| Surname | Variant 1 | Variant 2 | Variant 3 | Linguistic Origin | Meaning | |||||||
| 351 | Fresco | Spanish | Fresh | |||||||||
| 352 | Gabai | Gabe | Gubai | Hebrew | Tax collector, see also Alfandari; Surname found in Barcelona, Spain in 1373 (Ref.: Sefarad, 1967, 27,2: 290-301) | |||||||
| 353 | Gabe | See: Gabai | ||||||||||
| 354 | Gabriel | Hebrew (Bible: Daniel 8:16) | God will prevail; Name of one of the four archangels. | |||||||||
| 355 | Gadol | Hebrew | Big, large | |||||||||
| 356 | Galiko | See: Gallico | ||||||||||
| 357 | Galipoliti | See: Politi | ||||||||||
| 358 | Gallico | Galiko | Greek or Spanish | 1. French in Greek 2. Derives from Gallegi= inhabitant of the province of Galicia, Spain | ||||||||
| 359 | Gamliel | Hebrew (Bible: Lev.1:10) | God will pay you, Head of Menashe’s tribe | |||||||||
| 360 | Gani | Turkish | Wealthy | |||||||||
| 361 | Garti | German | May be inhabitant of Gartach, Wuertenberg province, Germany. The family is among the Jews who reached Bulgaria after being expelled from Bavaria in 1470 | |||||||||
| 362 | Gatan | See: Gatenio | ||||||||||
| 363 | Gatein | See: Gatenio | ||||||||||
| 364 | Gatenio | Gatan | Gatein/ Gatenis | Gatinho/ Hatein | Portuguese | Gatenho (pronounced gatenio) = uncultivated, perhaps a nickname for someone not well educated. Other variants are Hatein. Surname found spelled Gatenyo in Lerida in 1491 (Ref. Ayala,Amor.Fonts per a l'estudi de la comunitat jueva de Lleida Barcelona, 2004). During the British Mandate of Eretz Israel, someone so called changed his name into: Bracha | ||||||
| 365 | Gatenis | See: Gatenio | ||||||||||
| 366 | Gatinho | See: Gatenio | ||||||||||
| 367 | Gavison | See: Kavison | ||||||||||
| 368 | Gavrilov | Hebrew (Bible:Daniel 8:16) | Derives from Gavril, the Bulgarian pronouniation of Gabriel that means: strong man of God; Gabriel in the Bible was the name of one of the seven archangels. The surname ends with the Bulgarian suffix 'ov' | |||||||||
| 369 | Gedalia | Gidali | Hebrew (Bible: Zeph.1:1) | God is great; grandfather of the prophet Zephania. | ||||||||
| 370 | Geron | Spanish | Toponym of Gerona, Calaluña, Spain. | |||||||||
| 371 | Gershon | Hebrew (Bible: Gen.46:11) | Exiled, stranger; son of Levi | |||||||||
| 372 | Gerzi | See: Gurdji | ||||||||||
| 373 | Gidali | See: Gedalia | ||||||||||
| 374 | Gormesano | Gormis | Spanish | Tolopnym of Gormaz, in Castilla y Leon, or of Gormazo in Cantabria, both in Spain; Surname found in 1395 in Zaragoza, Spain (Ref.Blasco Martínez, Asunción. La juderia de Zaragoza en el siglo XIV . Zaragoza : Institucion Fernando el Catolico, 1988. p.109) | ||||||||
| 375 | Gormis | See: Gormesano | ||||||||||
| 376 | Gozez | Agozez | Hebrew | The one who shears sheep wool; probably a nickname given to the family who developed the wool business. | ||||||||
| 377 | Graciani | Graziani | Spanish or Italian | 1. Gracian or Graciani, a well know name in 1291, in Barcelona, (Ref. Régné, Jean. History of the Jews in Aragon : regesta and documents, 1213-1327. Jerusalem,1978. Doc.#2310. ); 2. Plural form of the adjective graziano= pardonned; Surname found in 1291 in Barcelona [Ref. Hispania Judaica,V.1, No.2310]; According to the article published in Revue des Etudes Juives, 1882, v/4:113-126, Graziani derives from the niknane graziano (=pardonned) given in Pesaro, Italy to Tobia Gallico in the 16th century. | ||||||||
| 378 | Grandibul | Spanish and Turkish | Derives from grande = big/important and bul that derives from bula = lady.; a nickname meaning Arrogant | |||||||||
| 379 | Graziani | Graciani | Italian | see: Graciani | ||||||||
| 380 | Gubai | See: Gabai | ||||||||||
| 381 | Gurdji | Gerzi | Turkish | Toponym: "from Georgia" in Asia, derives from ‘gurci’(pronounced gurdji) | ||||||||
| 382 | Habib | Habif | Habiv | Arabic | Beloved; Surname found in 1254 in Toledo, Spain (Ref.: León Tello, Pilar. Judíos de Toledo. Madrid, 1979, vol2, p.48) See also Amado; | |||||||
| 383 | Habif | Turkish pronunciation See: Habib | ||||||||||
| 384 | Habiv | See: Habib | ||||||||||
| 385 | Haimov | Hebrew | Derives from Haim = life and Bulgarian suffix ov | |||||||||
| 386 | Hakim | Arabic | Physician; Surname found spelled Faquim (usual interchange between H and F) in 1372 in Inca de Mallorca (Ref.: Sefarad, 1955, 15,1: 69-87) | |||||||||
| 387 | Haleva | Haliga | Haligua | Hebrew (Bible: II Sam.23:29) | Derives from Halev, a hero under King David; Surname found in 1330 in Zaragoza, Spain (Ref.: Sefarad, 1990, 50,1: 3-46) | |||||||
| 388 | Halevi | See: Levi | ||||||||||
| 389 | Halfon | Hebrew | Derives from’ halfan’ = money changer; Surname found in 1492 in Valdeiglesias(Madrid) (Ref.:Sefarad,1969, 29,2: 215-312) | |||||||||
| 390 | Haliga | See: Haleva | ||||||||||
| 391 | Haligua | See: Haleva | ||||||||||
| 392 | Hananel | Hebrew | God has pitied; name of a Talmudic scholar | |||||||||
| 393 | Hane | Turkish | House | |||||||||
| 394 | Harabon | Haravon | Hebrew | Derives from ‘haravon’ = dryness. Surname already existing in 1463 and 1472 in Calatayud, Spain (Ref: Sefarad, 1988, 48,1: 93-115); Also found in Spanish doccuments spelled Arabon; After making his aliyah, someone so called changed his name into :Hermon | ||||||||
| 395 | Haravon | See: Harabon | ||||||||||
| 396 | Hasdai | Aramaic (Talmud: Berakhot 44) | Payron, sponsor; Name of a Talmud commentator; Surname found in Lerida, Spain in 1270 (Ef.: La Cataluña judía, [textos, Yom Tov Assis et al.].. Barcelona, 2002, p. 91) | |||||||||
| 397 | Haskiya | See: Hezkiya | ||||||||||
| 398 | Hasmonai | Hebrew (Talmud: Midot 1:6) | Hasmonean; name of Matitia of the Macabbe family | |||||||||
| 399 | Hassid | Hebrew | Pious, righteous | |||||||||
| 400 | Hasson | Hebrew | Strong |