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751. FRANKIE: English unisex pet form of feminine Frances and masculine Francis, both meaning "free."
752. FRANKLIN: "Freeman." Tribe name turned surname turned forename. From the name of a Germanic tribe (the Franks) in Western Europe who's name meant "free." It was this tribe name which gave rise to the Middle English word frankeleyn which was derived from Norman French frank which means both "free" and "Frankish." 
753. FRANKLYN: English variant of Franklin, meaning "freeman."
754. FRASER: Scottish surname, of Norman origin, transferred to forename use. It has been altered from its original form by association with French fraise "strawberry," therefore its true derivation is uncertain.
755. FRAZER: English variant of Scottish Fraser, meaning "strawberry."
756. FRAZIER: English variant of Scottish Fraser, meaning "strawberry."
757. FRED: Nickname for English Frederick, meaning "peaceful ruler."
758. FREDDIE: Unisex pet form of English Frederick and Frederica, both meaning "peaceful ruler."
759. FREDDY: Pet form of English Frederick, meaning "peaceful ruler."
760. FREDERICK: "Peaceful ruler." English name of Germanic origin, composed of the elements frid "peace" and rīc "power, ruler."
761. FREDRICK: Variant of English Frederick, meaning "peaceful ruler."
762. FREEMAN: English surname transferred to forename use, meaning "freeman."
763. FRITZ: Pet form of German Friedrich, meaning "peaceful ruler."
764. FRODO: Tolkien character name derived from the Germanic element frod, meaning "wise."
765. FULK: English form of Old Norse Folki, meaning "tribe."
766. FULKE: Medieval form of English Fulk, meaning "tribe."
767. GABBY: Pet form of English Gabriel, meaning "strong man of God."
768. GABE: Nickname for English Gabriel, meaning "strong man of God."
769. GABLE: Nickname for English Gabriel, meaning "strong man of God."
770. GABRIEL: Biblical name of one of the seven archangels, meaning "strong man of God."
771. GAGE: English and French occupational surname for a "moneylender," transferred to English forename use, from the Old French word gage, meaning "pledge, surety (against money lent)."
772. GAIGE: English variant of Gage, meaning "moneylender" or "pledge, surety."
773. GAIL: Variant of English Gale, meaning "calm, tranquil."
774. GAIR: Variant of English Gare, meaning "spear." 
775. GALE: Nickname for English Galen, meaning "calm, tranquil." In some cases, it may have been derived from the vocabulary word, gale, meaning "sea storm."
776. GALEN: English name derived from Roman Galenus, meaning "calm, tranquil."
777. GALL: English form of Roman Gallus, meaning "rooster."
778. GALLAGER: Variant of Irish Gallagher, meaning "foreign help."
779. GALLAGHER: Irish surname transferred to forename use, itself an abbreviated form of Gaelic Ó Gallchobhair "descendant of Gallchobhar."
780. GARE: Nickname for English Gary, meaning "spear."
781. GAREY: Variant of English Gary, meaning "spear."
782. GARFIELD: "Lives in a triangular field." English surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements gar "triangular piece of land" and feld "open country." 
783. GARLAND: "From the triangular estate." English surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements gara "triangular piece of land" and land "estate, cultivated land."
784. GARNET: English surname transferred to forename use, itself from Old French Guarinot, meaning "protection, shelter."
785. GARTH: English surname transferred to forename use, itself from an Old Norse word garðr, denoting someone who "lives beside an enclosure." It is sometimes mistaken for an abbreviated form of Gareth.
786. GARVAN: English form of Irish Garbhan, meaning "little rough one."
787. GARY: "Spear." English surname transferred to forename use, itself originally a Germanic nickname for longer names containing the element gar "spear." It is sometimes used as a pet form of Welsh Gareth, meaning "old" and English Garfield "lives in a triangular field."
788. GAY: Nickname for English Gaylord, meaning "dandy."
789. GAYELORD: Variant of English Gaylord, meaning "dandy."
790. GAYLON: Variant of English Galen, meaning "calm, tranquil."
791. GAYLORD: English surname transferred to forename use, itself a respelling of Old French nickname Gaillard, meaning "dandy." 
792. GED: Pet form of English/Irish Gerard, meaning "spear brave."
793. GEFFREY: Variant of English Geoffrey, probably meaning "God's peace." 
794. GEMINI: This is one busy name. It was already a zodiac sign, a constellation name, and a myth name for Castor and Pollux, the twin sons of Leda. Now it must also be a people name. From Latin geminus, meaning "twin."
795. GENE: Nickname for Eugene, meaning "well born."
796. GEOFF: Nickname for English Geoffrey, probably meaning "God's peace." 
797. GEOFFREY: Probably a variant of English Godfrey, meaning "God's peace." 
798. GEORDIE: Pet form of English George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
799. GEORGE: English form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
800. GEORGIE: Unisex pet form of English George and Georgia, meaning "earth-worker, farmer." 
801. GERALD: English form of German Gairovald, meaning "spear ruler."
802. GERARD: "Spear brave." English and Irish name of Germanic origin, composed of the elements gar/ger "spear" and hard "brave, hardy, strong."
803. GERRARD: Variant of English Gerard, meaning "spear brave."
804. GERRY: Unisex pet form of English Gerald and Geraldine, meaning "spear ruler."
805. GERVASE: English form of Norman French Gervaise, meaning "spear servant."
806. GIB: Medieval nickname for English Gilbert, meaning "pledge-bright."
807. GID: Pet form of English Gideon, meaning "hewer; one who cuts trees."
808. GIDEON: Hebrew biblical name of one of the judges of Israel, meaning "hewer; one who cuts trees."
809. GIDI: Pet form of English Gideon, meaning "hewer; one who cuts trees."
810. GIFFARD: English form of Old German Gevehard, meaning "hardy-given."
811. GIL: English nickname for names beginning with Gil-.
812. GILBERT: Modern English and French form of German Gisilbert, meaning "pledge-bright." 
813. GILES: English altered form of Latin Aegidius, meaning "kid, young goat." This was the name of an 8th century saint of cripples.
814. GILL: Nickname for English Gilbert, meaning "pledge-bright."
815. GISBERT: Variant of English Gilbert, meaning "pledge-bright."
816. GLADWIN: English surname transferred to forename use, itself from the medieval forename Gladwyn, meaning "bright friend."
817. GLANVILLE: Old English surname transferred to forename use, meaning "clean field; clear open country."
818. GLEN: English/Scottish name derived from the Gaelic element gleann, meaning "valley."
819. GLENDOWER: English form of Welsh Glyndwr, meaning "valley water."
820. GLENN: Variant of English/Scottish Glen, meaning "valley."
821. GODFREY: English form of Anglo-Saxon Godfrith, meaning "God's peace."
822. GODWIN: "God's friend." Old English name composed of the elements god "God" and wine "friend."
823. GOMER: Hebrew biblical unisex name of the son of Japhet and the wife of the Prophet Hosea, meaning "to finish/complete."
824. GOODWIN: English surname transferred to forename use, itself from the forename Godwin, meaning "God's friend."
825. GORD: English nickname for Gordon, meaning "great hill" or "fort."
826. GORDEN: English variant of Gordon, meaning "great hill" or "fort."
827. GORDON: Scottish surname transferred to forename use, meaning "great hill" or "fort." 
828. GRADY: "Noble." Irish surname transferred to forename use, itself from Gaelic Ó Gráda "descendant of Gráda."
829. GRAEME: Variant of English/Scottish Graham, meaning "gravel home."
830. GRAHAM: "Gravel home." English and Scottish name derived from the surname Grantham, itself from a place name composed of the Old English elements grand "gravel" and ham "home."
831. GRAHAME: Variant of English/Scottish Graham, meaning "gravel home."
832. GRANT: Scottish surname transferred to forename use, itself from the name of a famous Scottish clan which got its name from the Norman nickname grand, meaning "great, large." 
833. GRANVILLE: "Large settlement." English surname transferred to forename use, itself from a Norman baronial name composed of the elements grand "large" and ville "settlement." 
834. GRAY: Variant of English Grey, meaning "grey."
835. GREER: Scottish surname transferred to unisex forename use, itself from an abbreviated form of Gregor, meaning "watchful; vigilant." 
836. GREG: Nickname for English Gregory, and Scottish Gregor, meaning "watchful; vigilant."
837. GREGG: Nickname for English Gregory, and Scottish Gregor, meaning "watchful; vigilant."
838. GREGORY: English form of Greek Gregorios, meaning "watchful; vigilant."
839. GRENVILLE: Variant of English Granville, meaning "large settlement."
840. GREY: "Grey." English surname transferred to forename use, itself from a nickname for someone with grey hair or beard, from Old English græg "grey."
841. GRIER: Masculine variant of unisex Greer, meaning "watchful; vigilant."
842. GRIFFIN: Welsh name derived from Latin Griffinus, meaning "(?) chief/lord." 
843. GRIFFITH: English form of Welsh Gruffydd, meaning "(?) chief/lord." 
844. GROVER: "Lives in a grove." English surname transferred to forename use, itself from Old English graf "grove."
845. GUADALUPE: English unisex name derived from a Spanish place name, itself from Arabic wādī al-lubb, meaning "river of the wolf."
846. GUNTHER: Variant of Germanic Günther, meaning "war-army."
847. GUS: English nickname for longer names containing the element gus, such as Augustus and Angus. 
848. GUY: French name of Norman origin, derived from the Germanic element witu, meaning "wood." 
849. GYLES: Variant of English Giles, meaning "kid, young goat."
850. GYSBERT: Variant of English Gilbert, meaning "pledge-bright."
851. HADLEY: "Heather field." English surname transferred to unisex forename use, composed of the Old English elements hæð "heath" and leah "field."
852. HADWIN: "War-friend." English surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements hadu "strife, war" and win(e) "friend." 
853. HAL: Pet form of English Henry, meaning "home-ruler."
854. HALE: "Lives in a nook/recess." English surname transferred to forename use, from Old English halh "nook." 
855. HALL: 
     1. "Lives at the hall." English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English heall "hall." 
     2. Middle English name meaning "to cover, conceal."
856. HAMILTON: "Flat-topped hill." English and Scottish surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements hamel "blunt, crooked, flat-topped" and dun "hill." 
857. HAMISH: English spelling of Scottish Sheumais, meaning "supplanter."
858. HAMLET: English form of Old French Hamelet, meaning "little little village." 
859. HAMMOND: English form of Norman French Hamon, meaning "home." This name became a surname, then transferred to forename use again.
860. HANK: Pet form of English Henry, meaning "home-ruler."
861. HANLEY: "Champion." Irish surname transferred to forename use, itself an abbreviated form of O'Hanley, the English form of Gaelic Ó hÁinle, meaning "descendant of Áinle."
862. HAPPY: "Happy." Rare but existing English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word. Compare with Gay and Merry.
863. HARCOURT: "From the falconer's/hawker's hut." English surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements heafocere "falconer, hawker" and cot "hut."
864. HARDING: English surname transferred to forename use, itself a form of the Old English surname Hearding which was derived from the word heard, meaning "brave, hardy, strong."
865. HARDY: Pet name for longer English names containing the elements Hard- or Hart-, meaning "brave, hardy, strong." 
866. HARLAN: "Hare's land." English surname transferred to forename use, itself from the name of various places most of which were named with the Old English elements hara "hare" and land "land." 
867. HARLAND: 
     1. "Trouble-maker." English name derived from the Norman French nickname for someone given to stirring up trouble, itself from the word hareler, meaning "to create a disturbance."
     2. Variant of English Harlan, meaning "hare's land." 
868. HARLEY: Means either "hare wood" or "rocky clearing." English surname transferred to unisex forename use, composed of the Old English elements hara "hare" (or hær "rock") and leah "clearing; wood." 
869. HARLIN: Surname transferred to forename use, itself from the old Norman forename Herluin, meaning "noble/warrior friend."
870. HARMON: English variant of German Harman, meaning "bold/hardy man."
871. HAROLD: English name derived from Anglo-Saxon Hereweald, meaning "army ruler."
872. HARPER: English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, meaning "harp player."
873. HARRIS: From the English surname Harrison, meaning "son of Harry." 
874. HARRISON: English surname transferred to forename use, meaning "son of Harry."
875. HARRY: Medieval English form of Henri, meaning "home-ruler."
876. HARTLEY: "Deer wood." English surname transferred to unisex forename use, composed of the Old English elements heorot "hart, male deer" and leah "clearing, wood."
877. HARVE: Nickname for English Harvey, meaning "battle worthy."
878. HARVEY: English surname transferred to forename use, itself from Old French Hervé, from Breton Haerveu, meaning "battle worthy."
879. HARVIE: Variant of English Harvey, meaning "battle worthy."
880. HAVEN: English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word, itself from Old English hæfen, meaning "haven, refuge."
881. HAVELOCK: English surname transferred to forename use, meaning, "sea war."
882. HAWARD: Old spelling of English Howard, meaning "high guard."
883. HAYDEN: "Hay valley." English unisex name composed of the Old English elements heg "hay" and denu "valley."
884. HAYWOOD: "Enclosed wood." English surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements (ge)haeg "enclosure" and wudu "wood."
885. HEADLEY: Variant of English Hedley, meaning "heather field."
886. HEATH: English surname transferred to forename use, meaning "heath."
887. HEATHCLIFF: Middle English name meaning "a heath near a cliff."
888. HECK: English nickname for Latin Hector, meaning "defend; hold fast."
889. HECTOR: Latin form of Greek Hektor, meaning "defend; hold fast."
890. HEDLEY: "Heather field." English surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements hæð "heather" and leah "clearing, field."
891. HENDERSON: Scottish surname transferred to forename use, meaning "son of Hendry."
892. HENDRICK: English form of Hendrik, meaning "home-ruler."
893. HENRIE: Variant of English Henry, meaning "home-ruler."
894. HENRY: English name which ultimately derives from Old Middle High German Haimirich, meaning "home-ruler."
895. HENRYE: Variant of English Henry, meaning "home-ruler."
896. HERB: English nickname for Herbert, meaning "bright army." 
897. HERBERT: "Bright army." Popular continental name of Germanic origin introduced to the English by the Normans, composed of the elements hari/heri "army" and berht "bright, famous."
898. HERBIE: English pet form of Herbert, meaning "bright army."
899. HERMAN: "Army man." English and Dutch form of German Hermann, meaning "army man." 
900. HERVEY: Variant of English Harvey, meaning "battle worthy."

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