Given name
Georgios
“farmer”·“one who works the earth”
Georgios is a variant of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Georgios 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
Georgios 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
Georgios 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 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Georgios 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Georgios through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,082
- 1,082 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 32
- #3,540 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +38%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 32 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,540 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 38.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,947 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Georgios’s family of names
In English usage, Georgios shares a linguistic root with George. In English usage, Georgios was borrowed from the Greek form Γεώργιος. Georgios has a related form in George.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 73
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jorgeequivalent
- Yuriequivalent
- Jordiequivalent
- Giorgioequivalent
- Juriequivalent
- Georgesequivalent
- Gevorgequivalent
- Jurgenequivalent
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- Jerzyequivalent
- Jyriequivalent
- Jorisequivalent
- Yegorequivalent
- Giorgosequivalent
- Jornequivalent
- Georgyequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Georgiequivalent
- Georgequivalent
- Jörgenequivalent
- Györgyequivalent
- Γιώργοςequivalent
- Георгиequivalent
- Đuroequivalent
- Jurgisequivalent
- Георгійequivalent
- Գևորգequivalent
- Siôrequivalent
- Georgiiequivalent
- Georgisequivalent
- Xurdeequivalent
- Jurijequivalent
- Heorhiyequivalent
- Göranequivalent
- Γιώργηςequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Jiříequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jüriequivalent
- Jurequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
- Егорequivalent
- გიორგიequivalent
- Yrjöequivalent
- Chorcheequivalent
- Jörgequivalent
- Jürgenequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
- Jureequivalent
- Giorgisequivalent
- Jørgenequivalent
- Georgiusequivalent
- Corcequivalent
- Георгийequivalent
- Κόκοςequivalent
- Georgijeequivalent
- Kokosequivalent
- Juroequivalent
- Jørnequivalent
- Jockelequivalent
And 13 more.
People named Georgios
- George MichaelEnglish singer (1963–2016)
- Georgios PapandreouPrime minister of Greece (1888–1968)
- Giourkas SeitaridisGreek footballerborn 1981
- Georgios PapanikolaouGreek pathologist (1883-1962)
- George Syncellus9th century Byzantine historian, philosopher and writer740–810
- George AkropolitesByzantine Greek historian, diplomat (1217–1282)
- Georgios TzavellasGreek association football playerborn 1987
- George PachymeresByzantine scholar (1242–1310)
- Prince George of Greece and DenmarkPrince of Greece and Denmark (1869-1957)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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