# | Name | Origin | Meaning | Gender | |
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241 | Gert | German | Diminutive of Gertrude: From the Old German name, meaning strong spear. | F | |
242 | Gertie | German | Diminutive of Gertrude: From the Old German name, meaning strong spear. | F | |
243 | Gertrud | German | From the protected farm. | F | |
244 | Gertruda | German | From the protected farm. | F | |
245 | Gertrude | German | From the Old German name, meaning strong spear. Famous bearers: Hamlet's mother in the Shakespearian tragedy 'Hamlet', and the seventh century abbess St Gertrude of Nivelles, British actress Gertrude Lawrence. | F | |
246 | Gertrut | German | From the protected farm. | F | |
247 | Gerwalt | German | Mighty with a spear. | F | |
248 | Gerwalta | German | Mighty with a spear. Note: 'This Database is Copyright Muse Creations Inc. 2000'. | F | |
249 | Ghislaine | German | Pleasant oath. | F | |
250 | Gilberta | German | Hostage. | F | |
251 | Ginette | German | Variant of Genevieve: Of the race of women. White wave. Famous bearer: Saint Genevieve is the patron saint of Paris, believed to have protected Paris from Attila the Hun. | F | |
252 | Gisela | German | From the Old German word 'gisil', meaning pledge. | F | |
253 | Gisella | German | Pledge. | F | |
254 | Giselle | German | Pledge. | F | |
255 | Gisilberhta | German | Hostage. | F | |
256 | Godafrid | German | An Old German name derived from words meaning 'god' and 'peace'. | F | |
257 | Greta | German | Pearl. Abbreviation of Margaret. A diminutive of Margaret, meaning pearl. | F | |
258 | Gretchen | German | Diminutive of Margaret, meaning pearl. | F | |
259 | Gretel | German | Diminutive of Margaret, meaning pearl. Famous bearer: heroine of the German folk tale 'Hansel and Gretel'. | F | |
260 | Gricelda | German | Gray; gray-haired. Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio used the name for an exceptionally patient fictional wife - thus the expression 'patience of Griselda'. | F |