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  FLORRY:
    Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Flaithrí, meaning
    "prince-king."
    Compare with feminine Florry.
                      
  FLURRY: English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word meaning
    "snow squall."
                      
  FLYNN:
    Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an
    Anglicized form of Gaelic  Ó Floinn, meaning "descendant of
    Flann,"
    hence "red, ruddy."
                      
  
FOLEY: Irish surname transferred to
    forename use, derived from an Anglicized form of Gaelic  Ó Foghladha "descendant of
    Foghlaidh," hence "pirate, plunderer." 
                      
  FONZ:
    Short form of English Alfonzo,
    meaning "noble and ready."
  FONZIE:
    Pet form of English Alfonzo,
    meaning "noble and ready."
  FORD:
    English surname transferred to forename use, from
    the Old English word ford, meaning "ford, river crossing."
  FOREST:
    Variant spelling of English Forrest, meaning "lives
    in or by an enclosed wood."
  FORREST:
    English surname
    transferred to forename use, meaning "lives in or by an enclosed
    wood."
    
  FOSTER:
    English occupational surname transferred to forename use, which could have
    derived from any of the following: 1) Middle English foster, meaning "foster-parent,"
    2) forster, meaning "forester," 3) forster, meaning "shearer," or
    4) fuyster, meaning "saddle-tree maker."
  FOWKE:
    Variant form of English Fulke,
    meaning "people, tribe."
    
  FOX:
    From an Old English byname, meaning
    "fox."
  FRANCE:
    Short form of English Francis, meaning "French."
  FRANCIS: English name derived from Latin
    Franciscus, meaning
    "French." This name is sometimes mistakenly given to girls instead
    of the identically pronounced feminine form, Frances.
  FRANK: English
    name originally derived from the name of a Germanic tribe called the Franks,
    meaning "French." It is also used as a short form of Franklin
    "freeman" and Francis "French." 
  
  FRANKIE:
    Unisex pet form of English Frances
    and Francis, both meaning "French."
  FRANKLIN:
    English surname transferred to forename use, from the Middle English word frankeleyn,
    meaning "freeman." 
    
  FRANKLYN:
    Variant spelling of English Franklin, meaning "freeman."
  FRASER:
    French surname transferred to forename use, of Norman origin,
    but the derivation has been lost due to corruption of form by association with
    the French word fraise,
    meaning "strawberry." In English and Scottish use.
  FRAZER:
    English variant spelling of French Fraser, meaning
    "strawberry."
  FRAZIER:
    Variant spelling of English Frazer, meaning
    "strawberry."
  FRED:
    Short form of English Frederick, meaning
    "peaceful ruler."
  FREDDIE:
    Unisex pet form of English Frederick and Latin Frederica,
    both meaning
    "peaceful ruler."
  FREDDY:
    Pet form of English Frederick, meaning
    "peaceful ruler."
  FREDERICK:FINGAL:
    Scottish Anglicized form of Gaelic Fionnghall, meaning
    "white valor."
  FINGALL:
    Variant spelling of English Fingal, meaning "white
    valor."FINIAN:
    Variant spelling of English Finnian, meaning
"little white one."FINLAY:
    Variant spelling of English Finley, meaning "white
    champion."FINLEY:
    Scottish Anglicized form of Gaelic Fionnlagh, meaning "white
    champion."FINBARR:
    Variant spelling of English Finbar, meaning
    "fair-headed."FINNBAR:
    Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Fionnbarr, meaning
    "fair-headed."FINNEGAN:
    Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic
     Ó Fionnagáin
    "descendant of Fionnagán," hence
    "tiny little white one."FINNIAN:
    Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic  Finnén, meaning
"little white one."FINTAN:
    Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Fiontan, meaning "white
    fire."FLANNERY:
    Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic
     Ó Flannabhra
    "descendant of Flannabhra," hence
    "red eyebrows."FLETCHER:
    English occupational surname transferred to
    forename use, from Old French flechier (from Germanic fleche
    "arrow"), meaning "maker of arrows."FLINT: English name derived from the Old
        English/Low German word, flint, meaning "stone
        splinter," originally used as a byname for
        someone "hard and tough as flint." Compare with another form
    of Flint.
  FLORENCE:
    Compare with feminine Florence.
    
 Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic  Flaithrí, meaning "prince-king."English and French form of Latin Florentius,
        meaning "blossoming." English form of French  Frédéric, meaning "peaceful ruler."
      Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Feardorcha,
        meaning "dark man."
    
  
  FREDRIC:
    Variant spelling of English Frederick, meaning
    "peaceful ruler."
    
  FREDRICK:
    Variant spelling of English Frederick, meaning
    "peaceful ruler." 
  FREDRIK: Variant spelling of English Frederick, meaning
    "peaceful ruler." Compare with another form of Fredrik.
  
  FREEMAN:
    English surname transferred to forename use, meaning "freeman."
  
  FULK:
    Modern form of Medieval English Fulke, meaning
    "people, tribe."
  FULKE:
    Medieval English form of Old Norse Folki,
    meaning "people, tribe."
  GABBY:
    Pet form of English Gabriel,
    meaning "man of God" or "warrior of God."
  GABE:
    Pet form of English Gabriel,
    meaning "man of God" or "warrior of God."
  GABLE:
    English surname transferred to forename use, possibly originally a
    habitational name derived from a place named from Old Norse gafl, meaning
    "gable," a term used to denote a "triangular-shaped
    hill."  
  GABRIEL:
    Anglicized form of Greek  Gabriēl (Hebrew
    Gabriyel), meaning "man
    of God" or "warrior of God." This is the name of one of the seven archangels
    of religious lore. In the bible, he is known as the messenger angel, he is one of the two highest-ranking
    angels, and apart from Michael
    is the only other angel given a name in the Old Testament where he is first
    mentioned in the Book of Daniel. He is the angel who announced the births of
    John the Baptist and Jesus.
    He is said to watch over Iran (Persia), and in Ezekiel's
    vision of the cherubim (the four sacred animals), the face of the eagle
    corresponds to him. In ancient astrology, he corresponds to the sign of
    Taurus and rules over the moon. 
  GADDIEL:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Gaddiyel, meaning "God is my fortune." In the bible, this is the
    name of one of the twelve scouts sent by Moses
    to explore the Promised Land. 
  
  GADIEL:
    Variant spelling of English Gaddiel, meaning "God is my fortune." 
  
  GAGE:
    English occupational surname transferred to forename use, from the Middle
    English word gage ("pledge, surety" against money lent),
    hence "moneylender."
  GAIGE:
    Variant spelling English Gage, meaning "moneylender."
  GAIL:
    Variant spelling of English Gale, meaning "calm, tranquil."
  GAIR:
    Variant spelling of English Gare, meaning "spear."
  GALAHAD:
    English Arthurian legend name of a  Knight of the Round
    Table, known as "the Knight Valiant." He was the illegitimate son of Lancelot
    and Elaine of Carbonek, renowned for
    his gallantry and purity, as well as being one of the three achievers of the
    Holy Grail. The name was invented by the author of La Queste del
    Saint Graal and was probably derived from Gilead,
    the Anglicized form of Hebrew Gilad, meaning "hard,
    stony region."
  GALE:
    English unisex name derived from the vocabulary
        word gale, meaning
    "sea storm." Compare with strictly feminine Gale.
  GALEN: English name derived from Roman
    Galenus, meaning
    "calm, seas." Compare with another form of Galen.
  
  GALILEE:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Galiyl, meaning
    "rolling, turning" or "circuit, region, ring." In
    the bible, this is the name of a circuit or ring (Galilee) of the Gentiles.
    Not used as a personal name. 
  
  GALLAGHER:
    Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic
    
    Ó Gallchobhair "descendant of Gallchobhar,"
    hence "foreign help."
  
  GAMALIEL:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Gamliyel, meaning "God is my
    reward." 
  
  GAMLIEL:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Gamliyel, meaning "God is my reward."
  
  GARE:
    Short form of English Gary, meaning "spear."
  
  GARETH:
    Welsh name, perhaps derived from Celtic Gahareet, meaning "old." In Arthurian legend,
    this is the name of a Knight
    of the Round Table, the son of Lot
    and Morgause,
    therefore Arthur's
    nephew. A very popular name in Wales. In use by the English.
  GAREY:
    Variant spelling of English Gary, meaning "spear."
  GARFIELD:
    English surname transferred to forename
    use, composed of the Old English elements gara "triangular"
    (a derivative of  gar "spear") and feld "open country,"
    hence "lives by a triangular field."
  GARLAND: English surname transferred to
    forename use, composed of the Old English elements gara "triangular"
        (a derivative of gar "spear")
    and land "estate,
    cultivated land," hence "from the triangular estate." Compare
    with another form of Garland.
  
  GARNET:
    English surname transferred to unisex forename use, meaning "garnet
    (the gem)," derived from a Middle English altered form of Old French (pome)
    grenate, "fruit full of seeds," the same source from which
    came the name of the precious stone. 
  
  GARNETT:
    Masculine variant spelling of English unisex Garnet,
    meaning "garnet (the gem)."
  
  GARRET: Variant
    spelling of English Garrett, meaning "spear ruler."
  
  GARRETT:
    Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic
     Georóid, meaning "spear ruler."
  GARRICK: English topographic surname transferred
        to forename use, from the American spelling of the French surname Garrigue,
        from Old Provençal garrique, meaning "grove of holm oaks."
    Compare with another form of Garrick.
  
  GARTH: English surname transferred to forename use, from Old Norse garðr
    ("enclosure"), denoting someone who "lives beside an enclosure." Compare
    with another form of Garth.
  
  GARVAN: Anglicized form of
    Irish Gaelic Garbhán, meaning "little
    rough one."
  
  GARY:
    English surname transferred to forename use,
    originally a short form of Germanic names containing the element gar,
    meaning "spear." 
  
  GAWAIN:
    Middle English name probably derived from Welsh Gwalchgwyn
    "white hawk" or Gwalchmei
    "May hawk." In Arthurian legend, this is the name of a  Knight of the Round Table.
    He was the eldest son of  Morgause and
     King
Lot of Orkney, cousin to Sir
    Ywain, and nephew to Arthur.
    He was brother to  Agravain,
     Gaheris, Gareth, and
    Mordred, the father of
    Florence,  Gingalain, and
    Lovell.
    He is noted for his fierce loyalty
to his king, for being a defender of the poor, and for being a ladies' man. He
    is also called Gwalltafwyn, meaning "hair like rain." 
  
  GAY: Short
    form of English names beginning with Gay-, such as Gabriel "man of God" or "warrior of
    God," and Gaylord,
        meaning "dandy." Compare
    with feminine Gay. 
  
  GAYELORD:
    Variant spelling of English Gaylord, meaning "dandy."
  GAYLON:
    Variant spelling of English Galen, meaning "calm, tranquil."
  GAYLORD:
    English surname transferred to forename use, from a respelling of the Old
    French byname Gaillard, meaning "dandy." 
  GAYNOR:
    Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Fionnbarr,
    meaning "fair-headed." Compare with feminine Gaynor.
  GEARALT:
    Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic  Gearóid, "spear ruler."
  GED:
    Pet form of English Gerard,
    meaning "spear strong."
  GEDALIA:
    Variant spelling of English Gedaliah,
    meaning "God is great."
    
  GEDALIAH:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Gedalyah, meaning
    "God is great." In the bible, this is the name of many characters,
    including the governor of Judah
    appointed by Nebuchadnezzar.
  GEFFREY:
    Contracted form of English Geoffrey, possibly meaning "God's peace." 
  GEMARIAH:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Gemaryah, meaning "God has
    accomplished." In the bible, this is the name of the son of Hilkiah
    who bore Jeremiah's letter to the
    captive Jews. 
  GEMINI:
    From Latin geminus meaning "twin." In Astrology, it is a
    zodiac sign. In Astronomy, it is the name of a constellation. In Roman
    mythology, Castor  and Pollux
    are the Gemini twins, the sons of Leda,
    brothers to Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra. In
    Greek they are called the Dioskouroi.
  GENE:
    Short form of English Eugene, meaning
    "well born."
  GEOFF:
    Short form of English Geoffrey,
    possibly meaning "God's peace."  
  GEOFFREY:
    English form of French Geoffroi, possibly meaning "God's peace." 
  GEORDIE:
    Byname for a person from the Tyneside region of England, derived from an Old
    English diminutive form of George, meaning
    "earth-worker, farmer."
  GEORGE:
    English form of French Georges, meaning
    "earth-worker, farmer."
  GEORGIE:
    Unisex pet form of English George and Georgia, meaning
    "earth-worker, farmer." 
  GERALD:
    English form of French  Gérald, meaning
    "spear ruler."
  GERARD:
    English form of French  Gérard, meaning "spear strong."
  GERRARD:
    Variant spelling of English Gerard, meaning "spear
    strong."
  GERRY:
    Unisex pet form of English Gerald and Geraldine, meaning
    "spear ruler." Also used as a pet form of other names beginning
    with Ger-, meaning "spear."
  GERSHOM:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Gereshom, meaning "exile,
    expulsion." In the bible, this is the name of several characters,
    including a son of Moses.
  GERSHON:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Gereshown,
    meaning "exile, expulsion." In the bible, this is the name of the
    first son of Levi. 
    
  GERVASE:
    Middle English form of Norman French Gervaise, meaning
    "spear servant." 
  GIB:
    Medieval pet form of English Gilbert, meaning
    "pledge-bright."
  GID:
    Short form of English Gideon,
    meaning "cutter down; hewer," i.e. "mighty warrior."
    
  GIDEON:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Gidown, meaning "cutter
    down; hewer," i.e. "mighty warrior." In the bible,
    this is the name of the warrior who defeated the Midianites.
    
  GIFARD:
    Variant spelling of English Giffard, meaning
    "chubby-cheeked."
  GIFFARD:
    From the Middle English byname giffard, meaning
    "chubby-cheeked." 
  GIL: Short form of English
        Gilbert,
    meaning "pledge-bright" and other names beginning with Gil-.
    Compare with other forms of Gil.
  
  GILBERT:
    English form of Old French Gilebert, meaning "pledge-bright." 
  
  GILEAD:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Gilad, meaning "hard,
    stony region." In the bible, this is the name
    of region east of the Jordan River. It is also the name of several
    characters, including a grandson of Manasseh.
  
  GILES:
    English form of French Gilles, meaning "shield of goatskin." This was the name of an 8th century
    saint of cripples.
  GILFORD:
    English surname transferred to forename use, derived from a variant of the surname Guilford,
    composed of Old English gylde "golden" and ford
    "ford," hence "golden river crossing."
  GILL:
    Variant spelling of English Gil, meaning "pledge-bright."
  GILLESPIE:
    Scottish Anglicized form of Gaelic Gilleasbaig, meaning "bishop's
    servant." 
  GILROY:
    Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic
     Mac Giolla Ruaidh, "son of the Ruadh,"
    hence "red."
  GLADWIN:
    English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Middle English Gladwyn, meaning "bright friend."
  GLADWYN:
    Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon  Glædwine, meaning "bright
    friend."
  GLANVILLE:
    Old English surname transferred to forename use, meaning
    "clean field; clear open country." 
  GLEN:
    Scottish name derived from the word gleann, meaning
    "valley."
  GLENDOWER:
    Anglicized form of Welsh Glyndwr, meaning "valley
    water."
  GLENN:
    Variant spelling of Scottish Glen, meaning
    "valley."
  GODDARD: Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon
    Godheard,
        meaning "god-strong." Compare with another form of Goddard.
  
  GODFREY: English form of
    Norman French Godefrey, meaning
    "God's peace."
  
  GOG:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Gowg, meaning
    "mountain." In the bible,
    this is the name of a son of Shemaiah
    and the name of the prophetic prince of the land of Magog. In British
    legend, God and Magog are the names of two giant guardians of London. Geoffrey of
    Monmouth states that Gogmagog was one giant who was slain by the
    Cornish hero Corin.
  
  GOLDA:
    Old English name meaning "gold." Compare with feminine Golda.
  
  GOLIATH:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Golyath, meaning
    "exile." In the bible, this is the name of a Philistine giant slain by
    David.
    A shard of pottery unearthed by archaeologists digging at Tell es-Safi, bears two Proto-Semitic names (alwt and wlt) which
    are etymologically similar to Hebrew Galyat/Golyat/Golyath. The shard dates to around
    950 BC, very close to the time when the bible says  Goliath lived. 
    
  
  GOMER: English surname transferred to forename
        use, from a contracted form of Anglo-Saxon  Godmær, meaning "good
        fame." Compare with another form of Gomer.
  
  GOODWIN:
    English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English Godwin,
    meaning "God's friend."
  
  GORD:
    Short form of English Gordon, meaning "spacious
    fort."
  GORDEN:
    Variant spelling of English Gordon, meaning "spacious
    fort."
  GORDON: Scottish surname
    transferred to forename use, from the name of a place in Berwickshire
    composed of the Welsh elements gor "spacious" and din
    "fort," hence "spacious fort." 
  GRADY:
    Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an
    Anglicized form of Gaelic  Ó Gráda "descendant of Gráda,"
    hence "noble."
  GRAHAM:
    Scottish name derived from the surname Grantham, from
    a place name composed of the Old English
    elements grand "gravel" and ham "home,"
    hence "gravel home."
  GRANVILLE:
    English surname transferred to forename use, from a Norman baronial name composed of the elements grand
    "large" and ville "settlement," hence "large
    settlement."
  GRAY:
    English surname transferred to forename use, from a byname for someone
    having gray hair or a beard, from Old English  græg, meaning "grey."
  GREER:
    Scottish surname transferred to unisex forename use, derived from a contracted form
    of Gregor, meaning
    "watchful; vigilant." 
  GREG:
    Short form of English Gregory, and
    Scottish Gregor, both meaning
    "watchful; vigilant."
  GREGG:
    Short form of English Gregory, and
    Scottish Gregor, meaning
    "watchful; vigilant."
  GREGORY:
    English form of French Provençal  Grégory, meaning
    "watchful; vigilant."
  GRENVILLE:
    Variant spelling of English Granville, meaning "large
    settlement."
  GREY:
    Variant spelling of English Gray, meaning "grey."
    
  GRIER:
    Masculine variant spelling of English unisex Greer, meaning "watchful;
    vigilant." 
  GRIFFIN: Compare
    with another form of Griffin.
 Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic 
        Gríobhtha, meaning "griffin."
      English name derived from Middle
        English griffin, meaning "griffin."
    
  
  GRIFFITH: Anglicized
    form of Welsh Gruffudd, meaning "(?)
    chief/lord." 
  GROVER:
    English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English graf "grove,"
    hence "lives in a grove."
  GUS: English
    short form of Latin Augustus,
    meaning "venerable."
  
  GUY:
    Variant form of Norman French Gy, a derivative of Latin Wido,
    meaning "wide." This name was popular until 1605 when Guy Fawkes
    tried to blow up Parliament after which it acquired the negative connotation
    "grotesque man." In Arthurian legend, this is the name of a son of
    Bevis of Hamptoun. In use by the
    English.
  GYLES:
    Variant spelling of English Giles, meaning "shield
    of goatskin."
  
HABAKKUK: Anglicized form of
Hebrew Chabaqquwq, meaning
"embrace." In the bible, this is the name of a prophet. 
  
  HADAD: Compare
    with other forms of Hadad.
 Anglicized form of Hebrew Adad,
        meaning "I shall move softly: I shall love." In the bible,
        this is the name of an Edomite enemy God raised up to punish Solomon
        for his sins.
      
      Anglicized form of Hebrew Chadad,
        meaning "mighty" or "sharpness." In the bible, this
        is the name of one of the twelve sons of Ishmael.
      
    
  
  HADLEY:
    English surname transferred to unisex forename
    use, composed of the Old English elements hæð "heathland, heather, wasteland"
    and leah  "clearing, field, meadow"
    hence "heather meadow."
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