Name: George
Gender: Male
Usage: George, of greek origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name George are in general originating from Armenia, Belgium, France, Georgia, Greece, Ireland, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name George across the world, see Georgios.
Meaning: The meaning of the name George is: Earth worker, Farmer.
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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name George is ranked on the 103rd position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 4694700 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.065% of the population. The name George has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name George for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of George is 22 February.
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History and Origin
- For the surname, see George (surname).
George is a widespread given name, derived from Greek Γεώργιος (Geōrgios) through the Latin Georgius. While it is commonly a masculine name, in English it is also rarely given as a feminine name. Its popularity is due to the widespread veneration of the Christian military saint Saint George (George of Lydda c. 275/281–303).
The name derives in origin from the name of Zeus Georgos, worshipped as a god of crops in Ancient Athens. The Greek word γεωργός (geōrgos) means "husbandman, farmer, tiller" (lit. "earth-worker").
English: from Old French, from Latin Georgius, from Greek Georgios (from geōrgos farmer, a compound of gē earth + ergein to work). This was the name of several early saints, including the shadowy figure who is now the patron of England (as well as of Germany and Portugal). Gibbon identified him with a Cappadocian leader of this name, but this cannot be right. If the saint existed at all, he was perhaps martyred in Palestine in the persecutions instigated by the Emperor Diocletian at the beginning of the 4th century. The popular legend in which the hero slays a dragon is a medieval Italian invention. He was for a long time a more important saint in the Orthodox Church than in the West, and the name was not much used in England during the Middle Ages, even after St George came to be regarded as the patron of England in the 14th century. The real impulse for its popularity was the accession of the first king of England of this name, who came from Germany in 1714 and brought many German retainers with him. It has been one of the most popular English male names ever since.
Cognates: Irish Gaelic: Seoirse. Scottish Gaelic: Seòras, Deòrsa. Welsh: Siôr, Sior(y)s. French: Georges. Provençal: Jori. Italian: Giorgio. Spanish, Portuguese: Jorge. Catalan: Jordi. Basque: Gorka. German: Georg; Jörg (dialectal); Jürgen (Low German in origin). Dutch, Frisian: Joris, Joren, Jurg. Danish: Jørgen, Jørn. Swedish: Göran, Jöran, Jörgen, Örjan. Finnish: Yrjö. Russian: Georgi, Yuri, Yegor. Polish: Jerzy. Czech: Jiří. Hungarian: György. Romanian: Gheorghe, Iorghu. See also Yorick.
Pet forms: English: Georgie, Geordie. Russian: Goga, Gora, Gorya. Polish: Jurek.
Feminine forms: English: Georgia, Georgina, Georgette. Scottish Gaelic: Seòrdag.
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