African Names that Start With G
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- Garian
Origin:
African place-nameDescription:
This town in northern Libya could find a spot on the name map.
- Gahiji
Origin:
AfricanMeaning:
"the hunter"Description:
A name that originated in Rwanda, rhythmically evocative.
- Genet
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"broom (shrub); or descended from John or Eugene"Description:
A relatively common French surname associated with sometimes scandalous French novelist/dramatist Jean Genet. The name may derive from genêt, the French name for the broom shrub. Alternatively, it can derive from the French forms of Eugene, John or Janet as an ancestral surname.