Given name & surname
Georges
“farmer”·“one who works the earth”
Georges is a variant of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Georges is a variant of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Georges is a variant of George. George reached English through Old French and Latin from the Greek name Georgios.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Georges developed from the Ancient Greek form Γεώργιος. Georges is a variant 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.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Georges is a variant 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.
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Georges through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 902
- 902 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #6,931 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,931 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 3.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,569 as a first name in 2020; 6,203 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.
Georges’s family of names
Georges has a diminutive in Georgette. Georges shares a linguistic root with George. In French usage, Georges has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Jorge.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Georges has relatives in 61 languages.
93 related names in 61 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
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 114
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JorgePortuguese, Spanish
- Yuriequivalent
- JordiCatalan
- GiorgioItalian
- JoriFinnish
- GigiRomanian
- Georgiosequivalent
- Juriequivalent
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- Gevorgequivalent
- Jurgenequivalent
- JerzyPolish
- Giorgiequivalent
- Georgiequivalent
- Yegorequivalent
- Jornequivalent
- Georgyequivalent
- JorisDutch
- KeokiHawaiian
- JyriFinnish
- JuraCroatian
- Georgijeequivalent
- Juergequivalent
- Yehorequivalent
- Jurgensequivalent
- Yahorequivalent
- Георгійequivalent
- Գևորգequivalent
- Ягорequivalent
- Xurdeequivalent
- Jürgensequivalent
- Heorhiyequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jurequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
- ЕгорRussian
- ГеоргийRussian
- Schurliderivative · German, bar
- Schorrschborrowing · Limburgish
- جورجborrowing · Arabic
- ΓιώργοςGreek
- Γεώργιοςroot · Greek, Ancient Greek
- Djôrcognate · Walloon
- Schurlderivative · German, bar
- Schorschborrowing · gmw-cfr
- JiříCzech
- Corcequivalent
- autopilotEnglish
- XòrxiVenetian
- ЮрійUkrainian
- JorjTurkish, Breton
- JörnSwedish
- JörgenSwedish, Icelandic
- GöranSwedish
- ÖrjanSwedish
- JureSlovene, Croatian
- JurijSlovene
- JurajSlovak, Croatian
And 54 more.
People named Georges
- Georges PompidouPresident of France from 1969 to 19741911–1974
- Georges BizetFrench composer (1838–1875)
- Georges ClemenceauPrime Minister of France, 1906–1909 and 1917–1920 (1841–1929)
- Georges DantonFrench revolutionary (1759–1794)
- Georges SimenonBelgian writer (1903–1986)
- Georges BraqueFrench painter and sculptor (1882-1963)
- Georges CuvierFrench naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
- Georges LemaîtreBelgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest (1894–1966)
- Georges MélièsFrench filmmaker and illusionist (1861–1938)
Characters named Georges: Batroc the Leaper (Marvel Comics).
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