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Георгій
Георгій (Hjeórhij) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian and Belarusian.
Belarusian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Georgìj.
Meaning & origin
Георгій’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Георгій shares an earlier linguistic root with Юрій. In Ukrainian usage, Георгій has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jorge. In Belarusian usage, Георгій has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Jerzy.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Георгій has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Георгій comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 20
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Георгій
- Georgy BeregovoySoviet cosmonaut (1921–1995)
- Heorhiy BushchanUkrainian footballerborn 1994
- Heorhiy SudakovUkrainian association football player (born 2002)
- Giorgi TsitaishviliGeorgian footballerborn 2000
- Heorhiy NarbutUkrainian painter (1886-1920)
- Heorhiy PohosovSoviet fencerborn 1960
- Heorhiy MaiborodaUkrainian composer (1913–1992)
- Heorhiy KirpaUkrainian politician (1946–2004)
- Heorhiy ZhylinUkrainian rower (1925–1997)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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