Given name & surname
Georgius
“farmer”·“earth + work”
Georgius is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Georgius is built from elements meaning “farmer” and “earth + work”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Georgius’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Georgius as a surname has a diminutive in Orjala. In Latin usage, Georgius has a later derivative in Jørgen. In Latin usage, Georgius has a conventional equivalent in the English form George.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Georgius has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
15 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 65
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- GeorgeEnglish
- JorgePortuguese, Spanish
- YuriPortuguese
- Jordiequivalent
- GiorgioItalian
- Joriequivalent
- Georgiosequivalent
- Juriequivalent
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- GeorgesFrench
- Gevorgequivalent
- Jurgenequivalent
- JerzyPolish
- Georgiequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Jyriequivalent
- Jorisequivalent
- Yegorequivalent
- Jornequivalent
- Yuryequivalent
- Georgborrowing · Norwegian Bokmål, German
- Georgyequivalent
- Georgijeequivalent
- Jørnequivalent
- Corcequivalent
- Георгийequivalent
- Juroequivalent
- Juergequivalent
- Yehorequivalent
- Jordequivalent
- Jyrkiequivalent
- Gheorgheequivalent
- Jörnequivalent
- Jurgensequivalent
- Jörgenequivalent
- Xurxoequivalent
- Jurajequivalent
- Юрыйequivalent
- Đorđeequivalent
- Györgyequivalent
- Георгиequivalent
- Đuroequivalent
- Jurgisequivalent
- Георгійequivalent
- Գևորգequivalent
- Siôrequivalent
- Xurdeequivalent
- Jürgensequivalent
- Jurijequivalent
- Heorhiyequivalent
- Göranequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jüriequivalent
- Jurequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
- გიორგიequivalent
- Yrjöequivalent
- Chorcheequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
And 5 more.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Georgius
- Georgius AgricolaGerman physician and mineralogist (1494-1555)
- Georg August SchweinfurthGerman explorer and scientist (1836-1925)
- Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Ospainter from the Northern Netherlands (1782-1861)
- Georgius Tzulkhazar warlord950–1099
- Georgius HorniusGerman historian and theologian (1620–1670)
- George CandidiusDutch missionary1597–1647
- Georgius ChrysococcaGreek physician, geographer, and astronomer1400–1301
- George of Slavoniatheological writer and professor1360–1416
- George of LaodiceaAlexandrian theologian of 4th century CE320–361
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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