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G

19 names

Names starting
with G.

10 girls · 9 boys

G is a consonant that swings between hard (Gabriel) and soft (Giselle) depending on the following vowel. Our database lists 19 given names that begin with it — 10 for girls and 9 for boys.

At the top of each list, Grace (#6311 in 2023) leads the girls while George (#136) leads the boys.

The most-used G names on this page draw from Latin, Hebrew, Greek traditions, which is roughly the cultural footprint you'd expect from U.S. naming patterns.

The boy/girl split for G is fairly even, with neither side dominating.

Girl names

Starting with G.

God's favor; elegance, goodness

A short form of Abigail, from Hebrew Avigayil meaning 'my father's joy'

Feminine of George, from γεωργός (geōrgos), "farmer, earthworker

A short form of Regina (Latin 'queen'), Georgina (Greek 'farmer'), or Eugenia (Greek 'well-born')

Italian feminine of Gabriel, from Hebrew Gavriel meaning 'God is my strength'

From Old Welsh — gwen ('white, fair, blessed') + a second element possibly meaning 'ring' or 'bow'; often glossed 'white ring' or 'blessed circle'

From Old French Geneviève, possibly from a Gaulish source meaning "tribe-woman" or "of the family

God is gracious

Beginning, origin

From Italian and Latin gemma, "gem, precious stone

Boy names

Starting with G.

From γεωργός (geōrgos), "farmer, tiller of the earth" (γῆ "earth" + ἔργον "work")

Boy ·Ancient Greek

From Latin Gregorius, from Greek Gregorios — 'watchful, vigilant', from gregorein ('to be alert, to watch')

God is my strength

An English form of Gerald (gar 'spear' + wald 'rule'; 'rule of the spear') or Gerard (gar 'spear' + hard 'brave'; 'brave with a spear')

Boy ·Ancient Greek

A short form of Eugene, from Greek Eugenios — eu ('well') + genos ('born'); 'well-born' or 'noble'

Boy ·Norman French

From Old French grand, "tall, large" — originally a Norman nickname-turned-surname

From Germanic gisil ('pledge, hostage') + beraht ('bright'); 'bright pledge'

From Scottish Gaelic gleann meaning 'narrow valley'

Son of the gray-haired one; son of the steward