Elements Starting with G

ga が Japanese
Japanese subject marker.

gaḏal גָּדַל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to grow, to become great".

gaddr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "spur, spike".

gæt Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "gate".

gagnier Medieval French
Old French word meaning "to cultivate".

gai 谷 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of gǔ.

gaia γαῖα Ancient Greek
Greek poetic variant of ge.

gailaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "merry, happy".

gails 1 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "merry, happy".

gails 2 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "spear".

gair Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "spear".

gais 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "spear".

gaits Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "goat".

gaizaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "spear".

gal 1 𒃲 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "great, big".

gal 2 גַּל Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "wave".

gal 3 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "valour".

gala γάλα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "milk".

Galates Γαλάτης Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "Gaul, Celt" (probably of Celtic origin).

galgô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "rod, stake, gallows".

gall Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "foreigner, stranger" (originally meaning "a Gaul", of Latin origin).

gallaecus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "Galician".

gallus 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "rooster".

gallus 2 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "Gaul, Celt" (probably of Celtic origin).

galnati Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "to be able".

gamal גָּמַל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to reward".

gamar גָּמַר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to end, to complete".

gammus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "deer".

gamuin Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "calf".

gān 柑 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "tangerine, orange".

gan 1 ган Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "steel".

gan 2 Old Irish
Old Irish suffix meaning "family, birth, born of".

gaṇa गण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "horde, multitude".

gandha गनध Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "fragrance".

gandr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "magic item, wand, staff, monster".

gǎng 港 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "port, harbour".

gāng 1 刚, 剛 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "hard, rigid, strong".

gāng 2 冈, 岡 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "hill, ridge".

gang 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "path, way".

gang 2 姜, 강 Korean
Korean reading of jiāng.

gangaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "path, way".

ganymai γάνυμαι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to be glad".

gāo 高 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "tall, high".

gar Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "spear".

garash גָּרַשׁ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to expel, to drive out".

garawen Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to prepare".

gard Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "enclosure, yard".

gardaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "enclosure, yard".

gardô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "garden, enclosure, yard".

garo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "ready, prepared".

gart Old High German
Old High German word meaning "enclosure".

garðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "enclosure, yard".

garto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "garden".

garwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ready, prepared".

garwjaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to prepare".

gast Old High German
Old High German word meaning "guest, stranger".

gasti Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "guest, stranger".

gastiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "guest, stranger".

gat Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "goat".

gaudium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "joy".

gaurava गौरव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "importance, dignity".

gaut Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "a Geat", referring to a member of the North Germanic tribe that lived in Sweden.

gautaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "a Geat", referring to a member of the North Germanic tribe that lived in Sweden.

gautr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "a Geat", referring to a member of the North Germanic tribe that lived in Sweden.

gawi Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "territory, region".

gawją Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "territory, region".

gbé Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "carry, lift".

ge γῆ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "earth, land, ground".

geba Old High German
Old High German word meaning "gift".

gebaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to give".

gebō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "gift".

gebu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "gift".

gedetei Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "to mourn, to long for".

gefa Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "to give".

geidros Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "clear".

gein Old Irish
Old Irish suffix meaning "birth".

geirr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "spear".

geiz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "goat".

gel Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "bright, white".

geld Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "payment, tribute, compensation".

geldą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "payment, tribute, compensation".

gelt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "payment, tribute, compensation".

gēn 根 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "root, foundation".

gen Old Welsh
Old Welsh suffix meaning "birth, origin, born of".

genes γενής Ancient Greek
Greek suffix meaning "born".

genesis γένεσις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "birth, origin".

genos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "kin, family, birth".

gentian Albanian
The name of a flowering plant. It is derived from the name of the Illyrian king Gentius, who supposedly discovered its medicinal properties.

genus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "birth, origin".

geoc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "oxen yoke".

geong Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "young".

ger Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Frisian
Old High German, Old Saxon and Old Frisian word meaning "spear".

gerefa Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "reeve, sheriff, prefect, official".

gerel гэрэл Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "light".

geron γέρων Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "old man, elder".

gersta Old High German
Old High German word meaning "barley".

gēstlos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "pledge, hostage".

geun 根, 근 Korean
Korean reading of gēn.

gever גֶּבֶר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "strong man, warrior".

ghalaba غلب Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to conquer, to defeat".

ghoncheh غنچه Persian
Persian word meaning "flower bud".

gi 1 起, 기 Korean
Korean reading of qǐ.

gi 2 岐 Japanese
Japanese on reading of qí.

giada Italian
Italian word meaning "jade", ultimately from Spanish ijada.

gíall Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "hostage".

giang 江 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of jiāng.

giefu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "gift".

gifart Medieval French
Old French word meaning "chubby" (of Germanic origin).

gil גִּיל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "joy, happiness".

gild 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "payment, tribute, compensation".

gilla Medieval Irish
Middle Irish word meaning "attendant, servant" (of Norse origin).

gim 金, 김 Korean
Korean reading of jīn.

gint Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic root meaning "amber".

gipt Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "gift".

gīr گیر Persian
Persian word meaning "catch, seize, conquer".

girdas Medieval Baltic
Lithuanian word meaning "rumour, news".

girdetei Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "to hear".

giri गिरि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "mountain".

gisal Old High German
Old High German word meaning "pledge, hostage".

gísl Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "shaft (of a weapon), arrow".

gisl Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "pledge, hostage".

gīslaz 1 Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "pledge, hostage".

gīslaz 2 Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "shaft (of a weapon), arrow".

gīta गीत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "song".

gladaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bright, cheerful".

glæd Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bright, cheerful, glad".

glæs Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "glass".

glais Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "water, stream".

glan Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "clean".

glas 1 Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "glass".

glas 2 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "green".

glasą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "glass".

glendos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "valley".

glenn Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "valley".

gloria Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "glory".

glynn Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "valley".

gněvŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "anger".

gnostos γνωστός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "known, familiar".

gnýr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "noise, grumble, murmur".

go 1 गो Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "cow".

go 2 五 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of wǔ.

go 3 古, 고 Korean
Korean reading of gǔ.

go 4 吾 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of wú.

go 5 悟 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of wù.

gobae Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "smith".

goban Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "smith".

god 1 Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old English and Frankish word meaning "god".

god 2 Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old English and Frankish word meaning "good".

gōdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "good".

gof Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "smith".

gōhar گوهر Persian
Persian word meaning "jewel, essence".

goídel Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "Gael, Irishman".

goiz Basque
Basque word meaning "morning".

gojiti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to treat, to heal, to foster".

gök Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "sky".

gol گل Persian
Persian word meaning "flower, rose".

golāb گلاب Persian
Persian word meaning "rosewater".

gold Anglo-Saxon, Old High German
Old English and Old High German word meaning "gold".

golestān گلستان Persian
Persian word meaning "rose or flower garden". It is also a common Persian place name.

golias Medieval English
Middle English word meaning "giant", derived from Goliath.

golǫbĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "dove, pigeon".

golshan گلشن Persian
Persian word meaning "rose or flower garden".

golva Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "head".

gomo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "man".

gone γονή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "birth, offspring".

goneus γονεύς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "ancestor".

gòng 共 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "common, together".

gōng 1 公 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "fair, equitable, public" or "lord, prince".

gōng 2 宫, 宮 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

gōng 3 弓 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "archery bow".

gōng 4 恭 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "respectful, polite".

gōng 5 工 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "work".

gong 港 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of gǎng.

gonos γόνος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "offspring, race, stock".

gora гора Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "mountain".

gorm Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "blue" and figuratively "illustrious, splendid".

gostĭ гость Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "guest".

got Old High German
Old High German word meaning "god".

góðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "good".

goz Old High German
Germanic affix meaning "a Geat", referring to a member of the North Germanic tribe that lived in Sweden.

gọ́zị́ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "bless".

græg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "grey".

graf Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "grove".

grafio Old High German
Old High German word meaning "count".

Graikos Γραικός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "Greek person" (especially a western Greek).

grand 1 Medieval French
Old French word meaning "large, tall".

grand 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "gravel".

granum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "grain, seed".

graphe γραφή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "drawing, writing".

grapheus γραφεύς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "scribe".

gratia Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "grace".

grautaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "large, coarse".

gravo Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "count".

gray English
Phonetic element /gɹeɪ/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as gray or grey.

grein Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "branch".

grene Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "green".

gríma Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "mask".

grīmô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "mask".

grimo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "mask".

gris Old High German
Old High German word meaning "grey".

grīsaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "grey".

grōniz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "green".

grossus Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "big, large", possibly of Germanic origin.

grot Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "great, large".

groz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "great, large, coarse".

grozdŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "bunch, cluster, grapes".

gruoni Old High German, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "green".

grýja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "to dawn, to begin to shine".

gryps γρύψ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "griffin".

gǔ 1 古 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "past, classic, old".

gǔ 2 谷 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "valley".

gual Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "ruler, leader".

gúala Medieval Irish
Middle Irish word meaning "shoulder".

guān 1 冠 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "cap, crown, headgear".

guān 2 关, 關 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "frontier pass, shut, relation".

guān 3 观, 觀 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "to observe, to see".

guāng 光 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "light, brilliant, shine".

gudą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "god".

guì 1 桂 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "laurel, cassia, cinnamon".

guì 2 贵, 貴 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "precious, valuable".

guī 圭 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "sharpened jade".

guid Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "trees".

guinn Medieval Breton
Middle Breton word meaning "white".

guk 國, 국 Korean
Korean reading of guó.

gulat Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "country, realm".

gulþą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "gold".

guma 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "man".

gumô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "man".

gùn Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "ascend, climb".

gün Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "sun, day".

gunda Old High German
Old High German word meaning "battle".

gung 宮, 궁 Korean
Means "palace, house", a Korean reading of gōng.

gunnr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "battle, war".

guntei Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "to defend".

gunþi 𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹 Gothic (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Gothic and Frankish word meaning "battle, war".

gunþī Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "battle".

guó 国, 國 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "country".

guō 郭 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "outer city".

guocaun Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "glory".

guor Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "over".

guot Old High German
Old High German word meaning "good".

gupta गुप्त Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "protected".

gur Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "man".

gŭrbŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "hump".

gŭrdŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "proud".

gurg 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 Middle Persian
Middle Persian word meaning "wolf".

guru गुरु Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "teacher, sage, guru".

guss Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "vigour, strength, force".

guð 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "battle".

guð 2 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "god".

gvězda дзвѣзда Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "star".

gwaladr Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "ruler, leader".

gwen Old Welsh
Feminine form of gwyn.

gwerth Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "value, worth".

gwydd Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "appearance, face".

gwyn Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "white, blessed" (masculine).

gwystyl Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "pledge, hostage".

gyeong 1 京, 경 Korean
Korean reading of jīng.

gyeong 2 景, 경 Korean
Korean reading of jǐng.

gyeong 3 敬, 경 Korean
Korean reading of jìng.

gyeong 4 慶, 경 Korean
Korean reading of qìng.