Given name · Russian
Георгий
“farmer, earth-worker”
Георгий (Geórgij) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “farmer, earth-worker.” It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: George.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (“farmer, earth-worker”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Георгий’s family of names
In Russian usage, Георгий has a diminutive in Го́га. In Russian usage, Георгий shares an earlier linguistic root with Юрий. In Russian usage, Георгий has a conventional equivalent in the English form George.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Георгий has relatives in 20 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Георгий comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 64
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- GeorgeEnglish
- JorgePortuguese, Spanish
- Yuriequivalent
- JordiCatalan
- GiorgioItalian
- Joriequivalent
- Georgiosequivalent
- Juriequivalent
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- GeorgesFrench
- Gevorgequivalent
- Jurgenequivalent
- JerzyPolish
- Georgiequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Jyriequivalent
- Jorisequivalent
- Yegorequivalent
- Jornequivalent
- GeorgGerman, Swedish
- Georgyequivalent
- Georgijeequivalent
- Jørnequivalent
- Juroequivalent
- Yehorequivalent
- Jordequivalent
- Jyrkiequivalent
- Gheorgheequivalent
- Jörnequivalent
- Jurgensequivalent
- Jurajequivalent
- Đorđeequivalent
- Đuroequivalent
- Jurgisequivalent
- Գևորգequivalent
- Georgiiequivalent
- Xurdeequivalent
- Jürgensequivalent
- Jurijequivalent
- Heorhiyequivalent
- Göranequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jüriequivalent
- Jurequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
- გიორგიequivalent
- Yrjöequivalent
- Jörgequivalent
- Jürgenequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
- Юрийdoublet · Russian
- Γεώργιοςsource · Greek, Ancient Greek
- JiříCzech
- Jureequivalent
- Jørgenequivalent
- Georgiusequivalent
- GeorgoEsperanto
- ГеоргійUkrainian
- JörgenIcelandic
And 4 more.
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Георгий
- Georgy ZhukovMarshal of the Soviet Union (1896-1974)
- Georgy MalenkovSoviet politician (1902–1988)
- Georgi PlekhanovRussian philosopher (1856–1918)
- George GamowRussian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist (1904–1968)
- Georgy LvovRussian statesman and the first post-imperial prime minister of Russia (1861-1925)
- Georgy ChicherinMarxist revolutionary and Soviet politician (1872-1936)
- Georgy GaponRussian priest (1870-1906)
- Georgy GrechkoSoviet cosmonaut (1931–2017)
- Georgy SviridovSoviet and Russian composer (1915—1998)
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