (il-Gīza). The etymology is uncertain. Al-Maqrizi derives it from Classical Syriac ܓܸܣܵܐ (gessā, “side”). Peust suggests a Persian etymology from Persian دز (dez, “castle”). Everett-Heath
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsGjógv
Borrowed from Faroese Gjógv.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGlab
From Polish Głąb.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGladu
Canadian variant of French Gladieux.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGlahn
Borrowed from German Glahn.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGlam
Shortened form of Glamorgan taking all the letters of the first syllable and the first consonant of the second syllable.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsGland
From French, from Middle French glans, of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *glanos (“pure, clear, clean”). Not related to gland (“gland, acorn”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsGlas
Borrowed from Dutch and German Glas.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGlass
* As an English, Jewish and German surname, from the noun glass. * Also as an English surname, from a nickname derived from French glas (“bell, tumult, clash of arms”). * As a Celtic surname (Irish, Welsh, Cornish, and S
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionGlatt
South German and Jewish surname, from the adjective glatt (“sleek, smooth”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGlawe
Borrowed from German Glawe or Gläwe.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGlaza
Borrowed from Polish Glaza.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGleek
Blend of Glee and geek
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGlera
Borrowed from Italian Glera.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGlick
Jewish and German surname, variant of Gluck.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGlock
The handgun is named after Austrian engineer Gaston Glock (1929–2023).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGlomb
From Polish Glomb, Głomb, or Głąb, all from Polish głąb.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsGlomp
Likely a variant of Glomb, in which case, derived from Polish głąb.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGloor
Borrowed from Swiss German Gloor.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGlory
From glory as a variant of the more common Gloria.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGlosa
Based on Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue, mother language”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGlouc
Clipping of Gloucestershire.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGluck
From the German surname Glück and Jewish surname (Yiddish גליק (glik)), both nouns meaning "luck." Compare Glick, Glueck.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionGluth
Borrowed from German Gluth.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGlyn
From Welsh glyn (“valley”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGlynn
From Irish gleann (“glenn, valley”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGmail
Blend of Google + mail.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordGmbH
Borrowed from German GmbH.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGnat
From gnat.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGnawa
From French Gnaoua, from Moroccan Arabic ڭناوة (gnāwa), from Tashelhit agnaw (“stutterer, a person of sub-Saharan origin”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsGniew
Unadapted borrowing from Polish Gniew.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGo
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *gāną Proto-West Germanic *gān Old English gān Middle English gon English go ▲ English Googleinflu. English Go From go, likely with reference to the first two
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsGoH
Initialism of guest of honour.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGoa
From Portuguese Goa, from Konkani गोंय (goiya), from Sanskrit गोमन्त (gomanta).
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsGoan
From Goa + -an.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGoans
Possibly an altered spelling of German Gans or Ganz.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGoar
From Scots, but the ultimate source is uncertain.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGobi
From Mongolian Говь (Govʹ) or ᠭᠣᠪᠢ (Ɣobi).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGod
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god Middle English God English God Derived fro
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsGoda
* As a Hungarian and Slovak surname, from the personal name Goda, formed from Proto-Slavic *goditi (“to please”). This is also Germanized from the Sorbian form, see Goede. * As a Japanese surname, from 合田.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionGoddy
From God + -y (suffix forming colloquialism). Compare Lordy.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGodel
Borrowed from German Gödel.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGodoy
Borrowed from Spanish Godoy, a habitational surname from Galician.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGodse
Transliteration of Marathi गोडसे (goḍse).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGoede
* As a Dutch and north German surname, from personal names formed from the morphemes goed (“good”) and god (“god”), similar to the first element of Gottfried. * Also as a German surname, from the city Göda in Bautzen. *
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsGoel
Borrowed from Punjabi ਗੋਇਲ (goila).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGoen
* As a German surname Göen, Gön, pet form of old Germanic names from the element *gunþi (“battle”). * As a West Flemish surname, variant of Godin. * As an Irish surname, variant of Gowen.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsGoers
Borrowed from German Görs.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGoes
Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Dutch Goes, a habitational surname from a city in the province of Zeeland. * Borrowed from Portuguese Goes, a habitational surname from any of several places called Góis.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsGoff
* As a Welsh surname, related to Gough. * As an English surname of Cornish and Breton origin, from gov (“smith”). * As an Irish surname, reduced from McGoff, from McGough.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsGoffs
From the Goff surname.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGog
From Biblical Hebrew גּוֹג (Gōg).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGogan
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cogadháin (“son of Cogadhán”). Also borrowed from Hungarian Gogán.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsGogol
From Russian Го́голь (Gógolʹ) and Ukrainian Го́голь (Hóholʹ). The surname is from Ukrainian го́голь (hóholʹ, “common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”) < Proto-Slavic *gogolь. Compare Russian го́голь (gógolʹ), Belarusian го
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionsGoh
From Hokkien 吳／吴 (Gô͘), or less commonly, 伍 (Gó͘).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGohil
Borrowed from Gujarati ગોહિલ (gohil).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGohr
Borrowed from German Gohr or Göhr.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGoiás
Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese Goiás, from earlier Goyaz of uncertain origin.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGola
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Gola, a topographic surname from gola (“ravine”) or a variant of Cola. * Borrowed from Polish Gola, a topographic surname from gola (“heath, moor; place without of trees”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsGolab
From Polish Gołąb.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGolan
Borrowed from Hebrew גּוֹלָן (golán).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGolas
Borrowed from Polish Golas, Gołas, or Gołaś.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGold
Source etymology material for Gold; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGolec
Borrowed from Polish Golec.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGolob
Borrowed from Slovene Golob.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGolog
From Tibetan མགོ་ལོག་་ (mgo log).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGolok
From Malay Golok.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGolub
From Slavic surnames such as Golub or Голуб, meaning "dove". Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *golǫbь.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGoly
From the Norman surname of Anglo-Norman origin, from Old English and Old French jolif. Also a Polish surname Anglicized from Goły.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionGolz
Borrowed from German Golz.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGomel
Borrowed from Russian Го́мель (Gómelʹ).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGomer
From Biblical Hebrew גֹּמֶר (gōmer). Compare Ancient Greek Κιμμέριος (Kimmérios) and Neo-Assyrian 𒆳𒄀𒂇𒊏𒀀𒀀 (Gimirrāya).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionGomez
From Spanish Gómez.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGomti
Borrowed from Sanskrit गोमती (gomatī).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGonda
Borrowed from Hindi गोण्डा (goṇḍā).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGondi
Borrowed from Gondi గోండీ (gōṇḍī).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGonio
From Georgian გონიო (gonio).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGonja
Borrowed from Gonja Ngbanya.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGonjo
From Tibetan གོ་འཇོ་ (go 'jo).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGoo
From the Korean surname, spelling variant of Koo. Also see Gu.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGooch
Variant of Goff.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGood
* As an English surname, from the adjective good. * Also as an English surname, from the personal name Gōde, which represents the first part of names such as Godfrey, Gottfried, etc. * As a German surname, Americanized f
2 source sections · 1 relationship mentionGoode
Variant of Good.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGoody
From Middle English Godeve (female given name), from Old English Godġifu (female given name), from god + ġifu. Doublet of Godiva.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsGoofy
From goofy.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGoon
Perhaps a shortened form of Irish McGoohan.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGoori
From Awabakal gurri as spoken in far northern New South Wales and south east Queensland, originally distinguished from Koori to the south. (See quotations for more information.)
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionGoos
Borrowed from Dutch and German Goos.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGopal
Transliteration of Hindi गोपाल (gopāl), etc.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGopło
Unadapted borrowing from Polish Gopło.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGora
* From Polish Góra, from góra (“hill, mountain”). * From descendants of Sanskrit गौर (gaura).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsGoral
From Polish góral; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *goraľь (“mountain dweller”).
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsGorap
From Gorap Gorap.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGorby
Clipping of Gorbachev + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGord
Clipping of Gordon. Second sense is a pronunciation spelling.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGordy
From Gordon + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGore
From any of various places named Gore, from gore (“a triangular piece of land where roads meet”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGores
Borrowed from German Göres.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGori
From Georgian გორი (gori).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordGoris
From Armenian Գորիս (Goris).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGorj
From Romanian Gorj.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGorka
Borrowed from Polish Górka.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGorky
From Russian Го́рький (Górʹkij).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGorny
From Polish Górny, from górny.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGorol
From Silesian gorol; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *goraľь (“mountain dweller”), from *gorà (“mountain”) + *-aľь.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsGorr
Shortened form of variants of Gregory
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGorst
Topographic surname for someone who lived in an area full of gorse bushes, from Old English gorst (“gorse”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGort
Short for Gort Inse Guaire, Gort is from Irish gort.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGorum
Variant of Gorham.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGory
Reduced form of McGorry.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGorée
Borrowed from French Gorée, from Dutch Goeree, a contracted form of Goedereede.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsGosar
Borrowed from Slovene gosár (“gooseherd”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGoss
* As an English surname, spelling variant of Gosse. * As a German surname, from a personal name related to the adjective gut (“good”) or Gott (“god”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsGotch
Variant of Gooch.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGoth
From Middle English Gothes, Gotes (both plural). In turn partly from Old English Gotan, singular Gota, and partly from Late Latin Gothi. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gutô, perhaps from *geutaną (“to pour”). Compare Ol
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsGoto
Borrowed from Japanese 後藤 (Gotō).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGott
Possibly from German Gott ("God").
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGotti
Borrowed from Italian Gotti.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGotto
Borrowed from Italian Gotto.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGoudi
Transliteration of the Greek Γουδή (Goudí).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGough
* As a Welsh surname, from coch (“red”). * As an Irish surname, reduced from McGough.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGougu
Transliteration of Chinese 勾股 (gōugǔ), literally the longer and shorter legs of a right triangle.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGouin
From French Gouin from Norman Gouin.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordGould
Variant of Gold.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGovan
Uncertain. Traditionally said to derive from Irish gobán (“gag, muzzle”), equivalent to gob (“beak”) + -án. Clancy (1997) and Forsyth (2002) preferred a Cumbric formation, equivalent to Welsh go- (“under”) + fan, the sof
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsGow
From Scottish Gaelic gobha (“smith”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGowan
Shortened form of McGowan.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGowar
From Guwar gowar, goowar, gooar (“no”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGowda
Borrowed from Kannada ಗೌಡ (gauḍa); this surname is predominantly found in Karnataka.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGowro
From Gowro گبارو (Gabaro).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGoy
Various origins: * English habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in France called Gouy. * Borrowed from Galician Goy, a habitational surname from a small village in the province of Lugo. * Bor
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsGoya
Borrowed from Spanish Goya, from Basque Goia.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsGoyan
From Goya + -an.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGoyne
Perhaps a variant of Coyne.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGozo
From Italian Gozo, from Maltese Għawdex, from Arabic غَوْدَش (ḡawdaš), probably from Phoenician.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsGoâve
From Spanish Aguava, from Taíno.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGra
From Hebrew גְּרָ״א (gr"a), acronym of גָּאוֹן רַבֵּנוּ אֵלִיָּהוּ (ga'ón rabéinu 'eliyáhu, “Gaon Rabbeinu Eliyahu”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGrab
From Grab, a Singaporean company which provides taxi rides and food deliveries, and provides a system of electronic payments; the company name is from the word grab.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsGraca
Borrowed from Portuguese Graça.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGrace
From the noun grace, first used by Puritans in the 16th century. In Roman Catholic use it may refer to Our Lady of Graces, cognate with Italian Grazia.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsGraci
Borrowed from Italian Graci.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGracy
Respelling of Gracie.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGrad
From Russian Град (Grad, “codename for a type of multiple rocket launcher”), from Russian град (grad, “hail”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsGrady
From the Irish surname, from Ó Grádaigh (see O'Grady) or Mag Bhrádaigh (see McGrady).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGraef
From the Dutch and north German surname, from graaf (“count”), similar to Graf.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGraf
* As a German and Jewish surname, from graf (“count”). * As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Graef.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGrafe
Borrowed from German Grafe or Gräfe.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGrage
Borrowed from German Grage.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGrahl
Borrowed from German Grahl.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGraig
From Welsh graig.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGrall
Borrowed from French or German Grall.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGran
Borrowed from Norwegian and Swedish Gran. Also borrowed from Tagalog Gran.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGrano
Borrowed from Spanish Grano, Italian Grano.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordGrant
From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt (“big, large”), from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grand. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on it.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsGras
Several etymologies: * Borrowed from French Gras, a nickname for a stout person, from gras (“fat”) * Borrowed from Catalan Gras, from gras (“fat, stout”) * Borrowed from German Gras, variant of the surname Grass
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsGrass
Source etymology material for Grass; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGratz
From the German surname, from the city Graz in Austria. Also from a personal name from Old High German gratag (“greedy”), which could ultimately be from Proto-West Germanic *gernō; see Dutch gretig (“eager”). Also shorte
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsGrau
* As a German surname, borrowed from German Grau, a nickname for someone with grey hair or beard. * As a Catalan and southern French surname, from Occitan and Catalan Grau, a topographic surname from grau (“degree, level
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsGrave
* As an English surname, from Middle English greyve (“steward”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Grove. * As a French surname, from the noun gravier (“gravel”). * As a north German surname, variant of Graf; also
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionGrawe
Borrowed from German Grawe.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGray
* As an English, Irish, Scottish, and Norman surname, from the placename Graye-sur-Mer in Calvados, from Late Latin Graecus (“Greek”). * Also as an English surname, from the adjective gray. Compare the Irish calque McGre
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsGraz
From German Graz, from Proto-Slavic *gordьcь (“small castle”), diminutive of *gordъ (“fortification”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsGreci
From Romanian Greci.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGreek
Inherited from Old English Grēcas (“Greeks”), variant of Crēcas, from Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō, from Latin Graecus of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from the toponym Γραῖα (Graîa) or from other Paleo-Balkanic forms
2 source sections · 14 relationship mentionsGreen
English surname, a topographic name for someone who either lived near a village green, or was just fond of the colour. This name is also translated from other surnames, such as German Grün and Gruen, Dutch Groen, Irish Ó
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsGrein
From the German surname, from greinen (“to cry, moan”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGrene
Variant of Green.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGreta
From German and Swedish Greta, a contraction of Margareta.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsGretz
Borrowed from German Gretz.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGreve
* As a north/Low German, Dutch and North Germanic surname, from the noun greve (“count”). * Also as a Dutch surname, from the Middle Dutch noun greve (“moat, ditch”), related to the verb graven (“to dig”). * As an Englis
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionGrew
Variant of Grewe.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGrewe
English and Irish surname from Old French grue (“crane”), a nickname for a tall and scrawny person.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGrieb
From the Alemannic German surname, related to the noun Griebe (“crackling, pork fat”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGriko
From the Greko dialect Greek Γκρίκο (Gkríko) and Γρῆκος (Grîkos).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGrim
Probably derived from Old English *Grīm, Old Norse Grímr (literally “masked person”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGrime
From the Old Norse personal name Grímr.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGrimm
Borrowed from German Grimm.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGrims
Probably derived from Old Norse grimr, grimmr.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGrint
Perhaps a shortened form of Grinter.
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