Given name & surname
Göran
“farmer”·“one who works the earth”
Göran is a form of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Göran is a form of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Göran is a form of George. George reached English through Old French and Latin from the Greek name Georgios.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Swedish use, Göran is used as a form of George. Göran is a form of George. The shared background comes through George: Georgios comes from georgos, built from elements meaning “earth” and “to work.” Latin Georgius and Old French forms helped carry it into English.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Göran is a form of George. The history of George gives this family its wider story. Saint George gave the name a religious and legendary association; the dragon story developed in the Middle Ages. In England, George I’s accession in 1714 helped increase the name’s use beyond its earlier saintly associations.
Explained through its name family
Göran’s family of names
Göran shares a linguistic root with George. In Swedish usage, Göran has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jorge. Göran is a form of George.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Göran has relatives in 11 languages.
13 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 67
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Georgecognate · English
- JorgePortuguese, Spanish
- Yuriequivalent
- Jordiequivalent
- GiorgioItalian
- Joriequivalent
- Georgiosequivalent
- Juriequivalent
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- GeorgesFrench
- Gevorgequivalent
- Jurgenequivalent
- Jerzyequivalent
- Georgalso known as · German, Swedish
- Georgyequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Georgiequivalent
- Jyriequivalent
- Jorisequivalent
- Yegorequivalent
- Jornequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jüriequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
- Jurequivalent
- გიორგიequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Yrjöequivalent
- Chorcheequivalent
- Jörgequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
- ЮрийRussian
- ЕгорRussian
- ΓιώργοςGreek
- ΓεώργιοςGreek
- Jørgencognate · Danish
- Jürgencognate · German
- JiříCzech
- Jureequivalent
- Georgiusequivalent
- Corcequivalent
- Георгийequivalent
- Jøranequivalent
- Georgijeequivalent
- Juroequivalent
- Jørnequivalent
- Yehorequivalent
- Jurgensequivalent
- Jyrkiequivalent
- Jörnequivalent
- Xurxoequivalent
- Đorđeequivalent
- Juergequivalent
- Jordequivalent
- Gheorgheequivalent
- Jurajequivalent
- Jörgenequivalent
- Györgyequivalent
- Георгиequivalent
- Đuroequivalent
And 7 more.
People named Göran
- Benny AnderssonSwedish musician and composerborn 1946
- Göran PerssonPrime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006born 1949
- Göran WahlenbergSwedish naturalist (1780-1851)
- Göran ClaesonSwedish Olympic speed skaterborn 1945
- Göran TunströmSwedish writer (1937–2000)
- Göran SonneviSwedish writer (born 1939)
- Göran MalmqvistSwedish linguist and sinologist, Member of the Swedish Academy (1924-2019)
- Göran TherbornSwedish sociologist, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridgeborn 1941
- Pelle LindberghSwedish ice hockey goaltender (1959-1985)
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“one who works the earth; a farmer”
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“one who works the earth; a farmer”
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