Guyanese Name Generator

Full names from Guyana's many communities

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Get realistic full names from Guyana, such as Kishore Persaud, Alana Trotman and Catherine D'Aguiar. The list follows the country's communities: Indo-Guyanese Hindu and Muslim names, Afro-Guyanese names, and Portuguese and Chinese family names.

About Guyanese names

Guyanese names are a record of who came to the country and when. The largest community, Indo-Guyanese, descends from workers brought from India under indenture between 1838 and 1917, most of them from the Bhojpuri-speaking north. Their surnames usually began as an ancestor's given name, spelled the way a colonial clerk heard it. That is why Guyana has Persaud where India has Prasad, along with endings such as -nauth, -narine, -paul and -deo: Ramnauth, Deonarine, Surujpaul, Sukhdeo. Families whose ancestors sailed from Madras carry names such as Veerasammy, Ramsammy and Naidu. Muslim families are Khan, Ali, Baksh or Mohamed, and many women have Bibi as a first name.

Afro-Guyanese surnames are mostly English and Scottish, such as Fraser, Benn, Trotman and McAlmont, with a few Dutch ones, such as Van Sluytman, in a country the Dutch held before the British. Portuguese families, whose ancestors came from Madeira from 1835 on, are Gonsalves, Fernandes, D'Aguiar and Gouveia. Chinese families include Chin, Fung and Yhap, and a few carry compound names such as Fung-A-Fat.

The list pairs given names and surnames across these communities, mixed families included. Indigenous Guyanese mostly carry English, Spanish or Portuguese surnames, so they are not a separate group here.

How to choose Guyanese names

  • Use the Guyanese spelling of an Indian name: Persaud, not Prasad, and Ramnauth, not Ramnath. Choose one spelling for a family and keep it.
  • Match the given name to the generation. A grandmother is more likely to be a Parbattie, Chandrawattie or Waveney, and her granddaughter a Priya, Shivanie or Shanice.
  • An English first name with an Indian surname is ordinary in Guyana, so Ryan Jaipersaud or Sandra Rajkumar needs no explanation in your story.
  • Many Guyanese answer to a call name that is not on the birth certificate. The list shows some in quotation marks, as in Deonarine "Sonny" Persaud and Parbattie "Dolly" Ramdeen.
  • A woman whose first name is Bibi often goes by her second name, so Bibi Nazeema Khan can simply be Nazeema to friends and family.

Frequently asked questions

What are common Guyanese last names?

Persaud and Singh are among the surnames you meet most often, along with Khan, Ali, Narine, Ramdeen and Mohamed and English surnames such as Williams, Thomas, Adams and Fraser. The list uses each of these several times, but it spreads its 500 names over more than 350 surnames, so no family name takes over.

Why is it Persaud in Guyana and not Prasad?

It is the same name in a different spelling. During indenture, names were written down by clerks as they heard them, and those spellings became fixed as family names: Persaud in Guyana, Persad in Trinidad, Prasad in India. The endings -nauth for -nath and -narine for Narayan came about the same way, as in Looknauth Ramnauth.

Why do some Chinese Guyanese surnames have hyphens?

Surnames such as Fung-A-Fat, Chan-A-Sue and Ho-A-Shoo began as the full name of an ancestor, which was recorded as if it were a family name. The descendants kept the whole name. The list has five compound surnames of this kind, in names such as Gregory Fung-A-Fat and Karen Ho-A-Shoo.

Are these the names of real people?

The given names and surnames are ones in real use in Guyana, and they are paired by a script to make full names. Common names will match living people by chance, as any realistic name can. The list leaves out the full names of well-known public figures that we know of.

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A: 44 names

  • Aaliyah Sheriff
  • Aaron Ramjohn
  • Abiola Thom
  • Ajay Mangru
  • Akash Madray
  • Akeem Boyce
  • Alana Trotman
  • Alicia Persaud-Fraser
  • Alicia Rai
  • Althea Cummings
  • Amanda Ramkellawan
  • Amar Ramsammy
  • Amarnauth Jagmohan
  • Ameer Sattaur
  • Amrita Jhagroo
  • Anand Fraser
  • Anand Roopchand
  • Andre Goring
  • Andrea Roberts
  • Andrew Lutchman
  • Andrew Ten-Pow
  • Aneesa Mohamed
  • Angela De Nobrega
  • Angela Pereira
  • Anil Jaipaul
  • Anita Ramdeen
  • Anjali Latchman
  • Anjali Thomas-Singh
  • Ann Gouveia
  • Annette Stephens
  • Anthony De Abreu
  • Anthony Ramcharran
  • Arianna Khan
  • Ariel Gobin
  • Arjune Beharry
  • Aruna Bisram
  • Asha Permaul
  • Ashley Bisnauth
  • Asif Mohamed
  • Aubrey Blair
  • Avinash Hemraj
  • Ayana Forde
  • Ayesha Yusuf
  • Azad Wahab

B: 20 names

  • Baldeo Persaud
  • Balram Lakeram
  • Barrington Thomas
  • Basdeo "Boyo" Singh
  • Basil Charles
  • Bernadette Da Silva
  • Bharati Etwaroo
  • Bibi Fareeda Haniff
  • Bibi Farida Baksh
  • Bibi Haleema Insanally
  • Bibi Nafeeza Amin
  • Bibi Nazeema Khan
  • Bibi Salima Ali
  • Bibi Shameeza Ibrahim
  • Bibi Shaneeza Nabi
  • Bibi Waheeda Wahab
  • Bibi Zalena "Nancy" Khan
  • Bibi Zorina Hakim
  • Brian Chow
  • Brian Ramjattan

C: 28 names

  • Candace Fraser
  • Carl Hutson
  • Carlton Braithwaite
  • Carmen Phillips
  • Carol Blackman
  • Catherine D'Aguiar
  • Catherine Vieira
  • Cedric "Ricky" Benn
  • Celeste Dos Santos
  • Celeste Gomes
  • Chaitram Baldeo
  • Chandanie Surujpaul
  • Chandrawattie "Chandra" Persaud
  • Cheryl Low
  • Cheryl Wiltshire
  • Christine De Souza
  • Christine Faria
  • Christopher Ali
  • Christopher Faria
  • Cicely Critchlow
  • Claudette Hooper
  • Clayton Pilgrim
  • Clement Morris
  • Clive Benn
  • Colin Wharton
  • Compton Clarke
  • Courtney Douglas
  • Crystal Insanally

D: 35 names

  • Daniel Sewcharan
  • Daphne Lyte
  • Darshanie Ramnarine
  • David Chung
  • Dawn Collins
  • Deborah Rodney
  • Denise Rockcliffe
  • Dennis Sookdeo
  • Dennis Van Sluytman
  • Deodat Sookdeo
  • Deokie Khemraj
  • Deonarine "Sonny" Persaud
  • Deonarine Prashad
  • Deopaul Dyal
  • Desiree Duke
  • Desmond Smartt
  • Devanand Ramchand
  • Devendra Dhanpaul
  • Devi Gossai
  • Devika Benn-Ramdeen
  • Devika Jaisingh
  • Devon Waldron
  • Dexter Solomon
  • Dhaniram Ramphal
  • Dhanmattie Bhola
  • Dhanraj Ramlall
  • Dharmendra Lutchman
  • Dominic Fernandes
  • Dominic Jardim
  • Donna Barrow
  • Doodnauth "Harry" Jaikaran
  • Doodnauth Chetram
  • Doreen Bristol
  • Doris Henry
  • Dropatie Hardat

E: 6 names

  • Egbert Hamilton
  • Enid Felix
  • Eon Innis
  • Esther Fraser
  • Eustace Adams
  • Ewart Watson

F: 10 names

  • Faith Nelson
  • Fareeda Alli
  • Farida Hack
  • Farouk Mohamed
  • Fazeela Alli
  • Fazia Khan
  • Fazil Osman
  • Fitzroy "Fitz" Trotman
  • Floyd De Jonge
  • Francis Ferreira

G: 11 names

  • Gaitrie Balram
  • Ganesh Deonarine
  • Garfield Duncan
  • Geeta Singh
  • Gloria Matthews
  • Godfrey Caesar
  • Grace Hope
  • Gregory D'Andrade
  • Gregory Fung-A-Fat
  • Gwendolyn "Gwen" Adams
  • Gwendolyn Campbell

H: 13 names

  • Haleema Edun
  • Hardat Kowlessar
  • Haresh Chattergoon
  • Haroon Mustapha
  • Harripaul Persaud
  • Hazel Rockcliffe
  • Hemant Naidu
  • Hemnarine Armogan
  • Hemraj Mohan
  • Hiralall Ramsaroop
  • Hubert Greenidge
  • Hugh Chase
  • Hyacinth Thorne

I: 12 names

  • Imran Trotman
  • Imtiaz Ramjohn
  • Indera Ramdass
  • Indranie "Indra" Deonarine
  • Indranie Mootoo
  • Indrawattie Ramlakhan
  • Inez Straker
  • Ingrid Davidson
  • Iris Frank
  • Ishmael Baksh
  • Ishwar Rampersaud
  • Ivor Ogle

J: 25 names

  • Jacqueline Peters
  • Jada Dharampaul
  • Jaden Singh
  • Jagdish Dwarka
  • Jaikaran Roopnarine
  • Jainarine Ramsewak
  • Jaipaul Jagroop
  • Jairam Singh
  • Jaiwantie Bissoon
  • Jamal Gaskin
  • Jamal Ramdeen
  • Janelle Liverpool
  • Janelle Yhap-Fredericks
  • Jason Jaisingh
  • Jennifer Wong
  • Jermaine Austin
  • Joel Hinds
  • John Gomes
  • John Lopes
  • Joseph Jardim
  • Joshua Lalbachan
  • Joy Fredericks
  • Joycelyn "Joyce" Bobb
  • Julian Thomas
  • Juliet Griffith

K: 24 names

  • Kamal Azeez
  • Kamini Singh
  • Kamlawattie "Kamla" Sookram
  • Kamlawattie Gobin
  • Kareem Alleyne
  • Karen Daniels
  • Karen Ho-A-Shoo
  • Kavita Greenidge-Mohamed
  • Kavita Satnarine
  • Kayla Balram
  • Keisha Gafoor
  • Keisha Gonsalves-Thom
  • Keith Wilson
  • Keon Singh
  • Kester Adams
  • Kevin Bisram
  • Khemraj Sukhu
  • Kiran Narine
  • Kishore Persaud
  • Kofi Munroe
  • Krishna Hemnarine
  • Kwame Narine
  • Kwesi Primo
  • Kyle Surujpaul

L: 20 names

  • Lakeram Ramjit
  • Latchman "Buddy" Ramnauth
  • Latchman Budhram
  • Latchmin Sugrim
  • Latoya Harper
  • Lawrence Rodrigues
  • Leelawattie Sankar
  • Lennox "Lenny" Glasgow
  • Lennox Carrington
  • Leon Skeete
  • Leroy Welch
  • Liam Razack
  • Lilawattie "Lila" Bisram
  • Lilawattie Rai
  • Lincoln Sinclair
  • Linden Small
  • Lisa Correia
  • Lloyd Lowe
  • Looknauth Ramnauth
  • Lorna Moore

M: 34 names

  • Mahendra Hansraj
  • Mahesh Lakenarine
  • Mala Chand
  • Malachi Hemnarine
  • Malcolm Ross
  • Manuel "Manny" Gouveia
  • Manuel Nunes
  • Manuel Pereira
  • Marcia Martins
  • Margaret De Freitas
  • Maria Mendonca
  • Mark Bobb
  • Marlon Benn
  • Marva McLean
  • Mary Serrao
  • Maurice Saul
  • Melissa Chin
  • Melissa Jairam
  • Melissa McPherson
  • Melissa Sukhdeo-Gomes
  • Merle Paul
  • Michael Lam
  • Michael Pires
  • Michelle Chin-Persaud
  • Michelle Vanderhyden
  • Mohamed "Bobby" Rahaman
  • Mohan Ramkarran
  • Mohanie Ramdeen
  • Monica Daly
  • Moses McAlmont
  • Motilall "Moti" Gopaul
  • Motilall Kellawan
  • Mukesh Misir
  • Myrtle Garraway

N: 23 names

  • Nadia Ali-Trotman
  • Nadia Dhanraj
  • Nadia Tiwari
  • Nadira Ibrahim
  • Nadira Khan-Williams
  • Nafeeza Latiff
  • Nalini Jabar
  • Nalini Jagnarine
  • Nandkumar Persaud
  • Narendra Veerasammy
  • Naresh Ramrattan
  • Natalie Ho
  • Natasha Sukhai
  • Nathaniel Deonarine
  • Navin Ramsammy
  • Nazim Gafoor
  • Neville Kendall
  • Nicholas Doodnauth
  • Nicola Waddell
  • Nicolette Payne
  • Nigel James
  • Nirmala Ramsewak
  • Nizam Baksh

O: 4 names

  • Omari London
  • Omesh McAlmont
  • Omesh Ramnarine
  • Orin Younge

P: 23 names

  • Padma Raghubir
  • Pamela Scott
  • Parbattie "Dolly" Ramdeen
  • Parbattie Singh
  • Parmanand Mohabir
  • Parvati Parasram
  • Patricia Holder
  • Paul Cabral
  • Paul Teixeira
  • Pearl Pompey
  • Petal Parris
  • Peter Nascimento
  • Philip Cabral
  • Phulmattie Seeram
  • Pooja Jaggernauth
  • Pooran Harripaul
  • Pradeep Deonarine
  • Prakash Ganesh
  • Pratima Goberdhan
  • Premnauth "Prem" Mohabir
  • Premnauth Seepersaud
  • Priya Ramjattan
  • Priya Singh-Adams

R: 52 names

  • Rabindra Sewdat
  • Radha Sawh
  • Radhika Pooran
  • Rafeek Yassin
  • Rafiq Sheriff
  • Rahim Subhan
  • Rajdai Premnauth
  • Rajendra "Raj" Sukhdeo
  • Rajendra Sooklall
  • Rajesh Pillay
  • Rajkumar Bhagwandin
  • Rajkumarie Sukhdeo
  • Rajwantie Budhu
  • Rakesh Seecharan
  • Ramesh Outar
  • Randolph Lewis
  • Rasheed Insanally
  • Rasheeda Khan
  • Ravi Gonsalves
  • Ravi Lall
  • Raymond Yhap
  • Reaz Amin
  • Reshma Baksh-Glasgow
  • Reshma Hussain
  • Reshma Kissoon
  • Richard Chan-A-Sue
  • Richard De Caires
  • Richard Pertab
  • Rishi Ramsundar
  • Riyad Khan
  • Roger George
  • Roger Parmanand
  • Rohan Narain
  • Roland Fung
  • Ronald McGarrell
  • Rookmin "Pinky" Seecharan
  • Rookmin Nandlall
  • Rooplall Parmanand
  • Roopnarine "Roop" Dyal
  • Roopnarine Balgobin
  • Rosalind Bascom
  • Rosemarie Camacho
  • Rosemarie Teixeira
  • Roshan Tiwari
  • Roshni Udit
  • Roxanne De Freitas-Hinds
  • Roxanne Santos
  • Roxanne Williams
  • Royston Fordyce
  • Rudolph Edwards
  • Rupert Jordan
  • Ryan Jaipersaud

S: 58 names

  • Saeed Karim
  • Sahadeo Nauth
  • Salim Rasul
  • Sandhya Hiralall
  • Sandra Rajkumar
  • Sandra Whyte
  • Sanjay Rajkumar
  • Sarah Narine
  • Sattie Kumar
  • Savitri Oudit
  • Seenarine Ramkellawan
  • Seepaul Sirpaul
  • Seeta Sewcharan
  • Seon Wills
  • Sewdat Ramprashad
  • Sewnarine Sahadeo
  • Shabana Razack
  • Shafeek Nabi
  • Shaheed Haniff
  • Shakeel Ali
  • Shakuntala Amarnauth
  • Shaleeza Hussain
  • Shalini Ramdeen
  • Shameena Bacchus
  • Shameer Khan
  • Shaneeza Kadir
  • Shania Lakenarine
  • Shanice Ramsammy-Bobb
  • Shanta Bhagwan
  • Shanti Deodat
  • Sharda Dharampaul
  • Sharmila Sukhdeo
  • Sharon Kumar
  • Sharon Melville
  • Shazad Kassim
  • Sheldon Shepherd
  • Shemar Mentore
  • Shemar Persaud
  • Shereen Ishmael
  • Shivanie Dhanraj
  • Shobha Ramgobin
  • Shondell Semple
  • Shonette Gibson
  • Simone Fernandes-Narine
  • Simone Sutherland
  • Somwattie Harripersaud
  • Sonia Prince
  • Sookdeo Sukhram
  • Stanley Simon
  • Stephen Figueira
  • Stephen Hing
  • Sumintra "Betty" Budhram
  • Sumintra Jagessar
  • Sunil Jaipaul
  • Sunita Harricharan
  • Suresh Doobay
  • Sursattie Somwaru
  • Susan Chee-A-Tow

T: 19 names

  • Tara Etwaru
  • Taramattie Ramoutar
  • Tariq Majeed
  • Tejpaul Surujbally
  • Teresa Menezes
  • Terrence Gilkes
  • Terry Ramdeen
  • Tevin Trotz
  • Tiffany Hinds
  • Tiffany Mustapha
  • Totaram Ramcharitar
  • Travis Crandon
  • Trevon Cameron
  • Trevor Browne
  • Tricia Stuart
  • Troy Van Lange
  • Tyrese Jagessar
  • Tyrese Khan
  • Tyrone Trotman

U: 2 names

  • Una Jackman
  • Usha Rampaul

V: 17 names

  • Valerie Williams
  • Vanessa Hunte
  • Vanita Rampertab
  • Varsha Narine
  • Vashti Dhanai
  • Verna Yearwood
  • Vibert France
  • Vickram Mahadeo
  • Vidya Dass
  • Vidyawattie Jaikaran
  • Vijay Mangal
  • Vincent Mendes
  • Vincent Pires
  • Vishal Benn
  • Vishal Seegobin
  • Vishal Totaram
  • Vishnu "Vish" Narine

W: 8 names

  • Waheeda Jabar
  • Waveney "Wave" McAlmont
  • Waveney Benjamin
  • Wazir Shakoor
  • Wendell Greenidge
  • Wendy Patterson
  • Wilfred King
  • Winston Jack

Y: 4 names

  • Yogendra Pertab
  • Yonette Walcott
  • Yusuf Sattaur
  • Yvonne Haynes

Z: 8 names

  • Zabeeda Ali
  • Zaheer Mohamed
  • Zainab Khan
  • Zalena Rasheed
  • Zameer Jaffarally
  • Zane Etwaroo
  • Zobeida Ali
  • Zorina Rahman