GitafYiddish A Polish-Yiddish spelling of Guta, sometimes it is slavicized to Dobra
Gitam & fJapanese From 岐 (gi) meaning “high, majestic”, and 太 (ta) meaning “thick, big, great”, 田 (ta) meaning “field, rice paddy”, 多 (ta) meaning “many”, or 大 (ta) meaning “big, great, vast, high”.
GithikafSinhalese, Indian Southern Indian variant of Gitika, which means "a little song" from Sanskrit गीता (gītā) "song" (see Gita 1) and the diminutive suffix क (ka) "little".
GitongamMeru, Embu, Gikuyu This name is commonly used in Meru, Embu and Gikuyu regions in Kenya. The name means a rich man. The name has been passed from generation to generation since time in memorial. The cultures which usually name their male children after their grandparents-dead or alive intentionally do this to ensure the character or personality of the grandpa can be carried to the grandchildren.
GizanefBasque Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde who based the name on Basque giza "human". This name was intended as a Basque equivalent of Encarnación.
GǃkúnǁʼhòmdímàfSan Mythology, Astronomy Meaning "young female aardvark", ultimately derived from Jul'hoan particles gǃkún meaning "aardvark", ǁʼhòm mà meaning "young woman" and the feminine suffix dí.... [more]
GlaciafEnglish (Modern, Rare) Feminized version of "Glacier". A notable bearer was the Mountain Witch from the Disney TV show "Sofia the First".
GlaciefEnglish (Modern) Female version of "Glacier", variant of "Glacia", possible combination of "Glory" and "Gracie".
Glacierf & mEnglish (Modern, Rare) From the English word "glacier"; in turn from Franco-Provençal glacier, which is derived from glace (meaning "ice") and the suffix -ier.
GlaciusmPopular Culture (Modern, Rare) From "glacial" or "glacier". A popular bearer was the ice character in the Killer Instinct video game series.
GladiefFrench (Rare), French (Caribbean, Rare) From Claudia, also from "gwlad" who mean country. French first name fairly common in 1900 until 1940. Which is starting to become popular in the Caribbean.
GladormArthurian Cycle A vassal of the King with a Hundred Knights present at King Mark’s tournament at Lancien.
GladosfPopular Culture The name of the main antagonist of Portal, and the deuteragonist of Portal 2. Her name is an acronym of "Genetic lifeform and disk operating system.
GlaedrmLiterature Used by novelist Christopher Paolini (1983-) for a dragon in his Inheritance Cycle fantasy series. Oromis' dragon Glaedr is golden-colored and missing a leg from a skirmish with another dragon and Rider.
GlæggimOld Norse Variant form of Glǫggr or from Old Swedish glægger "sharp-eyed", "clear-sighted".
GlæmafFaroese Directly taken from Faroese glæma "ray of light".
GlainfWelsh (Rare) Directly taken from Welsh glain "jewel". This name has been used since the 1920s.
GlaisnemIrish, Irish Mythology Possibly derived from Irish glaisin meaning "woad", a plant used to make blue dye, or the related glas meaning "green, greenish; grey".
GlakhamGeorgian (Rare) Derived from medieval Georgian გლახაკ (glakhak), which in feudal Georgia was a term for a free man who had resorted to begging after having broken off relations with his feudal lord (whose land he had previously been forced to cultivate)... [more]
GlannimPopular Culture Glanni Glæpur is the Icelandic name for Robbie Rotten, a character from the TV-series 'LazyTown'. Glanni Glæpur literally means "reckless crime" in Icelandic, but neither names are used in Iceland outside of this show.
GlaucefGreek Mythology (Latinized), Literature Latinized form of Glauke. This is the name of several figures in Greek mythology. Edmund Spenser used it in his epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590) for the nurse and squire of Britomart.
GlaukefGreek Mythology Derived from Greek γλαυκός (glaukos), which can mean "blue-grey, bluish grey" as well as "gleaming, bright". Also compare the given name Glaukos (see Glaucus).
GlaukiasmAncient Greek, History Ancient Greek form of the Roman cognomen Glaucia. Glaukias (ruled 335 – c. 302 BC) was a ruler of the Taulantian kingdom which dominated southern Illyrian affairs in the second half of the 4th century BC.
GlaukipposmAncient Greek The first element of this name is derived from Greek γλαυκός (glaukos), which can mean "blue-grey, bluish grey" as well as "gleaming, bright". Also compare the given name Glaukos (see Glaucus)... [more]
GlaukonmAncient Greek Derived from Greek γλαυκός (glaukos), which can mean "blue-grey, bluish grey" as well as "gleaming, bright". Also compare the given name Glaukos (see Glaucus).
GlaukotheafAncient Greek Derived from Greek γλαυκός (glaukos) meaning "gleaming, blue-grey" and θεά (thea) "goddess". This name was borne by the mother of the 4th-century BC Greek statesman Aeschines.
GlaurungmLiterature Glaurung was the first of the Dragons, in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth legendarium. He was known as the Deceiver, the Golden, and the Worm of Greed.
GlevafCatalan (Rare) Means "clod" (a word referring to a lump of earth or clay) in Catalan. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary Mare de Déu de la Gleva meaning "Mother of God of the Clod". She is the patron saint of the municipality of Vic, in Barcelona, Spain... [more]
GliminafArabic (Maghrebi, Rare), Dutch (Rare) Meaning unknown. The best known bearer of this name is the Dutch politician Glimina Chakor (b. 1976), who is of Moroccan descent.
GloriantmLiterature Probably derived from Old French gloriant meaning "boasting, glorying", or otherwise related to the Latin noun gloria meaning "glory".... [more]
GlorvinafLiterature Invented by the Irish writer Lady Morgan for a character in her novel 'The Wild Irish Girl' (1806), possibly blending glory and a name such as Malvina (though Gloria was not yet in use at the beginning of the 19th century)... [more]
GlykanthisfAncient Greek Means "sweet blossom" from Greek γλυκυς (glykys) "sweet" and ἄνθος (anthos) "flower, blossom".
GlykerafAncient Greek Derived from the Greek adjective γλυκερός (glykeros) meaning "sweet". This is the name of a character from the comedy Perikeiromene (c. 314 BC) by the Greek playwright Menander, as well as the name of a former love of the Greek painter Pausias (4th century BC), of whom he had made a portrait.
GnáfNorse Mythology, Old Norse In Norse mythology, Gná is a goddess who runs errands in other worlds for the goddess Frigg and rides the flying, sea-treading horse Hófvarpnir ("hoof-thrower")... [more]
GneomarmPolabian (?), Pomeranian (?) Derived from the Slavic name elements gniew "anger" and mir "peace; world". This name was borne by Dubislav Gneomar von Natzmer (1654– 20 April 1739), a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and a confidant of the House of Hohenzollern.
GobryasmOld Persian (Hellenized), History Hellenized form of Gaubaruva. This name was borne by several Persian noblemen; one of them was both the father-in-law as well as the brother-in-law of Darius the Great.
GodbaldmMedieval French, Medieval Dutch, Medieval German Derived from Old High German, Old Dutch got and Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old English god meaning "god, deity" with Old High German bald meaning "bold".
GodebertafDutch (Rare), History (Ecclesiastical) Feminine form of Godebert. Saint Godeberta (c. 640—June 11, c. 700) was a Frankish saint. She was born at Boves, near Amiens, to a noble family that was associated with the court of Clovis II... [more]
GodemanmGermanic Derived from Gothic guths "god" or Gothic gôds "good" combined with man "man."
GodemarmGermanic Derived from Gothic guths "god" or Gothic gôds "good" combined with Old High German mâri "famous."
GoderadmGermanic Derived from Gothic guths "god" or Gothic gôds "good" combined with Old High German rât "counsel."
GodesafMedieval English From Godeza, the feminine form of the Germanic name Godizo, itself a diminutive of names beginning with the Old German element got meaning "god" or guot meaning "good".