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George (given name)

December 31, 2022

George (English: /ˈdʒɔːrdʒ/) is a masculine given name derived from the Greek Geōrgios (Γεώργιος; Ancient Greek: [ɡeɔː́rɡi.os], Modern Greek: [ʝeˈorʝi.os]).[1][2][3] The name gained popularity due to its association with the Christian martyr, Saint George (died 23 April 303), a member of the Praetorian Guard who was sentenced to death for his refusal to renounce Christianity, and prior to that, it might have been a theophoric name, with origins in Zeus Georgos, an early title of the Greek god Zeus.[4][5] Today, it is one of the most commonly used names in the Western world, though its religious significance has waned among modern populations. Its diminutives are Geordie and Georgie, with the former being limited primarily to residents of England and Scotland. The most popular feminine forms in the Anglosphere, are Georgia, Georgiana, and Georgina.

George
St. George depicted slaying a dragon
PronunciationEnglish: /ˈdʒɔːrdʒ/ JORJ
GenderMale
Name dayApril 23
Origin
Meaningfarmer
Region of originAncient Greece
Other names
Related namesGeorges, Georgios, Georgius, Gheorghe, Giorgio, Göran, György, Jerzy, Jorge, Joris, Jörg, Jörgen, Jørgen, Jørn, Jüri, Jurgis, Jurģis, Jürgen, Jurij, Juris, Örjan, Ørjan, Sjors, Yegor, Yrjö, Jyrki, Jyri, Yuri/Yury, Đorđe Jiří
George Washington, the first president of the United States

History

Etymology and origins

Its original Greek form, Georgios, is based on the Greek word georgos (γεωργός) 'farmer'. The word georgos itself is ultimately a combination of two Greek words: ge (γῆ) 'earth, soil' and ergon (ἔργον) 'work'. Aelius Herodianus (fl. 2nd century AD), a Roman-era Greek grammarian and writer, determined Georgios to be a theophoric name, or a name created to honor of deity, a nod to Zeus Georgos, or "Zeus the Farmer" in English. In the early stages of Greek mythology, before Zeus took on a major role in the Greek pantheon as ruler of all the gods and goddesses, he was sacrificed to as an agricultural god, a patron of crops and harvests.[6] The name took on religious significance to followers of Early Christianity in 303 with the supposed martyrdom of Georgios, a Roman soldier of Greek heritage. While the story's historical accuracy is subject to debate, his character took on real importance to the Christian Church, with Georgios and its variants being used as baptismal names and by religious officials and Christian monarchs, though it did not become common among the laity until after the Middle Ages.

Forms

In other languages

Feminine forms

  • Bulgarian: Gergana (Гергана)
  • Albanian: Jorgjia, Jorgjica, Gjeorgjina, Gjorgjina, Xhorxhina
  • Czech: Jiřina
  • Dutch: Georgina, Jorien[7]
  • English: Georgeanna, Georgeanne (also George Anne),Georgeana, Georgianna, Georgane, Georgann, Georgene, Georgenne, Georgenna, Georgia (also Jorja), Georgiana, Georgina, Georgie (diminutive), Gina (diminutive, also Geena), Georgette, Georenn
  • French: George, Georgette, Georgine, Gigi
  • Greek: Georgia (Γεωργία)
  • Hungarian: Györgyi, Györgyike (diminutive)
  • Italian: Giorgia, Giorgina (diminutive), Gina (diminutive)
  • Latin: Georgia
  • Portuguese: Jorgina
  • Romanian: Georgeta, Georgiana
  • Spanish: Georgina, Jorgelina

People with the given name

Late antiquity to early medieval

See also: King George (disambiguation) and Prince George (disambiguation)

High to late medieval

Renaissance to modern

See: All pages with titles beginning with George

See also

References

  1. ^ Greek Names in English, Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, Oxford University
  2. ^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name George". Behind the Name. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  3. ^ γεωργ-ός, γεωργ-έω in Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  4. ^ Jan N. Bremmer, Andrew Erskine, The Gods of Ancient Greece: Identities and Transformations, p. 104, Edinburgh University Press, 2010
  5. ^ Michael York,Pagan Theology: Paganism As A World Religion, p. 132, NYU Press, 2005
  6. ^ J.F. Boissonade, Herodiani partitiones (= Ἐπιμερισμοί, e codd. Paris. 2543 + 2570). London, 1819 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1963), 172. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ ιος προπαροξύτονα ὀνόματα, κύριά τε καὶ ἐπίθετα, καὶ ἀπὸ τόπου λαμβανόμενα, διὰ τοῦ ἰῶτα γράφονται· κύρια μέν· οἷον· Γεώργιος· Δημήτριος· Ἀμμώνιος· ἐπίθετα δέ· οἷον· ἅγιος· κύριος· ὅσιος· λόγιος· ἄξιος· καὶ τὰ λοιπά· ἀπὸ τόπου δὲ λαμβανόμενα· οἷον· Ῥόδιος· Κύπριος· Βυζάντιος· καὶ τὰ ὅμοια.
  7. ^ "NVB - verklaring voornaam Jorien".

December 31, 2022
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George English ˈ dʒ ɔːr dʒ is a masculine given name derived from the Greek Geōrgios Gewrgios Ancient Greek ɡeɔː rɡi os Modern Greek ʝeˈorʝi os 1 2 3 The name gained popularity due to its association with the Christian martyr Saint George died 23 April 303 a member of the Praetorian Guard who was sentenced to death for his refusal to renounce Christianity and prior to that it might have been a theophoric name with origins in Zeus Georgos an early title of the Greek god Zeus 4 5 Today it is one of the most commonly used names in the Western world though its religious significance has waned among modern populations Its diminutives are Geordie and Georgie with the former being limited primarily to residents of England and Scotland The most popular feminine forms in the Anglosphere are Georgia Georgiana and Georgina GeorgeSt George depicted slaying a dragonPronunciationEnglish ˈ dʒ ɔːr dʒ JORJGenderMaleName dayApril 23OriginMeaningfarmerRegion of originAncient GreeceOther namesRelated namesGeorges Georgios Georgius Gheorghe Giorgio Goran Gyorgy Jerzy Jorge Joris Jorg Jorgen Jorgen Jorn Juri Jurgis Jurgis Jurgen Jurij Juris Orjan Orjan Sjors Yegor Yrjo Jyrki Jyri Yuri Yury Đorđe JiriGeorge Washington the first president of the United States Contents 1 History 1 1 Etymology and origins 1 2 Forms 1 2 1 In other languages 1 2 2 Feminine forms 2 People with the given name 2 1 Late antiquity to early medieval 2 2 High to late medieval 2 3 Renaissance to modern 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory EditEtymology and origins Edit Its original Greek form Georgios is based on the Greek word georgos gewrgos farmer The word georgos itself is ultimately a combination of two Greek words ge gῆ earth soil and ergon ἔrgon work Aelius Herodianus fl 2nd century AD a Roman era Greek grammarian and writer determined Georgios to be a theophoric name or a name created to honor of deity a nod to Zeus Georgos or Zeus the Farmer in English In the early stages of Greek mythology before Zeus took on a major role in the Greek pantheon as ruler of all the gods and goddesses he was sacrificed to as an agricultural god a patron of crops and harvests 6 The name took on religious significance to followers of Early Christianity in 303 with the supposed martyrdom of Georgios a Roman soldier of Greek heritage While the story s historical accuracy is subject to debate his character took on real importance to the Christian Church with Georgios and its variants being used as baptismal names and by religious officials and Christian monarchs though it did not become common among the laity until after the Middle Ages Forms Edit In other languages Edit Albanian Gjergj Gjorgj Xhorxh Jorgji Amharic Giorgis ጊዮርጊስ Arabic Jirjis جرجيس Jirjis جرجس Jawrj جورج Egyptian Arabic Gerges جرجس Girgis جرجس Palestinian Arabic Jiryes جريس Aragonese Chorche Armenian Gevorg Գևորգ Kevork Western Aramaic Gewargis ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ Gevargis Gaggi diminutive Gaggo diminutive Givo diminutive Asturian Xurde Basque Gorka Jurgi Urtzi Belarusian Yury Yury Yurka Yurka diminutive Breton Jor Jord Bulgarian Georgi Georgi Catalan Jordi Chinese Qiaozhi 乔治 in Simplified Chinese or 喬治 in Traditional Chinese Cantonese 佐治 zo2 zi6 in Jyutping Coptic Georgios Ⲅⲉⲟⲣⲅⲓⲟⲥ Girgis Ⲅⲓⲣⲅⲓⲥ Croatian Đuro Juraj Jure Jurica Czech Jiri Danish Jorgen Jorn Dutch Joris Juriaan Juriaen archaic spelling Sjors English Geordie diminutive George Georgie diminutive Estonian Georg Juri Jurgen Faroese Jorundur French Georges Finnish Jori Jyri Jyrki Yrjana Yrjo Frisian Jurjen Galician Xurxo Georgian Gio გიო diminutive Giorgi გიორგი Gia გია diminutive Goga გოგა diminutive Gogi გოგი diminutive German Georg Jirka Jockel diminutive Jorg Jorgen Jurg Jurgen Jurian Schorsch Greek Georgios Gewrgios Modern Geṓrgios Gewrgios Koine Tzortz Tzortz English Hindi Jorj ज र ज Hungarian Gyorgy Icelandic Georg Irish Seoirse also Seoirse Italian Giorgio Giorgino diminutive Gino diminutive Japanese Jōji じょうじ ジョージ Korean Jo ji 조지 Latin Georgius Latvian Georgijs Georgs Jurgis Juris Lithuanian Georgijus Jurgis Macedonian Gjorgji Ѓorѓi Gjorgje Ѓorѓe Gjorgjija Ѓorѓiјa Gjorgjija Gjoko Ѓoko Malayalam Geevarghese ഗ വര ഗ സ when referring to Saint George Varghese വര ഗ സ Jearjj ജ ർജ ജ based on the English pronunciation Maltese Ġorġ Ġorġa Manx Shorys Maori Hori Monegasque Giorgi Norman Jore Norwegian Georg Jorn Orjan Jorgen Persian Jurjis جرجیس Polish Jerzy Portuguese Jorge Romanian George Gheorghe Georgiu Russian Georgiy Georgij Yuriy Yurij Yegor Egor Samoan Siaosi Scottish Gaelic Deorsa Seoras Serbian Đorđe Ђorђe Đorđo Ђorђo Đukan Ђukan Đurađ Ђuraђ Đurđe Ђurђe Đoko Ђoko Đoka Ђoka Đuro Ђuro Đura Ђura Georgije Georgiјe Slovak Juraj Slovene Jure Jurij Spanish Jorge Swedish Georg Goran Jorgen Jorn Orjan Tamil Jarj ஜ ர ஜ Thai Chort cxrc based on the English pronunciation Yod yxd a historical distorted interpretation of the name Tibetan Rdorje ར ར Tongan Siaosi Turkish Cercis Circis Curcis Yorgi Gurcu Ukrainian Heorhiy Georgij Yehor Yegor Yuriy Yurij Upper Sorbian Jurij Venetian Xorxi Zorzi Vietnamese Giorgio Welsh Sior Feminine forms Edit Bulgarian Gergana Gergana Albanian Jorgjia Jorgjica Gjeorgjina Gjorgjina Xhorxhina Czech Jirina Dutch Georgina Jorien 7 English Georgeanna Georgeanne also George Anne Georgeana Georgianna Georgane Georgann Georgene Georgenne Georgenna Georgia also Jorja Georgiana Georgina Georgie diminutive Gina diminutive also Geena Georgette Georenn French George Georgette Georgine Gigi Greek Georgia Gewrgia Hungarian Gyorgyi Gyorgyike diminutive Italian Giorgia Giorgina diminutive Gina diminutive Latin Georgia Portuguese Jorgina Romanian Georgeta Georgiana Spanish Georgina JorgelinaPeople with the given name EditLate antiquity to early medieval Edit See also King George disambiguation and Prince George disambiguation George of Laodicea d 347 George of Cappadocia d 361 Georgius Florentius birth name of Gregory of Tours d 594 Giorgio fl 610 cardinal under Pope Honorius I George of Izla d 615 George of Cyprus 7th century George of Pisidia 7th century George of Resh aina 7th century George I of Constantinople d 686 Patriarch George of Antioch 758 790 Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church George Syncellus d after 810 George Choiroboskos 9th century George Hamartolos d 867 George II of Armenia catholicos of Armenian Church 877 897 High to late medieval Edit Georgius Tzul fl 1016 Kingdom of Georgia George I of Georgia d 1027 George II of Georgia George III of Georgia George III of Imereti George IV of Georgia George V of Georgia George VI of Georgia George VII of Georgia George VII of Imereti George VIII of Georgia George I of Kakheti died 1476 George I of Imereti late 14th century George II of Kakheti 1464 1513 George of Chqondidi d 1118 Kievan Rus Yuriy Dolgorukiy c 1099 1157 Yuri II of Vladimir 1189 1238 Second Bulgarian Empire George I of Bulgaria emperor of Bulgaria 1280 1292 George II of Bulgaria emperor of Bulgaria 1321 1322 Đurađ I Balsic fl 1362 78 Lord of Zeta Đurađ II Balsic 1385 1403 Lord of Zeta Đurađ Bogutovic fl 1370 99 Serbian nobleman Đurađ Brankovic 1377 1456 Serbian Despot Đurađ Đurasevic fl 1413 35 Serbian nobleman Đurađ Crnojevic fl 1489 1514 Lord of Zeta George of Antioch d 1252 George Akropolites d 1282 George Ongud king d 1298 9 Georgius Chrysococcas fl 1340s Medieval Albania Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg 1405 1468 Albanian prince and national hero Gjergj Arianiti 1383 1462 Albanian lord who led several campaigns against the Ottoman Empire Gjergj Thopia died 1392 medieval Albanian nobleman and the lord of Durres between 1388 and 1392 Gjergj Pelini died 1463 medieval Albanian Catholic priest and diplomat for Skanderbeg and Venice George Sphrantzes d 1478 George of Trebizond d 1486 Renaissance to modern Edit See All pages with titles beginning with GeorgeGeorge Plantagenet 1st Duke of Clarence 1449 1478 Giorgio Cornaro 1452 1527 Gyorgy Dozsa 1470 1514 George Duke of Saxony 1471 1539 Yury Ivanovich 1480 1536 George Duke of Coimbra 1481 1550 Portuguese Infante natural son of King John II of Portugal Gyorgy Szondy 1500 1552 Giorgio Basta 1540 1607 George Weymouth 1585 1612 English explorer George of Lencastre 2nd Duke of Aveiro 1548 1578 Portuguese prince Giorgio Giorgicci 1614 1660 Kingdom of Great Britain George I of Great Britain 1660 1727 George II of Great Britain 1683 1760 United Kingdom George III of the United Kingdom 1738 1820 George IV of the United Kingdom 1762 1830 George V of the United Kingdom 1865 1936 George VI of the United Kingdom 1895 1952 George Washington 1732 1799 first President of the United States 1789 97 and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States George Gordon Byron 6th Baron Byron better known as Lord Byron 1788 1824 English author George Nicholas Eckert 1802 1865 US Congressman George Rex Graham 1813 1894 American magazine editor and publisher Kingdom of Greece George I 1845 1913 George II 1890 1947 George Eastman 1854 1932 American entrepreneur and founder of the Eastman Kodak Company George Howard Earle Jr 1856 1928 American lawyer and businessman George Alderink 1889 1977 American businessman and politician George Alice born Georgia Mannion 2003 Australian singer songwriter George Appo 1856 1930 a thief from New York City George Eliot a pen name for English writer Mary Ann Evans 1819 1880 George B McFarland 1866 1942 Thai physician George Horace Lorimer 1867 1937 American editor of The Saturday Evening Post George Locke 1870 1937 Canadian librarian George R de Silva 1898 1968 Sri Lankan Sinhala politician George Dudley 1894 1960 Canadian ice hockey administrator and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee George Keyt 1901 1993 Sri Lankan painter George Metesky 1903 1994 American bomber and terrorist George Washington Vanderbilt III 1914 1961 American yachtsman and scientific explore George H W Bush 1924 2018 41st President of the United States George Krull 1925 1957 one half of a brother s criminal duo from Pennsylvania George Christopher Rambukpotha 1884 1943 Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician representative for Bibile in the 1st and 2nd State Council of Ceylon George Rajapaksa 1926 1976 Sri Lankan Sinhala politician George Stanich born 1928 American high jumper George Carlin 1937 2008 American stand up comedian actor social critic and author George H Morris born 1938 American equestrian George Harrison 1943 2001 lead guitarist of the Beatles George Cecil Horry 1907 1981 British born New Zealand confidence trickster tailor and convicted murderer George W Bush 43rd President of the United States son of George H W Bush George Clooney born 1961 American actor film producer director and activist George Dario Franchitti born 1973 Scottish racing driver George Zidek born 1973 Czech basketball player George Floyd 1973 2020 American man murdered by police during an arrest in Minneapolis Minnesota George Clanton American electronic musician George Mayienga Kenyan basketball coach George Robertson born 1946 British politician George Russell born 1958 American thief and serial killer George Hill disambiguation multiple people George Michael 1963 2016 English pop singer songwriter and philanthropist George Seitz 1894 1976 American murder victim George Simion born 1986 Romanian activist and politician George Piștereanu born 1990 Romanian actor George Felix Michel Melki born 1994 Swedish Lebanese footballer George Russell born 1998 English racing driver Prince George of Wales born 2013 second in line to the British throne George Alfred Henry Wille 1871 1951 Sri Lankan Burgher proctor notary public journalist and politicianSee also EditAll pages with titles beginning with George Georg disambiguation George disambiguation George surname Georgeanna Georgeson Georgiev Georgievski Georgios Giorgos Saint George disambiguation Georgia disambiguation GeordieReferences Edit Greek Names in English Lexicon of Greek Personal Names Oxford University Campbell Mike Meaning origin and history of the name George Behind the Name Retrieved August 1 2019 gewrg os gewrg ew in Henry George Liddell Robert Scott A Greek English Lexicon Jan N Bremmer Andrew Erskine The Gods of Ancient Greece Identities and Transformations p 104 Edinburgh University Press 2010 Michael York Pagan Theology Paganism As A World Religion p 132 NYU Press 2005 J F Boissonade Herodiani partitiones Ἐpimerismoi e codd Paris 2543 2570 London 1819 repr Amsterdam Hakkert 1963 172 Tὰ diὰ toῦ ios proparo3ytona ὀnomata kyria te kaὶ ἐpi8eta kaὶ ἀpὸ topoy lambanomena diὰ toῦ ἰῶta grafontai kyria men oἷon Gewrgios Dhmhtrios Ἀmmwnios ἐpi8eta de oἷon ἅgios kyrios ὅsios logios ἄ3ios kaὶ tὰ loipa ἀpὸ topoy dὲ lambanomena oἷon Ῥodios Kyprios Byzantios kaὶ tὰ ὅmoia NVB verklaring voornaam Jorien This page or section lists people that share the same given name If an internal link led you here you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George given name amp oldid 1128279373, wikipedia, wiki, 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