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Surnames, their origin and their meaning

Many surnames are associated with the place/locality of where the family lived and in those cases the location is noted as the meaning.
Many surnames are associated with the occupation of the person given the name.

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Surname		Origin	Meaning
Gadsby		Danish	From gade, a street, and by, a town
Gainnes		Gaelic	Gainne, a dart, an arrow, a shaft
Gairden		Gaelic	An inclosed or fortified place
Galbraith		Gaelic	Gall and Bhreatan
Gale			A Gael or Scot; a stranger
Galgachus		Gaelic	Gald the fighter of battles, Colgach, Gaelic, fierce, furious, and ach, battle, skirmish
Gall		Gaelic	A native of the Lowlands of Scotland
Gallagher		Gaelic	From Gallach, valiant, brave, and er put for fear, a man
Galligan		Gaelic	From Gealagan, white
Gallup		German	Gottlieb
Galt			A bush of hair
Ganesvoort		Dutch	From Gans, a goose, and voort, advanced, forward
Gano		Locality	Welsh, genau, an opening of a lake, river, dale or valley
Garcia		Spanish-Portuguese	son of Garcia Gerald
Gardener			the occupation
Gardiner			Gairden
Gardner			the occupation
Garenneir		French	A warrener, a keeper of a warren
Garfield			Saxon, Garwian, to prepare
Garnet		Locality	Garnedd, Welsh, a tumulus; an ancient place of Druid worship
Garnier		French	Garnir, to summons, warn, call out, furnish, supply
Garo			British, signifies fierce, keen, sharp, rough, a rough place
Garow			British, signifies fierce, keen, sharp, rough, a rough place
Garrah		Cornish-British	The top of the hill
Garret			Gerard
Garrison		Locality	A place where troops are stationed
Garrow			British, signifies fierce, keen, sharp, rough, a rough place
Garry		Locality	A town in Scotland
Garth		Welsh	A hill or promontory
Garza		Spanish	heron
Gaskell		Gaelic	Gaisgeil, valorous
Gaston		Locality	Gastein, a town in Bavaria
Gates		Locality	Gate, in Scotland, means a road or way
Gaudet		French	Waldo
Gavet		Locality	A town in Savoy or Dauphiny, an old province of France
Gayer			A gray-hound
Gaylor			Geller, loud-voiced
Gear			one who took charge of and superintended the gear
Gebauer		German	peasant or tiller of the field
Geddes		Locality	Gaeta, a town of Italy
Geer			one who took charge of and superintended the gear
Geoffrey		Belgic	From gau, joyful, and fred, peace
George		Greek	farmer
Gerard		Teutonic	From Gar, all, and ard, nature
Gerber		German	tanner
Germain		German	native of Germany
Gerry			Gerard
Gervas		German	Steadfast, honorable
Getman		German	from kette, a chain, and mann
Getty		Locality	Gaeta, a town of Italy
Gibbon		Welsh	Guiban, a fly
Gibbs			Gilbert
Gibson		Scottish	son of Gib or Gilbert
Giddings			son of Gid or Gideon
Giffard		Saxon	Liberal disposition; the giver
Gifford		Saxon	Liberal disposition; the giver
Gihon		Locality	Gien or Gihen, a town of France, in the province of Orleans
Gilbert		German	Bright pledge
Gilchrist		Gaelic	From gille, a servant, and Chriosed, Christ
Gilkinson			son of Gilkin
Gill		Locality	A valley or woody glen
Gillan		Locality	A town in Scotland
Gillespie		Gaelic	Archibald
Gillet			Guillot, the French diminutive for William
Gillett			Guillot, the French diminutive for William
Gillies		Gaelic	Gill-Iosa, the servant of Jesus
Gillman			Gaulman, a Gael, or Brookman, from gill, a brook
Gillpatrick		Gaelic	From gille, a servant, and Patrick
Gilly		Cornish-British	The wood or grove of hazel
Gilmour		Gaelic	Gillemore the henchman or follower of the chief
Gilroy			Gile-roimh, a running footman attendant on a Highland chieftain
Gilson			The son of Gil or Gilbert
Girard		French	Gerard
Girdwood		Locality	The green wood
Girvan		Locality	the river and town of Girvan in Ayrshire, Scotland
Givens		Welsh	A smith
Glanville		Locality	A house or castle on the shore of a river or the sea
Glasgow		Gaelic	the city of Glasgow, Scotland
Glass		Gaelic	Gray, pale, wan
Glentworth		Locality	Glyn, a valley, and worth, a habitation, dwelling, or farm
Gliston		Locality	the shining hill, the mineral or mica hill
Gloucester		Locality	the city of Gloucester, England
Glouchester		Locality	the city of Gloucester, England
Glyn		British	The woody vale
Goadby		Locality	the Danish word Gode, that is, good, fair, rich, fine, and by, the Danish for a town
Godard		German	God-like disposition
Godeno		French	A Jack in the box
Godenot		French	A Jack in the box
Godfrey		German	God and frid or frede, peace, or from Gau
Godolphin		Cornish-British	Godol, a little valley, and phin or phince, springs
Godwin			God or good, Saxon, and win, conqueror,
Goff		Welsh	Gof, a smith
Golburn		Cornish-British	The holy well
Goldsmith			A name of trade
Gollah		Cornish-British	The bottom, or low place
Golly		Cornish-British	The bottom, or low place
Gomez		Spanish	personal name guma
Gonzales		Spanish	son of Gonzalo
Gonzalez		Spanish	son of Gonzalo
Goodall			Good hall, a fine hall
Goodenough		French	A Jack in the box
Goodhue			good and Hugh
Goodrich		Saxon	God or good, and ric, rich
Goodsir			Goodsir
Goodsire			Goodsire
Goodyear			Goodyear
Gookin		Gaelic	Gugan, a bud, flower, a daisy
Goon		British	Gun, a plain, a down or common
Gordon		Scottish	Gurtduine, Gaelic, a fierce man
Goring		Locality	A battle field
Gorman			A native of Germany
Gorten		Gaelic	Gairtean, a garden, a small piece of arable land enclosed
Gospatrick			Patrick, a title given to the Earl of March, of Scotland
Goss		Saxon	A goose
Goudy		Locality	Gouda, a town in the Netherlands, in South Holland
Goupil		French	An obsolete French word for fox
Gow		Gaelic	A smith
Gowan		Gaelic	A smith
Gower		Welsh	Gwyr, a place in Glamorganshire
Grace			Le Gros the fat or large
Graeme		Gaelic	gruaim, surly, sullen, dark, having a fierce and stern look, courageous
Graham		Gaelic	gruaim, surly, sullen, dark, having a fierce and stern look, courageous
Granger		Saxon	One who superintended a large farm or Grange
Grant			Gritty or Gravelly
Granville		French	A town in France on the English channel
Grasse		Locality	a town in Piedmont, France
Gray		Scottish	A town in Burgundy, France
Greely		Locality	Greilly, in France
Green		Locality	The green hill
Greenough		Locality	The green hill
Greer			Gregor
Gregor		Gaelic	Greigh a herd and fear a man
Gregory		Greek	watchful
Greig		Greek	Cryg, hoarse
Grew		Welsh-British	A crane
Grey			Gray
Grier			Greigh a herd and fear a man
Grierson			son of Greer or Gregor
Griffin			Griffwn, in Welsh, is applied to a man having a crooked nose, like a hawk's bill
Griffith		Cornish-British	Cryf, Welsh, strong, and ffyd, faith
Grimes		Gaelic	gruaim, surly, sullen, dark, having a fierce and stern look, courageous
Grimsb		Locality	A borough in Lincolnshire, England
Grinell		French	Grenelle, a town in France
Grissell			Grisyl, in the Cornish British, signifies sharp, keen
Groat		Dutch	town in Holland
Groesbeck		Dutch	Groesbeck in Holland
Groot		Dutch	town in Holland
Groscup		German	gross, big, and kopf, head
Gross		German	large
Grossman		German	large
Grosvenor		French	A great hunter or the grand huntsman, from Gros veneur
Grover			Groover, graver, one who carves or engraves
Gualt		Welsh	A bush of hair
Guelph			A wolf or welf
Guey		Welsh	Gwiw, good, excellent
Guiar		Spanish	A guide
Guinee		Welsh	Gwyn, white
Guiot			son of Guy
Guiscard		Normandy	A wily or crafty man, a shifter
Gunn		British	a plain, a down or common
Gunning			son of Gunn
Gunsalus		Spanish	son of Goncale
Gunter			native of Gaunt or Ghent
Gurdin		Welsh	gwrdd, strong, and dyn, a man
Gurney		Locality	the town of Gournay, in Normandy
Gurr		Welsh	man or husband.
Guthrie			Guthrie, a town in Scotland
Gutierrez		Spanish	son of Gutierre
Guy			term given in Gaul to the mistletoe, or cure-all
Guzman		Spanish	probably from a Germanic personal name
Gwynne		Welsh	Gwyn, white

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