Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Geza through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 260
- 260 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 20 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 5 in 1977. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 372 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.
Geza’s family of names
In French usage, Geza has a related form in Géza. In Slovenian usage, Geza has a conventional equivalent in the French form Géza.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Geza
- Geza ŠiflišYugoslav footballer (1907–1948)
- Geza GallosAustrian association football player (1948-2013)
- Geza FuretzRomanian boxerborn 1930
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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