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Gaja f (L.) feminine form of Gajus.
Gajus m (L.) meaning unknown; very popular Roman name. Gajus and Gaja are identified with the very idea of Man and Woman in the Roman tradition, cf. the wedding oath of brides: Ubi tu, Gajus -- ibi ego, Gaja Where you (will be) Gajus, there I (will be), Gaja.
Gay f (E.) < MF. gai merry < Goth. *gahais lively.
Gaye f (E.) form of Gay.
Gema f (Am.) < It. Gemma.
Gemma f (It.) < L. gemma bud, gem.
Gennaro m (It.) < L. Januarius. St Gennaro (d. 305? A.D.) is the patron saint of Naples.
Germaine f (E.) ME. germain having the same parents < MF. germain < L. germanus < germen, germinis sprout, bud, shoot ultimately < gignere to give birth to, to beget.
Gigi f (F., E.) pet form of Virginia, Virginie.
Gil [xil] m (Sp.) < L. Aegidius.
Giles m (E.) < F. Gilles < L. Aegidius.
Gilles [Jil] m (F.) < L. Aegidius.
Gillian f (E.) variant of Julianne.
Gina f (It., E.) short form of Regina.
Ginger f (E.) pet form of Virginia.
Ginny f (E.) pet form of Virginia.
Giulia f (It.) < L. Julia.
Giuliana f (It.) < L. Juliana.
Giuliano m (It.) < L. Julianus.
Giulietta m (It.) diminutive form of Giulia.
Giulio m (It.) < L. Julius.
Giustina f (It.) < L. Justina.
Giustiniano m (It.) < L. Justinianus.
Giustino m (It.) < L. Justinus.
Gloria f (L., Sp., It., E.) < L. gloria glory.
Glória f (Port.) < L. Gloria.
Grace f (E.) < OF. < L. gratia grace.
Gracia f (Sp.) < L. gratia grace.
Gracián m (Sp.) < L. Gratianus.
Gracie f (Am.) diminutive of Grace.
Graciela f (Am.) diminutive form of Grace.
Grant m (E.) < F. grand < L. grandis great.
Gratianus m (L.) < gratus pleasing, agreable.
Gratien [gRa'sj}] m (F.) < L. Gratianus.
Grayce f (Am.) misspelled variant of Grace.
Graziano m (It.) < L. Gratianus.
Grosvenor m (E.) < NF. gros venour great hunter; gros < Teut. groz great, venour < L. venari to hunt.
Guadalupe f (Sp.) < Extremaduran
dialect gua da lupe ford of the she-wolf;
gua is < VL. *wado (influenced by the Gmc. *wad,
cf.
E. wade and F.gué) ultimately < L. vadum ford
< vadere to go; da is a contracted article;
lupe is < L. lupa she-wolf. Guadalupe
is a name of a town in Extremadura, Western Spain, famous for its monastery,
which had its origins as a small hermitage built in the early 14th century
on the spot where a shepherd had found an image of the Virgin. This shrine
became known as Our Lady of Guadalupe and became a centre of pilgrimage.
Saint Guadalupe is the patron saint of the Americas.