Name
GOD

Name GOD

Between 1980 and 2022 there were 3 births of God in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name God per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom God   
In Italiano Nome God   


Information about the first name God

The first name God has been assigned to:
100.00% to boys
0.00% to girls
The country where the first name God is the most common is:
DE Germany
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 3 letters including 1 vowel and 2 consonants

God in Japanese *

Romajigoddo
Katakanaゴッド
Hiraganaごっど
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
God in Japanese
Edit and Download this image

God in sign language

God in sign language
Edit and Download this image

God in binary language

01100111 01101111 01100100

Origin and meaning of name God

US English
Etymology src :
Etymology src :
Alternative forms src :
  • od (archaic, regional, euphemistic)
Anagrams src :
  • DOG, Dog, dog
Pronunciation src :
  • (UK) enPR: gŏd, IPA(key): /ɡɒd/, /ɡɔːd/
  • (AAVE) IPA(key): /ɡɑ(d)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡɑd/
  • Rhymes: -ɒd
  • Homophone: gaud (in accents with the father-bother merger)
Pronunciation src :
  • enPR: gŏd
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɒd/, (archaic) /ɡɔːd/
  • (General American, Ireland) IPA(key): /ɡɑd/
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɡɔd/, /ɡɔːd/
  • (Canada, Wales) IPA(key): /ɡɒːd/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /ɡɔd/
  • Homophone: gaud (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
  • Rhymes: -ɒd
Proper noun src :
Proper noun src :
  • GOD
  • Typographical variant of God, particularly in English translations of the Bible.
  • Synonym: LORD
Verb src :
  • god (third-person singular simple present gods, present participle godding, simple past and past participle godded)
  • (transitive) To idolize.
  • a. 1866, Edward Bulwer Lytton, "Death and Sisyphus".
  • To men the first necessity is gods; / And if the gods were not, / " Man would invent them, tho' they godded stones.
  • (transitive) To deify.
Noun (Alternative forms) src :
  • gawd, Gawd, God
Noun (Descendants) src :
Noun (Usage notes) src :
  • The word god is often applied both to males and to females. The word was originally neuter in Proto-Germanic; monotheistic – notably Judeo-Christian – usage completely shifted the gender to masculine, necessitating the development of a feminine form, goddess. (In Old English the feminine gyden, as well as a more explicitly marked masculine goda, existed.)
Proper noun (Descendants) src :
  • → Pohnpeian: Koht
Proper noun (Synonyms) src :
  • See Thesaurus:god
Middle English
Etymology src :
  • From Old English god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós.
Etymology src :
  • From Old English gōd (“good”).
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • God, godd, godde
Etymology (Noun) src :
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ɡɔd/
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • god
  • Alternative form of good
Noun src :
  • God
  • Alternative form of god
General
Etymology src :
Interjection src :
  • God
  • Short for oh God: expressing annoyance or frustration.
Proper noun src :
  • God
  • Alternative form of god
Afrikaans
Etymology src :
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /χɔt/
Proper noun src :
  • God
  • God
Middle Dutch
Noun src :
  • god m
  • Alternative spelling of got
Old English
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą. Originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity.
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • gōd (comparative betera, superlative betest, adverb wel)
  • good
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • gōd n
  • good (something good or good things collectively)
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ɡoːd/
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • god n or m
  • a god
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ɡod/
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • god m
  • Alternative letter-case form of God.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ɡod/
Proper noun src :
  • God m
  • God
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
Proper noun (Descendants) src :
Old Saxon
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).
  • Compare Old English gōd, Old Frisian gōd, Old High German guot, Old Dutch guot, Old Norse góðr.
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from the Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós (“invoked (one)”). Compare Old English god, Old Frisian god, Old High German got, Old Norse guð.
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • gōd (comparative betiro, superlative betst)
  • good
  • Heliand, verse 363
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ɣoːd/
  • IPA(key): /ɡoːd/
Etymology (Noun) src :
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ɣoːd/
  • IPA(key): /ɡoːd/
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • god n
  • god
  • Heliand, verse 326
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ɣɔd/
  • IPA(key): /ɡoːd/
Etymology (Noun) src :
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ɣɔd/
  • IPA(key): /ɡoːd/
SE Swedish
Etymology src :
  • From Old Swedish gōþer, from Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).
Adjective src :
  • god (comparative godare or bättre, superlative godast or bäst)
  • good, morally commendable
  • tasty, good (tasting good)
  • Synonyms: välsmakande, (colloquial) go
  • good (having pleasing qualities)
  • good, proficient
  • quite large in extent or degree, good, goodly
  • Synonym: (often) bra
  • good (of friends and the like)
Anagrams src :
  • dog
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ɡuːd/, (colloquial) /ɡuː/
Adjective (Antonyms) src :
  • (not evil): elak, ond
  • (tasting): äcklig, illasmakande
  • (not bad): dålig
Adjective (See also) src :
  • go
Adjective (Usage notes) src :
  • In cases where god and bra are idiomatically interchangeable, god often sounds a bit old-fashioned.
NL Dutch
Etymology src :
Etymology src :
Noun src :
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ɣɔt/
  • Hyphenation: God
  • Rhymes: -ɔt
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ɣɔt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔt
  • (Belgium) IPA(key): [ʝɔt]
  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): [xɔt]
Proper noun src :
  • God m
  • God
  • God, neem me mee naar een plek hier ver vandaan. -- Kempi & Willy - Hier Ver Vandaan 2009 [2]
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • afgod
  • berggod
  • God
  • godbevinding
  • godenbeeld
  • godenbrood
  • godendienst
  • godendochter
  • godendom
  • godendrank
  • godenkind
  • godenleer
  • godenspijs
  • godenzoon
  • godgeleerdheid
  • godgezang
  • godheid
  • godin
  • godsakker
  • godschalk
  • godsdienst
  • godsgebied
  • godsgeheim
  • godshuis
  • godskind
  • godslastering
  • godsloochening
  • godsnaam
  • godvormig
  • gut
  • krijgsgod
  • minnegod
  • ongodisme
  • vruchtbaarheidsgod
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • Negerhollands: god, got, godt
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
Proper noun (Descendants) src :
Proper noun (See also) src :
  • god
DK Danish
Etymology src :
Adjective src :
  • god (neuter godt, plural and definite singular attributive gode, comparative bedre, superlative (predicative) bedst, superlative (attributive) bedste)
  • good
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡ̊oˀð], [ˈɡ̊oðˀ], [ˈɡ̊oˀ]
  • Rhymes: -oð
NO Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology src :
  • From Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”). Akin to English good.
Etymology src :
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • god (masculine and feminine god, neuter godt, definite singular and plural gode, comparative betre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)
  • good
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ɡuː/
Etymology (Noun) src :
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ɡoː/
Navajo
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢᴜ̓t’.
  • Cognates:
  • Apachean: Western Apache -god, Chiricahua -go’
  • Others: Hupa -ɢot’, Mattole -goʔł, Galice -gʷay’, Chilcotin -gʷə́d, Slavey -gó’, Dogrib -gò, Chipewyan -gór, Sekani -gʷə̀de’, Beaver -gʷəd, Lower Tanana -gᴜd, Hän -gòd, Ahtna -ɢo’d, Dena'ina -ɢət’, Eyak -ɢuʰd
Noun src :
  • -god (inalienable)
  • knee
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [kòt], [kɣʷòt]
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • agod (“someone’s knee”)
  • hagod (“one’s knee”)
  • bigod (“his/her/their knee”)
  • shigod (“my knee”)
NO Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology src :
  • From Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).
Adjective src :
  • god (neuter singular godt, definite singular and plural gode, comparative bedre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)
  • good
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ɡuː/, [ɡɯᵝː]
West Frisian
Etymology src :
  • From Old Frisian god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós.
Noun src :
  • god c (plural goaden, diminutive godsje)
  • god, deity
 

Popularity of the name God

Number of GOD births per year

Popularity of the name God
Popularity of the name God

Total births of God by country

Births with the first name God
Country
Boys
Girls
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
2
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
1
0
Popularity of the name God

Comments on the name God

Personalities with the first name God

There is 0 personality with the first name God


Film Actors and Actresses with the first name God

There are 1 actor and actress with the first name God
God Ouambeti

Rankings of first name GOD by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name GOD (male) births over the last year available in each country
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name GOD (female) births over the last year available in each country
Other boys' names around God
GOBYSONGOCALOGOCEGOČEGOCEANGOCHGOCHAGOCHENGOCHOGOCIMARK GOD GODABLEGODANSGODARGODARDGODAVARIGODBLESSGODCARESGODCHOSENGODDAYGODDESIRE

Other girls' names around God
GOBILFRIDOGOBINDJITGOBITAGOBNAITGOBNERGOBOUGOBZAGOCAGOCCIAGOCE GOD GODAGÓDAGODBLESSGODCHOICEGODDESSGODDIAGODDINAHGODEGODEFRIDOGODEFROY

Names that are phonetically close to God
GODA
GODE
GODI
GODO
GODY
Find a name



Last viewed names KRESTEN KORIE THAILAN SHUMO ARIKLA LUCA-EDWARD EMILLIE RAMIZ IRELLAN ABIDUL



Saints of the DayJanuary 23rd Today we celebrate...
Barnard
Tomorrow's Saints :Paco , Tim
Saints of the Day Calendar