GrimwardmGermanic Derived from Old Norse grîma "mask" combined with Old High German wart "guard."
GrinlingmEnglish (Rare) Borne by Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721), an English sculptor and wood carver known for his work in England, including St Paul's Cathedral, Blenheim Palace and Hampton Court Palace.
GrishnákhmLiterature Grishnákh was an Uruk. He led a group of orcs under Sauron's dominion that joined Uglúk's Uruk troop on the plains of Rohan. Since Saruman bred his own strain or breed of Uruk-hai, Grishnákh and Ugúlk looked different... [more]
Grisialm & fWelsh Directly taken from Welsh grisial "crystal". This name has been in use since the late 19th century.
GruiamRomanian (Rare) Derived from Romanian gruie and Transylvanian grui "crane (the bird)".
GrumiomTheatre This name was used for a slave in the play Mostellaria written by Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254-184 BC). It is also found in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew (written between 1590 and 1592) and in the Cambridge Latin Course.
GryphonmEnglish Alternate spelling of Griffin, inspired by the word Gryphon/Griffin, a creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle, ultimately from Greek γρυψ (gryps).
Guanghuim & fChinese From Chinese 光 (guāng) meaning "light, brilliant, shine" combined with 徽 (huī) meaning "emblem, badge, crest", 惠 (huì) meaning "favour, benefit" or 輝 (huī) meaning "brightness"... [more]
Guanglium & fChinese From the Chinese character 光 (guāng) meaning "light, brilliant, shine" or 广 (guǎng) meaning "broad, wide, vast" combined with 瑠 (liú) meaning "lapis lazuli", 榴 (liú) meaning "pomegranate", 流 (liú) meaning "flow, stream, current", 柳 (liǔ) meaning "willow", 刘 (liú) meaning "kill, destroy" or 六 (liù) meaning "six"... [more]
Guangmeif & mChinese From Chinese 光 (guāng) meaning "light, brilliant, shine" or 广 (guǎng) meaning "broad, wide, vast" combined with 美 (měi) meaning "beautiful" or 梅 (méi) meaning "plum, apricot"... [more]
Guangmingm & fChinese From Chinese 广 (guǎng) meaning "broad, wide, vast" or 光 (guāng) meaning "light, brilliant, shine" combined with 明 (míng) meaning "bright, light, clear" or 铭 (míng) meaning "inscribe, engrave"... [more]
GuangshengmChinese From Chinese 广 (guǎng) meaning "broad, wide, extensive" combined with 生 (shēng) meaning "living, fresh". Other character combinations can form this name as well.
GuangyaomChinese Meaning varies depending on the characters used. A famous fictional bearer is Jin Guangyao from Mo Dao Zu Shi, whose name is written with the characters 光瑶.
Guangyingf & mChinese From Chinese 光 (guāng) meaning "light, brilliant, shine" and 影 (yǐng) meaning "shadow, reflection" or 莹 (yíng) meaning "luster of gems, bright, lustrous".
Guangyum & fChinese From Chinese 光 (guāng) meaning "light, brilliant, shine" combined with 裕 (yù) meaning "abundant, rich, plentiful" or 宇 (yǔ) meaning "house, eaves, universe"... [more]
Guangzhenf & mChinese From Chinese 光 (guāng) meaning "light, brilliant, shine" and 珍 (zhēn) meaning "precious, valuable, rare".
GuanliangmChinese From Chinese 关 (guān) meaning "frontier pass, shut, relation" combined with 良 (liáng) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable", as well as other character combinations.
Guanyingm & fChinese (Rare) From Mandarin Chinese "冠" (guān) meaning "cap, crown, headgear" combined with "英" (yīng) meaning "flower, petal" other hanzi can be used.
Guaracim & fBrazilian, New World Mythology, Tupi Derived from Old Tupi kûarasy "sun", itself derived from kó "this, these", ara "day" and sy “mother, origin” and thus meaning "the origin of this day". In Tupi mythology, Guaraci was the personification of the sun as well as the sun god... [more]
GuarionexmTaíno From Taino "brave noble lord." Guarionex was the king, cacique of Magua, a kingdom on the island of Hispaniola. He was eventually captured by the Spanish after fleeing their attacks.
GuayotamGuanche Mythology Guayota or Guaiota was the name given by the Guanches, ancient aborigines of the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) to the main evil entity of their mythology according to the first historians of the Canary Islands.... [more]
GuayremGuanche, Spanish (Canarian) Derived from Guanche guayre, which denoted a type of captain or tribal chief in the island of Gran Canaria. The word may ultimately come from Berber amgar, meaning "great, old; chief" or ggwair, meaning "superior person, notable".
GubazmGeorgian (Rare) Georgian form of Gubazes. A known bearer of this name is the Georgian politician Gubaz Sanikidze (b. 1967).
GubazesmOld Persian (Latinized), History Latinized form of Greek Γουβάζης (Goubázēs) or Γωβάζης (Gōbázēs), which itself is the hellenized form of an ancient Persian compound name. The original Persian form of the name is unclear, as is its meaning... [more]
GubazimGeorgian (Rare) Form of Gubaz with the Georgian nominative suffix -ი (-i). It is only used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.
GudormNorwegian (Rare, Archaic) Either a Norwegian form of Guðþór or a combination of Norwegian gud "god" and Greek δῶρον (doron) "gift". The name was first used in the mid 19th century.
GudvarmNorwegian (Rare) Combination of Old Norse name elements guð "god" and varr "vigilant, cautious", first used in 1887. It can also be a variant of Gudvard (see Guðvarðr).
GuelmBiblical, Biblical Latin Form of Geuel used in the Douay-Rheims Bible (1582-1610), the Clementine Vulgate (1592) and the Nova Vulgata ("Neo-Vulgate", 1979). The latter two are respectively the former and current official Bible of the Roman Catholic Church.
GuercinomHistory Nickname of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666), an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region. His nickname comes from a diminutive of Italian guercio meaning "squinter", since he was born cross-eyed.
GuerrinomItalian Variant of Guerrino combined with the word guerra "war". It was rather often given to boys born during the First World War (1915-1918). It's very old-fashioned today.
GuilinmLiterature A character in JRR Tolkien's works. The name is from the fictional Sindarin language, possibly containing the name element lind meaning "song".
GuillaammDutch (Rare) Modern Dutch form of Guillaem. It has primarily been used in the southwestern Dutch province of Zeeland, which borders Flanders (Belgium) in the south... [more]
GuillaspickmManx (Archaic) Derived from Manx guilley "servant; boy, lad" and aspick "bishop". This name was traditionally Anglicized as the etymologically unrelated Archibald.