List of English Baby Names Meanings

Garwood

(GAHR-wuwd)

Garwood Name Meaning. English: habitational name from a lost or unidentified minor place, possibly in East Anglia, where the name is most common, and probably so called from Old English gara 'gore', 'triangular piece of land' + wudu 'wood'.

Meaning: A triangular shaped wood Origin: English

Gay

(GAY)

Gay (alternatively Gaye) is a female or male given name, the 795th ("Gay") and 1295th ("Gaye") most common female name in the United States, according to the 1990 U.S. census. It can also be used as a short form of the female names Gaynell and Gaynor and as a short form of the male names Gaylen and Gaylord.

Meaning: Full of joy Origin: English

Gaynelle

(gay-NEL)

The meaning of the name “Gaynell” is: “Happy, Shiny”. Additional information: Combination of the names Gay and Nell. Categories: American Names, English Names.

Meaning: Full of joy Origin: English

Gentry

(JEHN-tree)

Gentry Name Meaning. English: nickname, sometimes perhaps ironic, from Middle English, Old French genterie 'nobility of birth or character'. Compare Gentle.

Meaning: Of noble birth, a gentleman Origin: English, French

Gloria

(GLAWR-ee-ə)

Latin Meaning: The name Gloria is a Latin baby name. In Latin the meaning of the name Gloria is: Glory. Famous bearer: a character in playright George Bernard Shaw's 'You Never Can Tell', and American actress Gloria Swanson.

Meaning: Woman of glory Origin: English, Italian, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish

Glover

(GLUHV-ər)

Glover Family History. Glover Name Meaning. English: occupational name for a maker or seller of gloves, Middle English glovere, an agent noun from Old English glof 'glove'.

Meaning: A person who makes gloves Origin: English

Godric

(GAHD-rik)

Meanings and history of the name Godric: | Edit. Derived from Old English origins, it means "power of god" or "God-ruler" (god combined with ric "power, rule"). This name died out a few centuries after the Norman conquest.

Meaning: Rules with God Origin: English

Goode

(GUWD)

Recorded in several spelling forms including Good, Goode, Gudd, and Gudde, this is an early medieval English surname, but of pre 7th century Olde English origins. It has two possible origins. The first is from a nickname for a "good" person.

Meaning: Kind person Origin: English

Goodwin

(GUWD-win)

Meanings and history of the name Goodwin: | Edit. From a surname which was derived from the given name GODWINE, meaning "friend of god". Derived from the Scots guidwe'en meaning, literally, "good child". A Scottish expression meaning a good-hearted, or good-souled person, especially one who is young at heart.

Meaning: God's friend Origin: English

Graden

(GRAY-dən)

English Meaning: The name Graden is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Graden is: Gray-haired: son of the Gray family; son of Gregory.

Meaning: Son of Gradaigh Origin: English, Gaelic