Given name & surname
Georg
“farmer”·“one who works the earth”
In Swedish use, Georg has a related form in George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Swedish use, Georg has a related form in George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Swedish use, Georg has a related form in George. George reached English through Old French and Latin from the Greek name Georgios.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Georg developed from Γεωργός. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Georg developed from Γεώργιος. In Swedish use, Georg has a related form in 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
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Swedish use, Georg has a related form in 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Georg through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 497
- 487 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,292 as a first name in 2020; 554 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Georg’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Georg has a diminutive in Goggi. Georg shares a linguistic root with George. In German usage, Georg has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Jorge.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Georg has relatives in 63 languages.
169 related names in 63 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 18
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 177
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JorgePortuguese, Spanish
- Yuriequivalent
- JovanCroatian
- JordiCatalan
- GiorgioItalian
- Joriderivative · Finnish
- Georgiosequivalent
- Juriequivalent
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- GeorgioItalian
- Gevorgequivalent
- Jurgenequivalent
- JorenDutch
- JerzyPolish
- Yegorequivalent
- Georgyequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Georgiequivalent
- JorisWest Frisian, Dutch
- JurianSwedish, Norwegian
- JurisLatvian
- JuraCroatian
- KeokiHawaiian
- JyriFinnish
- JorgenFaroese
- JornDanish
- Juergequivalent
- Yehorequivalent
- Jordequivalent
- Jurgensequivalent
- Đuroequivalent
- Գևորգequivalent
- Georgiiequivalent
- Jürgensequivalent
- Heorhiyequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jüriequivalent
- Jurequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
- Jōjiequivalent
- ЮрийRussian
- ЕгорRussian
- ГеоргийRussian
- Kiiuborrowing · Greenlandic
- Γεώργιοςroot · Greek, Ancient Greek
- ГеоргиBulgarian
- Jørgendoublet · Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian
- JiříCzech
- Corcequivalent
- じょうじequivalent
- Jørndoublet · Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian
- Γῆroot · Ancient Greek
- Γεωργόςroot · Ancient Greek
- Georgiussource · Latin, Slovene
- JurjenWest Frisian
- SiorysWelsh
- SiorsWelsh
- SiôrWelsh
- SiôrsWelsh
- GyörgyHungarian
And 117 more.
People named Georg
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGerman philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
- George Frideric HandelGerman-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)
- Georg CantorGerman mathematician, inventor of set theory (1845–1918)
- NovalisGerman poet and writer (1772-1801)
- Bernhard RiemannGerman mathematician (1826–1866)
- Georg OhmGerman physicist and mathematician1789–1854
- Georg Christoph LichtenbergGerman scientist and satirist (1742-1799)
- Georg SimmelGerman sociologist, philosopher, and critic (1858–1918)
- Georg Philipp TelemannGerman composer1681–1767
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