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Гриша

Гриша (Gríša) is a masculine given name. It is used in Russian.

Bulgarian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Gríša.

Meaning & origin

How it developed

In Bulgarian usage, Гриша is a diminutive of Георги. In Russian usage, Гриша is a diminutive of Григорий.

Гриша’s family of names

In Bulgarian usage, Гриша is a diminutive of Георги. In Russian usage, Гриша has a later derivative in RISSANEN. In Russian usage, Гриша can be written in the Roman alphabet as Gríša.

Walk Гриша’s family in the name graph

ГришаGríšaГригорийГеоргиГриго́рийГри́шенькаГри́шкаGregGrigoryGrischaRissanen

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Гриша has relatives in 4 languages.

Russian

7 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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