GreenlyfEnglish (Rare) Transferred from the surname Greenly. A notable bearer is one of Jane's three friends from the Disney TV series "Legend of Tarzan".
GremorymJudeo-Christian-Islamic Legend Origins unknown. This is the name of a demon identified in 'The Lesser Key of Solomon' who appears in the form of a beautiful woman.
GrethelfEnglish (Rare), Estonian, Literature English and Estonian variant of Gretel. Grethel is the main character in Grimm's fairy tails 'Hansel and Grethel' and 'Clever Grethel'.
GreticafSlovene Diminutive of Greta, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.
GrettiefAmerican (South) American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by Greta with the addition of the suffix -ie which is a common suffix added to names throughout Appalachia.
GrettirmOld Norse, Icelandic, Faroese Derived from Old Norse grettir meaning "he who shows his teeth" or "he who grins". Grettir Ásmundarson is the main character of the 'Grettis saga' written in the late 13th century. Grettir is also the Icelandic name for the orange cartoon cat Garfield.
GrifonemMedieval Italian Derived from grifone, which is one of the Italian words for a griffin (the other one being grifo - see Grifo), the legendary creature from Greek mythology... [more]
GryfinafMedieval Polish Medieval Polish variant of Agrypina. Gryfina (c. 1248 – between 1305 and 1309) was a Princess of Kraków by her marriage to Leszek II the Black; she later became a nun and abbess.
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).
GuangnafChinese From Chinese 光 (guāng) meaning "light, brilliant, shine" and 娜 (nà) meaning "elegant, graceful".
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]
GuanlinfChinese From the Chinese 莞 (guǎn) meaning "smiling" and 琳 (lín) meaning "beautiful jade, gems".
GuanqiufChinese From the Chinese 鹳 (guàn) meaning "crane, stork" and 秋 (qiū) meaning "autumn".
GuanranfChinese From the Chinese 莞 (guǎn) meaning "smiling" and 然 (rán) meaning "yes; pledge, promise".
GuanruifChinese From the Chinese 鹳 (guàn) meaning "crane" or 莞 (guǎn) meaning "smiling" or a kind of aquatic herb and 瑞 (ruì) meaning "felicitous omen, auspicious".
GuanwanfChinese From the Chinese 鹳 (guàn) meaning "crane, stork" and 湾 (wān) meaning "bay, cove".
GuanxinfChinese From the Chinese 莞 (guǎn) meaning "smiling" and 欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous".
GuanyanfChinese From the Chinese 莞 (guǎn) meaning "smiling" and 燕 (yàn) meaning "swallow (bird)".
GuanyaofChinese From the Chinese 鹳 (guàn) meaning "crane, stork" and 瑶 (yáo) meaning "precious jade".
GuanyuefChinese From the Chinese 莞 (guǎn) meaning "smiling" and 悦 (yuè) meaning "pleased, contented".
GuanzhifChinese From the Chinese 鹳 (guàn) meaning "crane, stork" and 织 (zhī) meaning "weave, knit; organise, unite".
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]
GuaschefCaucasian Mythology, Circassian Derived from Circassian гуащэ (g°āš̍ă) meaning "lady, princess". In Circassian mythology, Guasche (or Gwasche) is a protectress and patroness goddess.
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]
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]
GudeliafSpanish (Latin American) Meaning uncertain. This was the name of a 4th-century Christian martyr. Allegedly she was scalped and nailed to a tree by order of the Persian king Shapur II.
GudfridfNorwegian (Rare) Combination of the Old Norse name elements guðr "god" and fríðr "beautiful, beloved", first used in the mid 19th century. This makes it a cognate of Old Norse Guðfriðr.
Guifangf & mChinese From Chinese 桂 (guì) meaning "laurel, cassia, cinnamon" or 贵 (guì) meaning "precious, valuable" combined with 芳 (fāng) meaning "fragrant, virtuous, beautiful"... [more]
GuifengfChinese From the Chinese 桂 (guì) meaning "laurel, cassia" and 枫 (fēng) meaning "maple tree".
GuihuanfChinese From the Chinese 桂 (guì) meaning "laurel, cassia" and 焕 (huàn) meaning "shining".
GuijuanfChinese From the Chinese 贵 (guì) meaning "expensive, valuable" and 娟 (juān) meaning "beautiful, graceful".
Guirongf & mChinese From Chinese 桂 (guì) meaning "laurel, cassia, cinnamon" combined with 荣 (róng) meaning "glory, honour, flourish, prosper" or 蓉 (róng) meaning "lotus"... [more]
GuishanfChinese From the Chinese 桂 (guì) meaning "laurel, cassia" and 珊 (shān) meaning "coral".
GulldisfNorwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare) A late 19th/early 20th century combination of Old Norse name elements guð "god" and dís "goddess", though the first element could also be derived from Norwegian and Archaic Swedish gull "gold".
GullvorfSwedish (Rare) An early 20th century combination of Old Norse guð "god" and vǫr "vigilant, cautious". The Old Norse name Guðvǫr uses the same elements, but it is possible that Gullvor was created independently by using common name elements (compare Majvor and Gulldis, two names created around the same time).
GulmehrfUzbek Derived from Uzbek gul meaning "rose, flower" and mehr meaning "love" or "mercy, compassion".
GulmomofUzbek Derived from Uzbek gul meaning "rose, flower" and momo meaning "mother".
GulnarifGeorgian (Rare) Variant of Gulnara. It is sometimes thought to be an inflected form of the name, i.e. the nominative case form in Georgian, but that is grammatically incorrect and therefore unlikely.
GulnazifGeorgian Form of Gulnaz with the nominative suffix, used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.
GülnisəfAzerbaijani From Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose" and Arabic نساء (nisa) meaning "women".
GulnomafUzbek Derived from Uzbek gul meaning "rose, flower" and noma meaning "letter, writing, book".
GulyorafUzbek Derived from gul meaning "flower, rose" and yor meaning "friend, lover".
GulzadafKazakh, Kyrgyz From Kazakh and Kyrgyz гүл (gul) meaning "flower" and Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".
GulzebofUzbek Derived from gul meaning "flower, rose" and zebo meaning "beautiful, lovely".
GulzhanfKazakh, Kyrgyz From Kazakh and Kyrgyz гүл (gul) meaning "flower" and жан (zhan) meaning "soul".
GulzirafUzbek Derived from gul meaning "flower, rose" and zira meaning "cumin".
GulzurafKazakh (Rare), Kyrgyz (Rare) Possibly derived from Kyrgyz гүл (gül) meaning "flower" combined with Persian زور (zur) meaning "force, strength, power". A known bearer is Gülzura Cumakunova (1954-), a Kyrgyz linguistic scholar who specializes in Turkic languages.
GumballmPopular Culture From the kind of spherical candy. Also, from a fictional cartoon character, Gumball Watterson.