Given name & surname
Georgy
“farmer”·“one who works the earth”
In English use, Georgy is a diminutive of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Georgy is a diminutive of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Georgy is a diminutive of George. George reached English through Old French and Latin from the Greek name Georgios.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Georgy is a diminutive of George. In English use, Georgy is a diminutive 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
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Georgy is a diminutive 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
Georgy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 41
- 26 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 503 as a first name in 2020; 291 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.
Georgy’s family of names
In English usage, Georgy is a diminutive of George. In German usage, Georgy as a surname has a related form in Jörg. Georgy has a related form in George.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 64
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jorgeequivalent
- Yuriequivalent
- Georgieequivalent
- Jordiequivalent
- Giorgioequivalent
- Joriequivalent
- Georgiosequivalent
- Juriequivalent
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- Georgesequivalent
- Gevorgequivalent
- Jurgenequivalent
- Jerzyequivalent
- Georgiequivalent
- Georgequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Jyriequivalent
- Jorisequivalent
- Yegorequivalent
- Jornequivalent
- Georgijeequivalent
- Jørgenequivalent
- Georgiusequivalent
- Jørnequivalent
- Corcequivalent
- Георгийequivalent
- Juroequivalent
- Juergequivalent
- Yehorequivalent
- Jordequivalent
- Jyrkiequivalent
- Gheorgheequivalent
- Jörnequivalent
- Jurgensequivalent
- Jörgenequivalent
- Xurxoequivalent
- Jurajequivalent
- Đorđeequivalent
- Györgyequivalent
- Георгиequivalent
- Đuroequivalent
- Γεώργιοςequivalent
- Jurgisequivalent
- Георгійequivalent
- Գևորգequivalent
- Siôrequivalent
- Georgiiequivalent
- Xurdeequivalent
- Jürgensequivalent
- Jurijequivalent
- Heorhiyequivalent
- Göranequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Jiříequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jüriequivalent
- Jurequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
- გიორგიequivalent
- Егорequivalent
And 4 more.
People named Georgy
- Georgy ZhukovMarshal of the Soviet Union (1896-1974)
- Georgy MalenkovSoviet politician (1902–1988)
- Georgi PlekhanovRussian philosopher (1856–1918)
- George GamowRussian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist (1904–1968)
- Georgy LvovRussian statesman and the first post-imperial prime minister of Russia (1861-1925)
- Georgy ChicherinMarxist revolutionary and Soviet politician (1872-1936)
- Georgy GaponRussian priest (1870-1906)
- Georgy GrechkoSoviet cosmonaut (1931–2017)
- Georgy SviridovSoviet and Russian composer (1915—1998)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Georgy, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Georas
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
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Giorgius
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
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Georgie Porgie
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
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Gorka
“a farmer”
73% boys · 27% girls
Gora
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
48% boys · 52% girls
Keoky
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
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Gică
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
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Seòrdag
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
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