Surnames Starting with G

Descendant of Gleannáin (valley dweller)

Lucky man

Sweet maker

Derived from glina (clay)

From Gliny (clay place)

Clay or loam

Glorious one

Glorious one

Valley of the gleaming stream

Maker or seller of gloves

One with a big head

Wet/moist (glyb)

Derived from glukhoy (deaf)

Sweet one

Valley of water

Descendant of Gloinn (pure)

From the vale of Neath

The heard one

Derived from gmur (sinking into ground)

King of wisdom (Christian Tamil)

Crest jewel of knowledge

From Gnesin or hidden

Derived from gniew (anger)

Lord of knowledge devotee

High/Lofty

High/Lofty

Milkman or cowherd community

One from Goalpara area of Western Assam

Devotee of Lord Gobind

Cow herder

Cattle herder or protector of cows

Cluster dweller

A Jat clan from western Rajasthan

From the Godavari river region

Sweet speaking, from 'god' and 'bolne'

God is good

God-hard or divinely brave

Cow keeper, from 'godhan' meaning cattle wealth

Cattle wealth owner

From Godhra

Little Goth (Portuguese origin)

Treasure of God, founders of Godrej Group

Sweet, from 'god' meaning sweet

Derived from Tatar origin (noble)

From the Goel gotra of Agarwals

A Marwari business family in Assam

From a cow pasture area (from go-ghat)

Descendant of Gogáin (young Smith)