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Fountain m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Fountain. This was borne by Fountain E. Pitts (1808-1874), an American Methodist minister and Confederate chaplain, Fountain L. Thompson (1854-1942), an American senator from North Dakota, and Fountain Hughes (ca... [more]

Fowler m English
Transferred use of the surname Fowler.

Foxan m English (Rare)

Foxtrot m English (American, Rare)
From the name of a ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm, named due to its resemblance to the movements of a fox.

Foxworth m English
Transferred use of the surname Foxworth

Foxx m English (Rare)
Either transferred use of the surname Foxx or a variant of Fox. According to the Social Security Administration, Foxx was given to 13 boys in 2018.

Fraiser m English (British, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Fraser.

Framley m English

Franciskos m English (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Francisco.

Francy m & f Dutch, English, French, German
Variant of Francie.

Frankee f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Frankie. Diminutive of the masculine names Francis and Franklin. Now the feminine diminutive Francine and Franchesca.

Frankey m English (Rare)
Variant of Frankie.

Franki f & m English (Modern, Rare), Spanish
Variant of Frankie.

Frankino m English
From English Frank with Italian diminutive "-ino".

Franklen m English (American, Rare), Brazilian
Variant of Franklin.

Frankllyn m English (American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Franklin, most often used in Brazil.

Franky m English
Variant of Frankie.

Fransisco m American (Hispanic), English (African), Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American), Indonesian, Medieval Spanish
Variant of Francisco.

Freckle m English (Americanized, Rare, ?)
English/American version of Pherecles

Fredd m English
Variant of Fred.

Fredderick m English (American, Germanized)
Variant of Frederick.

Freddey m English (Rare)
Variant of Freddy.

Freddi m & f English (Modern, Rare), German, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of English Freddy, also a variant of German and Latin American Fredy.

Freddrick m English (Rare)
Variant of Frederick.

Fredi m & f English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), German
Variant of English Freddy, also a variant of Latin American and German Fredy.

Fredie m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Freddy.

Fredney m English
Combination of the names Fred and Rodney.

Fredson m English (American, Rare), Brazilian
Transferred use of the surname Fredson.

Free m & f English (American)
From Middle English free, fre, freo, from Old English frēo (“free”). May also be transferred use of the surname Free.

Freedom m & f English (Puritan), English (African)
From Old English frēodōm, used in reference to the Biblical verse 2 Corinthians 3:17, "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." The name found a resurgence in usage during the American centennial of 1876 and bicentennial of 1976... [more]

Free-gift m & f English (Puritan)
Referring to the free gift of salvation.

Free-grace f & m English (Puritan)

French m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname French.

Frenchie f & m English
Diminutive of French or a feminine form of French.

Frensis m English (Rare)
Variant of Francis.

Fridge m English (American)

Friend m English (American, Rare)
From the English word friend meaning "a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection".

Friendless m English

Friendly m English (American)
Derived from either the English word friendly or the English surname Friendly.

Frith m English
Variant of FRIÞ.

From-above m & f English (Puritan)
Referring to something coming from God.

Frost m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Frost or from the English word.

Frosty m & f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Either a short form of Forrest or simply from the English word frosty.

Frowin m German (Archaic), English (Archaic), Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Derived from Old High German frot, fruot "wise" and wini "friend". Frowin figures as a governor of Schleswig in Gesta Danorum and in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as an ancestor of the kings of Wessex, but the latter source only tells that he was the son of Friðgar and the father of Wig.

Froy m Spanish (Latin American), English (American, Rare)
Short form of Froylán (Spanish) and contraction of Fitzroy (English). In the United States, it is possible that there are also cases where this name is derived from the rare surname Froy.... [more]

Fruing m English
Meaning unknown. This was the first name of one of the Warne brothers, who published Beatrix Potter's tales.

Frye m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Frye.

Fulfillment m English

Fuller m English
Transferred use of the surname Fuller.

Furian m English
English form of Furianus.

Furious m English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the English word furious.

Furman m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Furman.

Furn m & f English (Rare, ?)

Furnley m English (Australian, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Furnley. Frank Leslie Thomson Wilmot (1881-1942), who published his work under the pseudonym Furnley Maurice, was a noted Australian poet.

Fuscian m English
English form of Fuscianus. This is the name of a saint from the 3rd century AD.

Future m & f English (Rare), Western African, Southern African
This name is from the English word derived from Old French futur meaning "future, to come," which is then derived from Latin futurus meaning "going to be, yet to be, the future (as a noun)." The Latin word is an irregular suppletive future participle of esse meaning "to be," which comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *bheue- meaning "to be, exist, grow, come into being."... [more]

Fyn m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Fynn.

Fynley f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Finley

Fynnley m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Finley.

Gabbey f & m English (American)
Gabbey is a variant of the names Gabby. And is a short form of the names Gabriel. For females its short for Gabriella... [more]

Gabey m English
Diminutive of Gabriel.

Gable m English
Transferred use of the surname Gable.

Gabrael m English (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Variant of Gabriel. Gabrael was given to 9 boys in 2012 according to the Social Security Administration.

Gabreal m English (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Variant of Gabriel. Gabreal was given to 11 boys in 2011 according to the SSA.

Gabrian m English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Gabriel. Gabrian was given to 11 boys in 2017 per the SSA.

Gabriell f & m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Gabrielle and Gabriel.

Gabrriel m English (African, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Gabriel.

Gadge m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Gage. Gadge was given to 11 boys in 2010 according to the SSA.

Gaege m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Gage

Gaelen f & m English (Modern, Rare)

Gahan m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Gahan.... [more]

Gaige m & f English (American)
Variant of Gage.

Gaije m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Gaige. Gaije was given to 5 boys in 2008 according to the SSA.

Gaines m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Gaines.

Gair m English (British)
Variant of Geir.

Gairey m English (Modern, Rare), Jamaican Patois (Rare)

Gairry m English (Rare)
Variant of Gary.

Gaither m English
Transferred use of the surname Gaither.

Gaje m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Gage. Gaje was given to 10 boys in 2009 according to the SSA.

Galan m English (American, Modern)
Variant spelling of Galen

Galaxie f & m English
Variant of Galaxy.

Gallager m English (Rare)
Variant of Gallagher.

Gallatin m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Gallatin.

Gallerian m & f English

Gallipoli f & m English (Australian)
Named for the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, whose name comes from the Greek meaning "beautiful city". The site of the infamous Gallipoli Campaign during World War I.

Galloway m English
Transferred use of the surname Galloway.

Gallven m English
Variant of Galvin.

Gallvin m English
Variant of Galvin.

Galven m English
Variant of Galvin.

Galvon m English
Variant of Galvin.

Galvyn m English
Variant of Galvin.

Galyn m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Galen.

Games m English (American, Rare, Archaic), Medieval English
Old Medieval form or possibly variant of James.

Gar m English
Short for Garfield as well as other names with the element of "gar", also can mean "spear" from Old English gar.

Garald m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Gerald.

Gard m English (American, Rare)
Short form of Gardner.

Gardener m English
Transferred use of the surname Gardener.

Gardiner m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Gardiner.

Gardner m English
Transferred use of the surname Gardner.

Gared m English
Variant of Gerard.

Garek m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Garrick.

Garet m English
Variant of Garrett.

Garett m English
Variant of Garrett.

Garette m English (Rare)
Variant of Garrett.

Gari m & f English
Variant of Gary also used as a feminine form.

Garie f & m English (Rare, Archaic)
Unisex variant of Gary

Garlen m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Garland.

Garner m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Garner.

Garold m English (Rare)
Variant of Gerald in the style of Harold.

Garon m American (Rare), English
Possibly a contrived modern name made known by association as the middle name of Jesse Garon Presley, stillborn twin brother of famous singer Elvis Aaron Presley... [more]

Garrard m English (American)
Variant of Gerard.

Garreth m English
Variant of Gareth.

Garrette m English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Garrett.

Garriant m English (Rare)
Variant of Garrett.

Garrie m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Gary.

Garris m English (Rare)
Variant or short form of Garrison.

Garrison m English
Transferred use of the surname Garrison. A famous bearer of the surname was American abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879)... [more]

Garron m English

Garson m English
Transferred use of the surname Garson.

Garv m English

Garvey m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Garvey.

Gasper m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Jasper or Casper and an unaccented version of Gašper.... [more]

Gates m English
Transferred use of the surname Gates.

Gatlen m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Gatlin

Gatlin m English (Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Gatlin. ... [more]

Gatlyn m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Gatlin. According to the Social Security Administration, Gatlyn was given to 5 girls and 15 boys in 2018.

Gatlynn m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Gatlin

Gatsby m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Gatsby.

Gattlin m English (Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Gattlin.... [more]

Gauge m English (American, Modern)
Variant of Gage, apparently influenced by the English word that refers to an instrument for measuring.

Gaul m English
Transferred use of the surname Gaul. Additionally, may be used in reference to the historical region of Gaul.

Gaven m English (Modern)
Variant of Gavin.

Gavinn m English
Variant of Gavin. Gavinn was given to 10 boys in 2013 according to the SSA.

Gavon m English
Variant of Gavin.

Gavyn m & f English
Variant and feminine form of Gavin.

Gavynn m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Gavin. According to the SSA, Gavynn was given to 16 boys in 2013.

Gawen m English (Rare), Scottish (Rare)
Means "white hawk" in Scots. However, when given in modern times it is usually as a variant of Gawain.

Gayge m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Gage.

Gayl f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Gayle.

Gaylan m & f English (American)
A primarily masculine variation of Gayland.

Gayland m English (Rare)
Combination of Gay (or possibly Gayle) with the popular suffix -land. The name fell out of use after the mid 20th century, alongside similar names, when the word gay gained the additional meaning of "homosexual".

Gayne m English

Gazza m English (British)
Diminutive of Gary.

Gearld m English
Variant of Gerald.

Geary m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Geary.

Ged m English
Diminutive of Gerard.

Gee m & f English
Nickname for names beginning with the letter G

Geff m English

Gel f & m English (Rare)
Short form of Angelica and other names with the element.

Gelasius m Late Greek (Latinized), History (Ecclesiastical), Irish (Archaic), English (African, Rare, ?)
Latinized form of the Greek name Γελάσιος (Gelasios), which is derived from Greek γέλασις (gelasis) "laughing", from the verb γελασείω (gelaseiô) "to be ready to laugh"... [more]

Geminy m English (American)

Gemmy f & m English (Rare)
Diminutive of Gemma or variant of Jemmy.

Gemyel m English (Rare)

General m English
After the rank in the military

Genesee f & m English
This is the name of a North American river which flows through western New York and Pennsylvania. Numerous U.S. towns and counties are named after the river. Genesee is a corruption of Chin-u-shio, the indigenous Seneca tribe's name for the river valley, originally Čunehstí•yu• meaning "a beautiful open valley".

Geno m English
Diminutive of Eugene.

Gentle m & f English
Possibly from the word "Gentle", used in the beginning of the nouns gentleman meaning "well-born man, man of good family or birth" or from gentlewoman meaning "woman of good family or breeding"... [more]

Gentry m & f English (American, Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Gentry or simply from the word gentry.

Genus m English (Rare)

Geo m English (Rare)
Short form or abbreviation for George used as an independent name.

Geoffery m English (Rare)
Variant of Geoffrey.

Geoffry m English (African)
Variant of Geoffrey.

Geofred m English (African, Rare)

Geordan m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Jordan influenced by George.

Georden m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Jordan (compare Geordie).

Geordey m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Geordie.

Geordi m & f English (Rare), Popular Culture
Variant of Geordie. Geordi La Forge (male) from Star Trek: The Next Generation has this name.

Geordy m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Geordie and Jordy.

Geordyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Rare variant of Jordan (See also Georden and Jordin).

Georgi f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Georgie.

Gerad m English
A form of Gerard or an alternate form of Jared.

Gercyon m English (Puritan)
Variant of Gershom.

Gereld m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Gerald.

Geremiah m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Jeremiah.

Geremy m English
Variant of Jeremy.

Gerg m English

Gerld m English (American, Rare)
Truncated form of Gerald.

Germaine m English (Rare)
Variant of Germain.

Germany f & m English
After the country of Germany in Europe.

Gerome m English (Rare)
Variant of Jerome.

Gerran m English (British)

Gerrick m English (Rare)
Variant of Garrick.

Gerrik m English
Variant of Gerrick.

Gersome m English (Puritan)
Variant of Gershom.

Gertee m English
Diminutive of Gertrude.

Gervas m English
Form of Gervase

Gherardi m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Gherardi.... [more]

Ghillie f & m Scottish, English
The origin of this word dates from the late 16th century, from the Scottish Gaelic gille, "lad, servant", cognate with the Irish giolla.

Gianny f & m English (American, Rare)

Giant-despair m English (Puritan), Literature
Character in Pilgrim's Progress.

Gibb m English
Variant of Gib.

Gibbs m English
Diminutive form of Gilbert.

Gibby m English
Diminutive of Gilbert or Gibson.

Gibi m English

Gibi f & m English (American, Rare, ?)
A very rare name. Could be related to Gabby or something similar.

Gid m English
Short form of Gideon.

Giddy m English
Diminutive of Gideon.

Gidi m Hebrew, English (Modern)
Diminutive of Gideon.

Gifford m English
Transferred use of the surname Gifford. Notable namesake is Gifford Pinchot (1865 - 1946) first Chief of the United States Forest Service.

Gig m English (Rare)

Gilam m English (American, Archaic)

Gilderoy m English (Rare), Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Gilroy.

Gill m English (Rare)
Variant of Gil 2.

Gillam m English (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Gilliam.

Gilliam m & f English (Rare, Archaic)
Possibly a variant of William or Gillian.

Gillmore m English
Variant of Gilmore.

Gillon m English (Rare)

Gilman m English
From an English surname that was derived from the given name Guillemin, an Old French diminutive of Guillaume (see Gilman).

Gilmor m English
Variant of Gilmore.

Gilmore m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Gilmore.

Gilmour m English
Variant of Gilmore.

Gin f & m English (Modern)
Short form of Virginia, Ginnifer, Ginette and other names containing the 'gin' sound... [more]

Gioni m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Gionni.

Giovani m Italian (Archaic), English, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Archaic Italian and English variant of Giovanni as well as the Spanish and Portuguese form of Giovanni.... [more]

Giovanno m Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Brazilian (Rare), English (Australian, Rare)
Variant form of Giovanni.

Giovonni m English (American, Modern, Rare)
A variant of Giovanni.

Girlie f & m English, Filipino

Giroud m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Giroud.... [more]

Given f & m English (Puritan), African
From the English word given, meaning "A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.".... [more]

Give-thanks m & f English (Puritan)
Referring to giving thanks to God.

Glacier f & m English (Modern, Rare)
From the English word "glacier"; in turn from Franco-Provençal glacier, which is derived from glace (meaning "ice") and the suffix -ier.

Gladstone m English, Brazilian, Jamaican Patois
Transferred use of the surname Gladstone. A famous bearer of the surname was William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), four-time British Prime Minister.

Glady m & f English (Rare)
Possibly a masculine form of Gladys.

Glandias m English

Glendarryl m English (Rare)
Combination of the masculine names Glen and Darryl.

Glendaryl m English (Rare)
Combination of the masculine names "Glen" and "Daryl".

Glendi f & m English (Rare)
The feminine name is a hypocoristic form of Glenda.

Glendon m English
Transferred use of the surname Glendon.

Glenford m English Creole, Jamaican Patois, English (American), African American

Gleniss m English

Glenmore m English (Rare)

Glennon m English
Transferred use of the surname Glennon.

Glenroy m Jamaican Patois, English
Combination of Glen and Roy.

Gloom m & f English
A word that means "gloaming, twilight, darkness" from Middle English gloom, glom, from Old English glōm.

Glorius m & f English (American, Rare)
This name can be a masculinization of Gloria as well as be a variant spelling of the English word glorious, which is etymologically related to the aforementioned name.

Glover m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Glover.

Glow f & m English
From English glow, Old English glōwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gloeien and German glühen.

Gloyd m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of "Lloyd".

Glyndon m English
Variant spelling of Glendon or transferred use of the surname Glyndon.

Glyne m & f English
Variant and feminine form of Glyn.

Glynne m & f English
Variant and feminine form of Glyn.

God m American (Archaic), English (Modern, Rare)
Short form of Godfrey or possibly directly from the English word.

Godfred m English (African)
Variant of Godfrey. This is currently predominant in Ghana.... [more]

Godfridus m English
Form of Godfrey.

Godgiven m English (Canadian, Rare)
Means "God given".

God-help m & f English (Puritan)
Referring to a prayer for help if the life of the child or mother was endangered.

God-helpe m & f English (Puritan)
Variant of God-help.

Godigisel m Germanic, English, German, Italian, Norwegian, History
Variant spelling of Godegisel. Godigisel was a 4th-century king of the Hasdingi Vandals.

Godlove m English (American, Archaic)
English translation of German Gottlieb, which in turn 'is for the most part a translation of Greek Theophilos ("one who loves God") that became very popular in the 17th and 18th centuries with the rise of the Pietist movement' (second edition of Dictionary of American Family Names, 2022)... [more]

Godly f & m English (Puritan)
Referring to being in a state of grace, i.e. "godly."

Godlye m English (Puritan)
Meaning, "religious or pious."

Godolphin m English (British, Rare)
Transferred usage of a Cornish aristocratic surname.

God-reward m English (Puritan)

Godsgift m & f English (Puritan)
Blend of the phrase 'God's gift' into one word.

Godslove m & f Nigerian (Modern), English
The combination of God is love, God's love. Meaning "God's kind of love" or "God is love"

Godswill m Nigerian, English (African)

Godwin m Germanic, Danish (Archaic), Dutch (Rare), English (Rare), German (Archaic)
Ancient Germanic cognate of Godwine. In English-speaking countries, the use of Godwin as a given name is these days often inspired by the English patronymic surname Godwin, which was derived from the aforementioned Anglo-Saxon personal name Godwine.... [more]

Godwyn m English
Variant of Godwin.

Goeffrey m English (Rare), French (Rare)
Likely a variant of Godfrey or Geoffrey.

Goff m Medieval English, English (Rare)
Short form of Godfrey and Goffrey/Geoffrey.

Goffrey m Old Norman, English (Rare)
Variant of Geoffrey. Also compare Joffrey.

Golden m & f English, Romani (Archaic)
Either from the English word golden (from Old English gyldan "made of gold") or the surname Golden, originally given as a nickname to someone with blond hair... [more]

Goldie m English
Diminutive of Golden, Golding and other names that begin with Gold-.

Goldman m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Goldman.

Goober m English
Meaning "peanut", originating from Bantu languages. In English, this is sometimes used as a word to describe a silly or foolish person.... [more]

Good-gift m English (Puritan, Rare)
Referring to James 1:17, "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."

Goodman m English (Rare, Archaic)
From Middle English gode "good" and man "man", in part from use as a term for the master of a household. In Scotland the term denoted a landowner who held his land not directly from the crown but from a feudal vassal of the king... [more]

Goodness f & m English (African), Nigerian

Goodwill m Literature, English (African), Southern African
From the English word goodwill, derived from Middle English gode meaning "good" and will "wish, will, volition", which was originally a nickname applied to an amiable person with a favourable disposition towards others... [more]

Good-work m English (Puritan)
An exhortatory puritanical name, thus rarely used.

Goody m & f English (Rare), African American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Goody.

Gordan m English (Modern)
Variant of Gordon.

Gordo m English
Diminutive of Gordon.

Gorge m English (Rare)
Variant of George.

Gorham m English
From the surname

Gospel m & f English (Rare)
From the word Gospel.

Gotham m English
Transferred use of the surname Gotham.

Gould m English (American)
Transferred the surname Gould.

Gouverneur m English (American)
Likely from the French word gouverneur, meaning "governor". Notable bearers include American founding father Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816), American politician Gouverneur Kemble (1786-1875), sportsman Gouverneur Cadwalader (1880-1935), and United States Army general Gouverneur K. Warren (1830-1882).

Governor m English
From the English governor, a public or executive official that exercise some form of sovereignty to an area.

Gow m & f English (American)
Possibly from the surname Gow, derived from Scottish Gaelic gobha meaning "smith".

Gracen f & m English
Variant of Grayson influenced by Grace.

Graceson m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Grayson.

Gracious m & f English (Puritan), English (African), English
From the English word gracious, ultimately from Latin gratiosus, a derivative of gratia "esteem, favor". This was one of the virtue names coined by the Puritans in the 17th century, possibly inspired by Psalm 145:8: 'The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.'

Graden m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Grayden.

Gradey m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Grady.

Gradie m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Grady.

Grae m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Grey.

Graehme m English (Rare)
Variant of Graeme.

Graesyn m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Grayson.

Grahem m English (Rare)
Variant of Graham.

Graig m English
Variant of Greg

Grainger m English
Variant of Granger.

Graisen m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Grayson.

Graison m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Grayson. According to the SSA, Graison was given to 8 girls and 32 boys in 2010.

Graisyn m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Grayson.

Grange m English
Transferred use of the surname Grange.

Granger m English
Transferred use of the surname Granger.

Granite m English (Rare)
From the English word referring to a type of rock.

Grantham m English
Transferred use of the surname Grantham.