Submitted Names Starting with G

Gylfie f Popular Culture
The name of a charater in the movie Legend of the Guardians.

Gylfir m Old Norse
Original form of Gylfi.

Gyliano m Dutch (Surinamese, Rare)
Either a variant of Giuliano or a combination of Giel (alternatively spelled as Gyl) with a name that ends in -iano, such as Emiliano and Luciano.... [more]

Gylippos m Ancient Greek
The first element of this name is a bit uncertain. It might possibly be derived from Greek γύλιος (gylios), the name for a long-shaped pouch or knapsack that Greek soldiers used for carrying their food supplies (see Gylon)... [more]

Gylippus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Gylippos. This was the name of a Spartan general from the 5th century BC.

Gylla f Old Norse
Of debated origin and meaning. Current theories include a variant of Gulla and a variant of Gyða.

Gyllian f Medieval English (Rare)
Precursor to Gillian.

Gylmar m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Gilmar (see Gildemar).... [more]

Gylmyne m Medieval Scottish

Gylon m Ancient Greek
Possibly derived from Greek γύλιος (gylios), the name for a long-shaped pouch or knapsack that Greek soldiers used for carrying their food supplies.... [more]

Gylta f Faroese
Derived from Old Norse gylta "young sow".

Gylve m Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian form of Gylfi.

Gylvi m Faroese
Faroese form of Gylfi.

Gylyç m Turkmen
Means "sword" in Turkmen.

Gýmir m Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Gymir.

Gymir m Old Norse, Norse Mythology
From Old Norse gymir meaning 'sea'. Gymir is a Jǫtunn in the Northern mythology.

Gyna f Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Short form of Regina.

Gynecia f Literature
From the archaic English adjective gynecian meaning "of women, relating to women, womanly", a derivative of Greek γυνή (gyne) "woman". This is the name of the duchess of Arcadia and mother of Pamela in Sir Philip Sidney's poem The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (ca... [more]

Gynter m German (Rare)
Variant of Günther

Gynther m German (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Günther. The spelling is probably influenced by Danish spelling conventions.

Gyogurchun f Dagestani
Means "dove" in Dagestani.

Gyokko f & m Japanese
From Gyo meaning “Jade” (玉) and Kko meaning “Pot” (壼). Can be read as “Jade pot” or other kanji combinations like “Jade child” from using 子 can be read.... [more]

Gyōkō f Japanese
Japanese transcription of Chinese 凝光 (see Ningguang).

Gyoku f & m Japanese
From Japanese, 玉(gyoku) means gems

Gyoma m Medieval Hungarian

Gyömbér f Hungarian
Means "ginger" in Hungarian.

Gyöngy f Hungarian
Older form of Gyöngyi.

Gyöngyike f Hungarian
Originally a diminutive of Gyöngyvér, this name is now considered a diminutive of Gyöngyi.

Gyöngyvirág f Hungarian
The Hungarian word for the Lily-of-the-Valley flower, from gyöngy (pearl) and virág (flower). Names days are April 24, May 12, and May 15.

Gyopár f Hungarian
Means "edelweiss" in Hungarian.

Gyopárka f Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian gyopár "edelweiss".

Györe m Medieval Hungarian
Diminutive of György.

Gyorgy m Hungarian (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of György.

Györk m Hungarian
Short form of György.

Györke m Medieval Hungarian
Short form of György.

Gyovanna f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Giovanna.

Gyovanni m American (Hispanic, Rare)
Variant of Giovanni.

Gyöza f Banat Swabian

Gypsey f English (Modern, ?)
Variant of Gypsy.

Gyra f Old Norse
Old Norse diminutive of Gyríðr.

Gyrano m African

Gyrd m Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Modern form of Gyrðr.

Gyrgol-gyrgyn m Chukchi

Gyri f Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Guri.

Gyrid f Norwegian, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Archaic)
Younger form of Gyríðr.

Gyridh f Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare)
Old Swedish form of Gyríðr.

Gyrith f Old Swedish
Younger form of Gyríðr.

Gyríðr f Old Norse
Old Norse variant of Guðríðr.

Gyrlin f German (Silesian, Archaic), Medieval German
Medieval Silesian German diminutive of Girdrud.

Gyro f Norwegian (Rare)
Dialectal variant of Guro.

Gyronav f Chukchi
Means "spring" in Chukchi.

Gyrth m Old Danish, Old Swedish
Old Danish and Old Swedish form of Gyrðr.

Gyrðir m Icelandic
Modern form of Gyrðr.

Gyrðr m Old Norse
Old Norse short form of Guðrøðr (see Guðifriðr). Sometimes it has been associated with the Old Norse verb gyrða, "to gird (with a belt)."

Gysbert m American (South, Americanized, Rare)
American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by the name Gisbert.

Gysèle f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Variant of Gisèle.

Gyso m German (Modern, Rare)
Spelling variant of Giso.

Gytautas m Lithuanian
Derived from Lithuanian geidauti "to wish; to want; to desire; to long for" and tauta "the people".

Gyðja f Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of Guði.

Gytis m Lithuanian
Short form of Gytautas.

Gytta f American

Gyu-dam m & f Korean
Combination of a gyu hanja, like 奎 meaning "star; sentence, writing; stride" or 圭 meaning "auspicious jewel; hall," and a dam hanja, e.g. 潭 meaning "deep pool; marsh, puddle."

Gyu-Ha m & f Korean
From Sino-Korean 圭 (gyu) meaning "sharpened jade" combined with 夏 (ha) meaning "summer, great, grand". Other hanja combinations can form this name as well.

Gyu-Han m Korean
From Sino-Korean 奎 (gyu) meaning "stride" or 圭 (gyu) meaning "sharpened jade" combined with 翰 (han) meaning "writing, painting" or 漢 (han) meaning "man". Other hanja combinations can form this name as well.

Gyu-hui f & m Korean
From Sino-Korean 奎 "the stride of a person" and 熙 "bright, splendid, glorious".

Gyu-hyeon m Korean
From Sino-Korean 圭 "jade pointed at top" and 賢 "virtuous, worthy, good". A famous bearer is South Korean singer Cho Kyu-hyun (1988-).

Gyu-jong m Korean
From Sino-Korean 奎 "stride of man" and 鐘 "clock; bell".

Gyulab f Armenian
Armenian form of Golab.

Gyulchekhra f Tajik, Uzbek
Variant spelling of Gulchekhra.

Gyuli f Laz
Perhaps from the Turkish Gül meaning rose, or from to the Georgian word გული (guli) meaning "heart".Related to the Georgian Gulisa

Gyul-mi f Korean
From Sino-Korean 橘 (gyul) meaning "tangerine" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beauty". ... [more]

Gyulnara f Armenian
Armenian form of Gulnara.

Gyulya f Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek
Variant of Gulya.

Gyu-mae f Korean
From Sino-Korean 奎 (gyu) meaning "star; sentence, writing; stride," 圭 (gyu) or 珪 (gyu), both meaning "auspicious jewel; hall" combined with 梅 (mae) meaning "plum", 莓 (mae) meaning "strawberry", or 玫 (mae) meaning "rose, gemstone"... [more]

Gyu-mi f Korean
From Sino-Korean 奎 (gyu) meaning "star; sentence, writing; stride," 圭 (gyu) or 珪 (gyu), both meaning "auspicious jewel; hall" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beauty". This name can be formed using other hanja combinations as well.

Gyunel f Azerbaijani

Gyung f Medieval Hungarian
Recorded in 13th-century Hungary

Gyu-ri f & m Korean
From Sino-Korean 奎 (gyu) meaning "star; sentence, writing; stride," 圭 (gyu) or 珪 (gyu), both meaning "auspicious jewel; hall," and 利 (ri) meaning "benefit, advantage," 理 (ri) meaning "govern, rule; repair; notice, find," 里 (ri) meaning "village," 璃 (ri) meaning "jewel" or 俐 (ri) meaning "smart, intelligent," among other hanja combinations.... [more]

Gyurme m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
From Tibetan གྱུར་མེད (gyur-med) meaning "stable, unchanging", from གྱུར (gyur) meaning "to change, to transform" and མེད (med) meaning "not, without".

Gyurmey m & f Tibetan
Alternate transcription of Tibetan གྱུར་མེད (see Gyurme).

Gyuro m Bulgarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Georgi.

Gyuseok m Korean
From 奎 meaning "star; sentence, writing; stride" or 圭 meaning "auspicious jewel; hall," and 錫 "bestow, confer".

Gyuzgyush f Lezgin
Means "glass, mirror" in Lezgin.

Gyve f Norwegian (Archaic)
Dialectal form of Gudve recorded in Aust-Agder (Setesdal).

Gyvi f Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Gudve.

Gzim m Albanian
Variant of Gëzim.