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Γεώργιος
“farmer”
Γεώργιος (Geṓrgĭos) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Greek and Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and Greek and grWritten in Greek script. In English: George.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ, built from Ancient Greek γεωργός (“farmer”) + -ιος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Γεώργιος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Γεώργιος has a diminutive in Γεωργάκης. In Greek usage, Γεώργιος has a feminine form in Γεωργία. In Greek usage, Γεώργιος has a conventional equivalent in the English form George.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Γεώργιος has relatives in 62 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 109
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Georgederivative · English, Swedish
- Georgiaderivative · English
- Jorgederivative · Portuguese, Spanish
- Yuriequivalent
- Jordiderivative · Catalan
- GiorgioItalian
- Georgiosborrowing · English
- Juriequivalent
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- Georgesderivative · French
- Gevorgequivalent
- Jurgenequivalent
- Jerzyderivative · Polish
- Yegorequivalent
- Giorgosequivalent
- Jornequivalent
- Georgderivative · Norwegian Bokmål, German
- Georgyequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Georgiequivalent
- Jyriequivalent
- JorisDutch
- JuraCroatian
- Գևորգequivalent
- Siôrequivalent
- Georgiiequivalent
- Georgisequivalent
- Heorhiyequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jurequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
- Jörgequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
- ЮрийRussian
- ЕгорRussian
- Георгийborrowing · Russian
- Γεωργίαfeminine form · Greek
- Jurkusderivative · Lithuanian
- Ѓерѓиderivative · Macedonian
- Schurliderivative · German, bar
- Schorrschderivative · Limburgish
- ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣderivative · aii
- جاورجيوسderivative · Arabic
- ഗീവർഗീസ്derivative · Malayalam
- Giurgiuderivative · Romanian
- Юрыйderivative · Belarusian
- Георгійborrowing · Belarusian, Ukrainian
- Chorchederivative · Aragonese
- جرجسborrowing · Arabic
- Jååǥǥarderivative · sms
- Xurdederivative · Asturian
- Գէորգborrowing · Classical Armenian
- გიორგიborrowing · oge, Georgian
- Sjorsderivative · Dutch
- Schurlderivative · German, bar
- Gjergjderivative · Albanian
- Xurxoderivative · Galician
- Jerkderivative · gsw
- Jokoderivative · izh
And 49 more.
People named Γεώργιος
- Georgios PapandreouPrime minister of Greece (1888–1968)
- Giourkas SeitaridisGreek footballerborn 1981
- Georgios PapanikolaouGreek pathologist (1883-1962)
- George Syncellus9th century Byzantine historian, philosopher and writer740–810
- George AkropolitesByzantine Greek historian, diplomat (1217–1282)
- Georgios TzavellasGreek association football playerborn 1987
- George PachymeresByzantine scholar (1242–1310)
- Prince George of Greece and DenmarkPrince of Greece and Denmark (1869-1957)
- George KedrenosByzantine historian (11th century)1100–1100
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