Surnames Starting with G: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 1 of 4)

A fork-making trade, a landscape fork, or another name route

A fork maker or a forked landscape

God's strength

From the personal name Gabriele (Gabriel)

Diminutive nickname

From Gaeta

A personal name originally referring to Gaeta

Calf

Assayer of measures

From Gagliano

Sturdy / gallant

Guard dog

A Portuguese locality or an Italian personal name

Vigorous, lively

Crafty, ingenious

Place name

Bagpiper

"grove"

Gallant, courteous

From Galasso (Galahad)

Little branch

From Galbiate

Foreign Briton

Merry

A jail keeper or turnkey

Someone who came from Wales, a Welshman

Gallant

A personal-name formation or Italian place connection

From Galicia

From the first name Galindo

Someone associated with Galicia

An outsider; other origins

Descendant of Gallchobhar ("foreign help")

"brave, elegant"

Someone who came from Galloway (white hill-face)

The stranger or foreigner

Galician

Someone who came from Gallery (stranger Gael), in Angus

Rooster

Rooster

From Galloway

From Galluccio, a pet form of Gallo

Gawain

From the name Galvão

"son of Galbo"

Descendant of Gealbhán ("bright white")

Leg

Little leg

Old

From Gamboa

Son of Gamo

Fair

Glove / from Ghent

The Portuguese name for Ghent

High place

A regional wind expression or a related nickname formation

"son of García"

Debated; often linked to Basque "young"

"gardener"

Gardener

A proud disposition, with other independent origins

From Garibai

Maker of garlands

Granary keeper, or from the personal name Warner

A descendant of Guarin, or a nickname from the pomegranate colour

Guarding army

Carnation

A spear warrior

Spear-hard or spear-rule (from Gerard or Gerald)

Kermes oak

Handsome, elegant

The son of Aireachtach (member of a court or assembly)

A spear warrior

"dweller by the spear-shaped hillside"

A dweller in an enclosed yard or on a farm

Gardener

A grandson of little Garbh (rough)

Descendant of Gairbhith ("rough peace")

Rough

Heron

From Gascony

"gander"

Someone who came from Gaisgill (wild-goose valley)

Treasurer

Son of Gaspare

Someone who lived on an alley

Someone who lived on an alley

Dweller on a lane

From Gascony

Dweller by the gates

A dweller by a wood frequented by goats

Cats; catlike

Cat

Cat-like