Gaines Name Meaning. English (of Norman origin): nickname for a crafty or ingenious person, from a reduced form of Old French engaine 'ingenuity', 'trickery' (Latin ingenium 'native wit'). The word was also used in a concrete sense of a stratagem or device, particularly a trap.
The history of the name Gardner dates back to the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It is derived from a member of the family who worked as a gardener. The surname Gardner originally derived from the Old French word gardinier. It was later adopted in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066.
The name Garfield is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Garfield is: From the triangular field. From an Old English surname and place name, meaning 'field of spears'.
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'.
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.
The meaning of the name “Gaynell” is: “Happy, Shiny”. Additional information: Combination of the names Gay and Nell. Categories: American Names, English Names.
Gentry Name Meaning. English: nickname, sometimes perhaps ironic, from Middle English, Old French genterie 'nobility of birth or character'. Compare Gentle.
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.
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'.
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.
