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Григорий
“watchful”
Григорий (Grigórij) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
Bulgarian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Gregory.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Григорий goes back to Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος, meaning “watchful.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Григорий developed from Γρηγόριος.
Григорий’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Григорий has an affectionate form in RISSANEN. In Russian usage, Григорий developed from the Ancient Greek form Γρηγόριος. In Russian usage, Григорий has a conventional equivalent in the English form Gregory.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Григорий has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Григорий comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 27
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- GregoryEnglish
- GregorioItalian
- GregorGerman
- Grigorequivalent
- Grigoryequivalent
- GrzegorzPolish
- Grishaequivalent
- Krikorequivalent
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- Grigorijeequivalent
- Reijoequivalent
- Ryhorequivalent
- Grigoriequivalent
- Գրիգորequivalent
- Gregoriusequivalent
- Hryhoriiequivalent
- Grischaequivalent
- Gergelyequivalent
- Γρηγόριοςroot · Greek, Ancient Greek
- GrégoireFrench
- Kikoriaborrowing · izh
- ŘehořCzech
- Gregerequivalent
- Grégoryequivalent
- Gregersequivalent
- Рыгорequivalent
- Григо́рийhas masculine form
- ГригорійUkrainian
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Григорий
- Grigori PerelmanRussian mathematician (born 1966)
- Grigory ZinovievRussian revolutionary (1883-1936)
- Grigory PotemkinRussian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
- Grigory MargulisRussian mathematicianborn 1946
- Grigory YavlinskyRussian politician and economistborn 1952
- Grigori AleksandrovSoviet film director (1903-1983)
- Grigory ChukhraySoviet film director and screenwriter (1921-2001)
- Grigory KulikMarshal of the Soviet Union (1890–1950)
- Grigori KozintsevSoviet film director (1905-1973)
Characters named Григорий: Pechorin (Mikhail Lermontov's novel A Hero of Our Time).
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