Given name & surname · Ukrainian
Григорій
Григорій (Hryhórij) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Grigorìj.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Ukrainian usage, Григорій developed from Γρηγόριος.
Григорій’s family of names
In Polish usage, Григорій as a surname has a diminutive in Hryc. In Ukrainian usage, Григорій developed from the Ancient Greek form Γρηγόριος. In Ukrainian usage, Григорій has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Grzegorz.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Григорій has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Григорій comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
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 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Gregoryequivalent
- GregorGerman
- GrzegorzPolish
- Grigoryequivalent
- Гриньequivalent
- ГригорийRussian
- GrégoireFrench
- Grigorijequivalent
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Григорій
- Hryhorii SkovorodaUkrainian philosopher (1722–1794)
- Hryhorii Kvitka-OsnovianenkoUkrainian writer (1778–1843)
- Hryhorii KosynkaUkrainian writer1899–1934
- Hryhorii EpikUkrainian writer and journalist (1901-1937)
- Hryhoriy HrynkoSoviet politician1890–1938
- Grigory KravchenkoSoviet aviator (1912–1943)
- Grigorij KhizhnyakUkrainian basketball player (1974-2018)
- Hryhoriy KhomyshynUkrainian beatified person (1867-1947)
- Hryhoriy LobodaHetman of Ukrainian Cossack1557–1596
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