Gygax is a German-language surname, mainly distributed in

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

Gigas Gigas may refer to: * Gigas, one of the Gigantes (Giants) in Greek mythology * Gigas (company), a Spanish cloud services company * Guigass, a snow ape like kaiju from ''Ultraman'' * ''Codex Gigas'', a medieval manuscript * gigue The gigue ( , ...

and Gygas are related surnames. It is a Grecianization of German surnames with the meaning of "giant", such as

Riese Riese may refer to: *Project Riese, a German Nazi World War II economic project * Riese Pio X, a municipality in Italy *Adam Ries Adam Ries (17 January 1492 – 30 March 1559) was a Germans, German mathematician. He is #Name, also known by the n ...

, , and Heune. Notable people with the surname include: * (1896–1968), Swiss chemigrapher *

Daniel Gygax Daniel Gygax (born 28 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a winger or attacking midfielder. He earned 35 caps for the Swiss national team, playing at two European Championships and the 2006 FIFA World Cup. At cl ...

(born 1981), Swiss footballer *

Gary Gygax Ernest Gary Gygax ( ; July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering tabletop role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') with Dave Arneson. In the 1960s, Gygax creat ...

(1938–2008), American writer and game designer * (1942–2017), Swiss handball player * Jean-Louis Gygax (born 1935), Swiss footballer *

Luke Gygax Luke Gygax is an American game designer, and entrepreneur in the fantasy and dieselpunk genres, best known as the son of Gary Gygax and for founding the annual Gary Con gaming convention. Contributions to the gaming industry Gygax created th ...

, American game designer, son of Gary * (born 1965), Spanish historian *

Markus Gygax Lieutenant General Markus Gygax is a former commander of the Swiss Air Force. His active career within the SAF began in 1971 when he achieved his qualification as a pilot. In 1973 he joined the surveillance wing flying the Hawker Hunter, and in 1 ...

(born 1950), commander of the Swiss Air Force *

Nicolas Gygax Nicolas Gygax (born 15 February 1996) is a Swiss freestyle skier. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an intern ...

(born 1996), Swiss freestyle skier *

Pascal Gygax Pascal Mark Gygax, born in Evilard/Leubringen (Bern), is a Swiss psycholinguist, specializing in inclusive language in French. He is the cofounder and director of the Psycholinguistics and Applied Social Psychology Group at the University of ...

(born 1974), Swiss psycholinguist

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{{surname Surnames of Swiss origin

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