Grégory: meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Grégory is a form of Grégoire. Grégoire comes from Old French.

How it developed

From English Gregory, from Latin Gregorius.

The story

In French use, Grégory shares an earlier linguistic root with Gregory. The history of Gregory gives this family its wider story. Gregory’s historical associations include a number of early saints.

Explained through its name family

Grégory’s family of names

Grégory shares a linguistic root with Gregory. In French usage, Grégory has a conventional equivalent in the German form Gregor. In French usage, Grégory has a related form in Grégoire.

Walk Grégory’s family in the name graph

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Grégory has relatives in 3 languages.

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Grégoirevariant · French

Across languages 15

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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People named Grégory

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