Names Ending in G for Boys

  1. Greg
    • Wong
      • Origin:

        Chinese surname
      • Meaning:

        "jade; yellow; king; vast; flood"
      • Description:

        Wong is a common romanization of the pinyin Chinese family names Huang and Wang, as well as rarer surnames such as Heng and Hong.
    • Reading
      • Origin:

        English
      • Meaning:

        "son of the red-haired"
      • Description:

        Inventive way to honor a redheaded ancestor, though most people would mispronounce it reeding, making it sound to some kids like a school assignment: Redding is a preferable spelling.
    • Selig
      • Origin:

        German
      • Meaning:

        "blessed, happy in life"
      • Description:

        Selig comes from the Yiddish vocabulary word meaning 'happy, fortunate, blessed.' Most of us are more familiar with its Woody Allen variation, Zelig.
    • Serg
      • Ewing
        • Origin:

          English from Greek
        • Meaning:

          "noble, well-born"
        • Description:

          A surname very rarely heard as a first, associated with Hall of Fame basketball star Patrick Ewing and, in the 1980s, the oil-rich Ewing family on the nighttime soap, "Dallas"
      • Benning
        • Origin:

          German
        • Meaning:

          "son of Bernhard"
        • Description:

          Conjures up the military image of Fort Benning in Georgia — or the surname of actress Annette.
      • Georg
        • Harding
          • Origin:

            English
          • Meaning:

            "son of the courageous one"
          • Description:

            For fans of Warren G. All two of them.
        • Berg
          • Origin:

            German
          • Meaning:

            "mountain, hill"
          • Description:

            Earthbound surname that few would make as first choice.
        • Fleming
          • Origin:

            English
          • Meaning:

            "man from Flanders"
          • Description:

            If it's not too phlegmatic for you, this surname and name of a Scottish clan could honor a number of people, especially Alexander Fleming, the father of antibiotics, and Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond.
        • Lansing
          • Origin:

            Dutch and English surname
          • Meaning:

            "son of Lans; family of Wlanc"
          • Description:

            Lansing is perhaps best known as the state capital of Michigan, which was named after the town of Lansing, New York. The original Lansing was named in honor of John Lansing Jr., a Chancellor of New York and mayor of Albany. He was of Dutch parentage.
        • Pádraig
          • Origin:

            Gaelic variation of Patrick
          • Description:

            Once considered too sacred to give to children in Ireland, it is now among the most common names there, along with variants including Pauric and Padraic. Basketball great Patrick Ewing used it for his son.
        • Rig
          • Ing
            • Origin:

              Germanic mythology
            • Meaning:

              "ancestor"
            • Description:

              Ing is an Ancient Norse fertility god whose name derives from Ingwaz, most likely meaning "ancestor." Ing himself was considered to be the ancestor of the Ingvaeone tribe. Ing is said to be the original name of the Norse god Freyr.
          • Eanraig
            • Spalding
              • Origin:

                English and Scottish
              • Meaning:

                "divided field"
              • Description:

                Has diverse links to a Groucho Marx character, a bouncing ball, and late performance artist Spalding Gray.
            • Willing
              • Origin:

                English and German surname
              • Meaning:

                "son of Willa; son of Wille"
              • Description:

                Likely to be construed as a virtue name (a nice one, at that!), even though Willing is a traditional surname with both English and German roots. As an English name, Willing is a patronymic form of Willa. In German, it's a patronym from Wille, a variation of Ville, which is related to William.
            • Wing
              • Origin:

                Chinese surname, meaning unknown
              • Description:

                A common Chinese surname that made the Top 1000 in 1881.
            • Grayling