Baby boy names beginning with G – with origins and meanings

• Origin: Old Norse
• Meaning: to mock

2. Gabriel

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: strong man of God; the name of one of the Archangels
• Also: Gabe

3. Gal

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: wave or mound; also used as a girl’s name

4. Galen

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: calm

5. Gallagher

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: foreign helper

6. Galloway

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: stranger

7. Galvin

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: Bright

8. Gamal

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: ‘God is my reward’

9. Gamaliel

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: my recompense is God

10. Ganesh

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: lord of the hosts

11. Gareth

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: gentle
• Also: Gary, Garry

12. Garfield

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: a field shaped as a spear

13. Garnet

• Origin: Middle English
• Meaning: derived from the dark red gemstone; also used as a girl’s name
• Also: Garnett

14. Garret

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: courageous with a spear; Irish version of Gerard
• Also: Garrett

15. Garrison

• Origin: Middle English
• Meaning: a town protected by spears

16. Garth

• Origin: Old Norse
• Meaning: a paddock

17. Garton

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: triangular plot of land

18. Garve

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: rugged

19. Gary

• Origin: English
• Meaning: spear

20. Gaspar

• Origin: Persian
• Meaning: treasure keeper
• Also: Gaspard, Jasper

21. Gaston

• Origin: French
• Meaning: a man from Gascony

22. Gavin

• Origin: Old French
• Meaning: English version of Gauvin, a French family from Brittany

23. Gaylord

• Origin: Old French
• Meaning: joyful, high-spirited

24. Gene

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: well-born
• Also: Eugene

25. Genesis

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: birth; the name of the first book of The Bible

26. Geoffrey

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: believed to mean peace
• Also: Jeffrey, Geoff

27. George

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: a farmer; St George is the patron saint of England
• Also: Geordie, Georgie, Georgy, Georges (French form)

28. Geraint

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: old

29. Gerald

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: chief with a spear
• Also: Gerry, Jerry, Giraldo (Italian form), Giraud (French form)

30. Gerard

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: courageous with a spear
• Also: Gerry, Jerry; Garret (Irish form), Garrett (Irish form)

31. Germain

• Origin: Unknown
• Meaning: originally believed to mean ‘a German’

32. Gervais

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: spear carrier
• Also: Jarvis

33. Giacomo

• Origin: Italian
• Meaning: supplanter
• Also: James, Jacob

34. Gibson

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: son of Gilbert

35. Gideon

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: a hewer, someone who cuts wood, stone, or other materials; the name of a great leader of Israel

36. Giffard

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: puffy cheeks
• Also: Gifford

37. Gilbert

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: bright
• Also: Gib, Bert and Bertie

38. Gilchrist

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: Christ’s servant
• Also: Gil

39. Giles

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: goatskin
• Also: Gil, Gilles (French form)

40. Gillespie

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: bishop’s servant

41. Gilmour

• Origin: Scottish or Irish
• Meaning: son of the follower of the Virgin Mary
• Also: Gilmore, Gillmore

42. Gilroy

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning:  king’s servant

43. Girvan

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: small rough one

44. Gladwin

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: glad friend

45. Glanville

• Origin: Old French
• Meaning: living among oak trees
• Also: Glanvil

46. Glen

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: a valley
• Also: Glenn

47. Glyn

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: a valley
• Also: Glynn

48. Goddard

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: a hard god

49. Godfrey

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: the peace of god

50. Godric

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: God the ruler

51. Godwin

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: friend of God
• Also: Goodwin (see below)

52. Goldwin

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: friend of gold

53. Goku

• Origin: Japanese
• Meaning: aware of emptiness

54. Goodwin

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: good friend

55. Gopal

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: worshiper of Krishna
• Also: Gopalkrishna, Govind, Gobind (Sikh form)

56. Gorbat

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: eagle

55. Gordon

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: large fortification

56. Grady

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: noble

57. Graham

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: grey or gravel homestead
• Also: Graeme, Grahame

58. Graily

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: dish or bowl

59. Granger

• Origin: Anglo-Norman
• Meaning: farm bailiff: a surname used as a first name

60. Grant

• Origin: French
• Meaning: tall or large; a surname used as a first name

61. Granville

• Origin: Old French
• Meaning: large town

62. Gray

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: grey-haired; a surname used as a first name
• Also: Grey

63. Gregory

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: watchman
• Also: Gregor and the short form is Greg

64. Gresham

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: surrounded by pasture

65. Greville

• Origin: French
• Meaning: Gréville is a town in La Manche, France

66. Grier

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: guardian, watchful

67. Griffith

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: strong warrior
• Also: Gruffydd (Welsh form), Griff, Griffin

68. Grimbald

• Origin: Old high German
• Meaning: derived from grimm, meaning fierce and the old English word beald, meaning bold

69. Grover

• Origin: English
• Meaning: lives near a grove of trees

70. Gulab

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: rose

71. Gunnar

• Origin: Norse
• Meaning: brave and bold

72. Gunter

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: bold in war

73. Gus:

• Origin: English
• Meaning: majestic
• Also: Angus, Augustus

74. Gustav

• Origin: Old Norse
• Meaning: uncertain; name used by Swedish kings
• Also: Gustave (French form), Gus

75. Guthrie

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: windy place

76. Guy

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: uncertain
• Also: Guyon (French form), Guido (Italian and Spanish form)

77. Gwyn

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: blessed or fair
• Also: Gwynn

78. Gwynfor

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: fair and great