Surnames Starting with G: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins

Vigorous, lively

Gallant, courteous

Descendant of Gallchobhar ("foreign help")

Galician

Rooster

Rooster

From Galloway

Descendant of Gealbhán ("bright white")

Old

Debated; often linked to Basque "young"

Gardener

Granary keeper, or from the personal name Warner

Guarding army

Carnation

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

Handsome, elegant

Descendant of Gairbhith ("rough peace")

Dweller by the gates

Cats; catlike

Cat

Ruler of the army

Ruler of the army

Irish Ó Gáibhín; Scots, from Gawain

Cheerful

Fiddle player

Noble, courteous

Noble birth, courtesy

From Greek Geōrgios, "farmer"

Son of Oireachtach (assembly member)

Brave with the spear

Son of Gib (Gilbert)

Son of Gib (Gilbert)

From Giles (Aegidius)

From the Norman name Gilbert ("bright pledge")

From Aegidius (young goat)

Dweller by a ravine, or from Gilbert

Son of the bishop's servant

Son of the devotee of Mary

Son of Gimeno

Jordan (from the river)

Son of Giorgio (George)

Brave with the spear

Spear ruler

Of Giuliano (Julian)

Just, fair

Glassmaker, or grey-green

Descendant of Glasán ("green, grey")

Valley

Glove maker

Red, or smith

Gold mountain

Golden-haired

Gold stone

Son of Gome (man)

Son of Gonzalo

Good, kind

Good man, or head of a household

Good friend

From Gordon ("spacious fort")

Son of Gormán ("little blue one")

Of the hill / mountain

From Götz, a pet form of Gottfried

Golden, or goldsmith

Big-headed; from Głowaczów

From Grabów, place of hornbeams

Count; reeve

From Grantham, "gravelly homestead"

Tall, great

Of the plump one

Stout, fat

Steward, or dweller by a grove

Grey-haired

Greek

Dweller by the village green

From Greek Grēgorios, "watchful"

From Gruffudd; descendant of Gríofa

From the personal name Gruffudd

Son of Grimaldo

Son of Grim (masked one)

Grim, fierce

Big, tall

Dweller in a hollow

Guard, protector

War; a fierce or quarrelsome man

Warrior, soldier

Son of Guido

Will and helmet (William)

Little William

Battle army

From Guthrie in Angus

Son of Gutierre