Suddenly, we're hearing the name Gatsby, as in "The Great" character by F. Scott Fitzgerald, used as a first name for girls as well as boys. The book's Jay Gatsby gussied up his name from Gatz, whose meaning is given variously as left-handed, cat, God, and person from Gat.
Etymology & Historical Origin - Gauge. Gauge is another form of Gage which are vocabulary words meaning “to ascertain by exact measurementsâ€. Both spelling variants have been used somewhat interchangeably since their first recorded existence dating back to Middle English.
The name derives from the Yorkshire dialectal term "gawk", used of a clumsy, simple person, with "Roger", used as a representative male personal name, although the original surname may have been bestowed on one "Roger" because of a particular incident that has not been recorded.
Gaultier [gaulti-er] as a boys' name is of Teutonic and Old German origin, and the name Gaultier means "army ruler". Gaultier is a version of Gauthier (Teutonic): a variant spelling of Walter.
The name Gautam (also transliterated as Gautama or Gauthama and a vrddhi patronymic of Gotama) is one of the ancient Indian names and is derived from the Sanskrit roots "gÅ(गः)" and "tama (तम)". "Tama" means "darkness" and "gÅ" means inter alia "bright light". ... The name Gautam is a masculine name.
Gaute is a Norwegian masculine given name derived from the Old Norse Gauti, which is formed by the word gautr, i.e. "man from Götaland (Gautaland) in Sweden" or, even earlier, "Goths".
Gauthier is a surname often given to lumbermen, originating from the Old French gault and Gaelic gaut, meaning "forest." 2) From the germanic elements wald meaning "to govern," and hari, meaning "armed." Surname Origin: French.
Gauti - Detailed Meaning. The name of Gauti indicates you are a patient, meticulous person who enjoys working in a detailed, systematic way such as with mathematics, science, mechanics, computers, or engineering.
Gautier. Buy JPG Image » The name Gautier is from the Languedoc region of southern France, it came from the Old French personal name, Gauldheri, which means army ruler.
The meaning of the name “Gauvain” is: “White hawk of battle”.
