Selected Mottoes (with Translations): "G" Surnames
| Family Name | Original Language (Usually Latin or Old French) | English Translation (if needed) |
| Gaddesden | Decrevi | I have resolved |
| Gaffney | Non dormis | I sleep not |
| Gage | Corage sans peur | Courage without fear |
| Gahan | Dum spiro spero | While I breath I hope |
| Gair | Sero sed serio | Late but in earnest |
| Gairdner | -- | I mean no harm |
| Gallagher | Mea gloria fides | Faith is my glory |
| Galvin | -- | By industry we prosper |
| Galway | Vincit veritas | Truth conquers |
| Gamon | Virtus in arduis | Courage in difficulties |
| Gannon | Virtute et valore | By virtue and valour |
| O'Gara | Fortiter et fideliter | Boldly and faithfully |
| Garde | Toujours fidele | Always faithful |
| Garden | Sustine et abstine | Sustain and abstain |
| Gardiner | -- | Persevere |
| Gardiner | Nil desperandum | Never dispair |
| Gardiner | -- | Honour rewards virtue |
| Gardner | Fide et amore | Faith and love |
| Gardner | Virtute et fortuna | By virtue and valour |
| Garland | Libertas | Liberty |
| Garneys | -- | Goddess grace governe Garneys |
| Garrett | Semper fidelis | Always faithful |
| Garshore | -- | I renew my age |
| Garvey | Morior invictus | More wonderful unconquered |
| Garvine | -- | Always helping |
| Gaskell | Spec mea in Deo | God is my hope |
| Gavin | -- | By industry we prosper |
| Gavine | -- | By industry we prosper |
| Gawley | Vincit veritas | Truth conquers |
| Gay | Toujours gai | Always gay |
| Gaynor | -- | -- |
| Geale | Claritate dextra | With a bright light to the right |
| Geary | Fortiter et fideliter | Boldly and faithfully |
| Gentleman | -- | Truth, honour, and courtesy |
| Geoghegan | Semper patriae servire presto | Be always ready to serve your country |
| St George | Firmitas in caelo | Stability in heaven |
| Geraghty | A Deo et rege | For God and king |
| Germain | Aut nunquam tentes, aut perfice | Either do not attempt, or complete |
| Gervis | -- | Be just and fear not |
| Gethin | -- | Try |
| Gibbons | Fide et fortitude | By fidelity and fortitude |
| Gibbons | Nil admirari | Not to admire |
| Gibson | Paditate coelestes portae | Open O ye heavenly gates |
| Giffard | Prenez haleine, tirez fort | Take breath and pull strong |
| Gigger | -- | Gratitude |
| Gilbert | Malo mori quam foedari | Death rather than dishonour |
| Gilchrist | -- | I hope to speed |
| Gilehrist | Mea gloria fides | Faith is my glory |
| Gillbanks | Honore et virtute | Honour and virtue |
| Gillen | Tutum refugium | A safe refuge |
| Gillespie | -- | Touch not the cat bota (without) a glove |
| Gillespie | Certa salutis anchora | The sure anchor of salvation |
| Gillett | Spec mea in Deo | God is my hope |
| Gillies | -- | Touch not the cat bota (without) a glove |
| Gillies | -- | Touch not the cat, but a glove |
| Gillis | -- | Touch not the cat bota (without) a glove |
| Gillon | Tutum refugium | A safe refuge |
| Gilligan | Semper fidelis | Always faithful |
| Gilmer | Nil penna sed usus | Not the pen but its use |
| Gilmour | Nil penna sed usus | Not the pen but its use |
| Gilroy | Ad finem fidelis | Faithful to the end |
| Ginkell | Malo mori quam foedari | Death rather than dishonour |
| Girandot | Nil desperandum | Never dispair |
| Gladstanes | Fide et virtute | By fidelity and valour |
| Gladstones | Fide et virtute | By fidelity and valour |
| Glazebrook | Dum spiro spero | While I breath I hope |
| Gledstanes | Fide et virtute | By fidelity and valour |
| Gleeson | Vincit amor patriae | To love my country |
| Glendonwyn | -- | Have faith in Christ |
| Gleneagles | -- | Suffer |
| Glennon | Generosus et animasus | Generous and courageous |
| Glyn | -- | Firm in my trust |
| Glynn | Malo mori quam foedari | Death rather than dishonour |
| Godfrey | Deus et libertas | God and liberty |
| Godfrey | -- | God friend |
| Goding | Dominus providebit | God will provide |
| Gogarty | -- | -- |
| Going | Dum spiro spero | While I breath I hope |
| Golding | Pro Deo et rege | For God and king |
| Goldney | Honor virtutes praemium | Honor is the reward of valour |
| Gooch | Fide et virtute | By fidelity and valour |
| Goodchild | Vincit omnia virtus | Virtue conquers all |
| Goodwin | Fide et virtute | By fidelity and valour |
| Googe | Audaces juvat | Fortune the bold |
| Gordon | -- | Dread God |
| Gordon | -- | Fear God |
| Gordon | -- | Forward without fear |
| Gordon | -- | God for us |
| Gordon | -- | I byde |
| Gordon | -- | Truth prevails |
| Gordon | Dum spiro spero | While I breath I hope |
| Gordon | Sans crainte | Without fear |
| Gordon | Spero | I hope |
| Gordan | Animo non astutia | By courage, not craft |
| Gore | In hoc signo vinces | Under this sign you shall conquer |
| Gore | Sola salus servire Deo | To serve God is the only salvation |
| Gorham | -- | Ready and faithful |
| O'Gorman | Tosac cata a's deireair | The beginning and end of battle |
| Gormley | Gradua diversi via una | There is but one way to all difficulties |
| Goskar | Spes mea in Deo | God is my hope |
| Gothard | -- | The eagle does not catch flies |
| Gough | Gradua diversi via una | There is but one way to all difficulties |
| Gough | Faug a bollag | Clear the way |
| Gould | Probitate et labore | By honesty and toil |
| Goulding | Probitate et labore | By honesty and toil |
| Gower | Frangas non flectes | You may break, but shall not bend me |
| Grace | En grace affie | On grace depend |
| Gradwell | Nil desperandum | Never dispair |
| O'Grady | Vulneratus non victus | Wounded not conquered |
| Graham | Liber et erectus | Free and erect |
| Graham | -- | For right and reason |
| Graham | -- | For right |
| Graham | -- | Peace and grace |
| Graham | -- | Reason contents me |
| Graham | Nec temere nec timide | Neither rashly nor timidly |
| Graham | Noli me tangere | Touch me not |
| Graham | Pro rege | For my king |
| Graham | Spero meliora | I hope for better things |
| Grant | Su se robore firmat | He strengthens himself by his own might |
| Grantham | Honor et amore | Honour and love |
| Granville | Deo patria amicas | To God, country, and friends |
| Grattan | Esse quam videri | To be, rather than to seem |
| Grattan | Pro patria vivere et mori | To live and die for our country |
| Gratten | Pro patria vivere et mori | To live and die for our country |
| Graves | -- | The eagle does not catch flies |
| Graves | Esse quam videri | To be, rather than to seem |
| Gravett | Per varios casus | By various fortunes |
| Gray | -- | Constant |
| De Gray | Qualis ab incepto | The same as from the beginning |
| Gray | Praestare et prodessee | To outstrip and do good |
| Grazebrook | Misneac | Bear and forbear |
| Greaves | -- | The eagle does not catch flies |
| Greaves | Spec mea in Deo | God is my hope |
| Green | Virtus semper viridis | Virtue is always flourishing |
| Green | Ne timeo nec sperno | I neither fear nor despise |
| Greenford | Fide sed cui vide | Trust, but be careful whom (you trust) |
| Greenly | Fal y Gallo | As I can |
| Greenwood | Ut prosim | That I may be of use |
| Greer | Memor esto | Be mindful of thy ancestors |
| Greg(g) | S'Riogal mo dream | Royal is my race |
| Gregory | Vigilanter | Watchfully |
| Gregson | Virtute et labore | By valour and exertion |
| Grehan | Ne oublies | Do not forget |
| Greig | -- | Strike sure |
| Greville | Decrevi | I have resolved |
| Greville | Vix ea nostro noco | I scarce call these things our own |
| Griffeth | Non crux sed lux | Not the cross, but its light |
| Griffin | Ne vile velis | Ne vile velis |
| Griffin | Fide et fortitudine | By fidelity and fortitude |
| Griffith | Fide et fortitude | By fidelity and fortitude |
| Grigg | Ut prosim | That I may be of use |
| Grimes | Gaudet tenamine virtus | Virtue exults in the trial |
| Grisewood | Nil desperandum | Never dispair |
| Grogan | Fidus et audax | Faithful and bold |
| Grogan | Honor et virtus | Honour and virtue |
| Grogan | Honor et virtus | Honour and virtue |
| Groset | Pro patria | For my country |
| Le Gross | In Deo confido | I trust in God |
| Grote | Prodesse quam conspici | To do good rather than be conspicuous |
| Guest | Nec temere nec timide | Neither rashly nor timidly |
| Guilfoyle | Omine bonum die Donum | Every good thing is a gift of God |
| Gullon | Tutum refugium | A safe refuge |
| Gumbleton | Memento mori | Remember about death |
| Gun | Dum spiro spero | While I breath I hope |
| Gun | Vincit amor patriae | To love my country |
| Guthrie | Fortiter et fideliter | Boldly and faithfully |
| Gwyn | Gogoniant yr clethaf | Glory to the sword |
| Sources: Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland (1993, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc.) and The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales by Sir Bernard Burke (1996, Heritage Books: Bowie MD) | ||
