Given name & surname
Goran
“farmer”·“one who works the earth”·“from the granary”
Goran is a variant of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.” Goran is a variant of Goren. One Hebrew interpretation is “from the granary.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Goran is a variant of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.” Goran is a variant of Goren. One Hebrew interpretation is “from the granary.”
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Where it comes from
Goran is a variant of George. George reached English through Old French and Latin from the Greek name Georgios. Goran is a variant of Goren. An origin associated with Goren is Hebrew.
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How it developed
Goran 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 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Goran 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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Goran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 109
- 109 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 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 6 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,695 as a first name in 2020; 244 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.
Goran’s family of names
In Slovenian usage, Goran has a feminine form in Gorana. Goran has a related form in George. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Goran has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jorge.
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Around the world
Goran has relatives in 6 languages.
5 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Goran
- Goran Bregovićmusician and composer from Bosnia and Herzegovinaborn 1950
- Goran VišnjićCroatian actorborn 1972
- Goran IvaniševićCroatian tennis player and coachborn 1971
- Goran PandevMacedonian association football player (born 1983)
- Goran JurićCroatian association football playerborn 1963
- Goran HadžićCroatian Serb politician (1958-2016)
- Goran DragićSlovenian basketball player (born 1986)
- Goran VlaovićCroatian footballerborn 1972
- Goran GavrančićSerbian footballerborn 1978
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