Gender Masculine
Scripts Γεώργιος(Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /ʝɛ.ˈɔɾ.ʝi.ɔs/(Greek) /ɡe.ɔ̌ːr.ɡi.os/(Classical Greek)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Original Greek form of George.

Related Names

Rootsge + ergon
VariantsGiorgos, Yiorgos, Yorgos(Greek) Georgius(Ancient Greek)
Feminine FormsGeorgia, Giorgia(Greek)
Other Languages & CulturesGjergj(Albanian) Gevorg, Kevork(Armenian) Gorka(Basque) Yuri, Yuriy, Yury(Belarusian) Georgi(Bulgarian) Jordi(Catalan) Jory(Cornish) Đuro, Juraj, Jure, Jurica, Juro(Croatian) Jiří, Juraj(Czech) Georg, Jørgen, Jørn(Danish) Joeri, Joris, Jurgen, Jurriaan, Sjors, Youri(Dutch) George, Geordie, Georgie(English) Georgo(Esperanto) Jüri, Georg(Estonian) Yrjö, Jyri, Jyrki, Yrjänä(Finnish) Georges, Youri(French) Joris(Frisian) Xurxo(Galician) Giorgi, Iuri, Gio, Goga, Gogi(Georgian) Georg, Jürgen, Jockel, Jörg(German) Jürg(German (Swiss)) György, Gyuri(Hungarian) Georg(Icelandic) George(Indian (Christian)) Seoirse(Irish) Giorgio, Gigi, Gino, Giorgino(Italian) Georgijs, Georgs, Jurģis, Jurijs, Juris(Latvian) Jurgis(Lithuanian) Jürgen(Low German) Gjorgji, Gorgi(Macedonian) Geevarghese, Varghese(Malayalam) Ġorġ(Maltese) Jurian(Medieval Low German) Yrian(Medieval Scandinavian) Georg, Gøran, Jørgen, Ørjan, Jørg, Jørn(Norwegian) Jerzy, Jurek(Polish) Iuri, Jorge, Jorginho(Portuguese) Gheorghe, George, Ghiță(Romanian) Georgiy, Georgy, Iouri, Yuri, Yuriy, Yury, Egor, Yegor, Yura(Russian) Deòrsa, Seòras(Scottish Gaelic) Djordje, Djuro, Đorđe, Đuro, Djuradj, Đurađ(Serbian) Juraj(Slovak) Jure, Jurij, Jurica(Slovene) Jurij(Sorbian) Jorge(Spanish) Georg, Göran, Jörgen, Örjan, Jöran(Swedish) Heorhiy, Yuri, Yuriy, Yura(Ukrainian) Djôr(Walloon) Siôr, Siors, Siorus(Welsh)
Surname DescendantsGeorgiadi, Georgiadis, Georgiadou, Georgiou, Papageorgiou(Greek)

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   wholesome   strong   strange   complex  

Name Days

Greece: April 23

Categories

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Γεώργιος.
Entry updated October 6, 2024