Given name & surname · also Gaelic
Gregor
“watchful”·“one who is vigilant; watch-”
Gregor is a variant of Gregory. Interpretations include “watchful” and “one who is vigilant; watch-” (Greek). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gregor is a variant of Gregory. Interpretations include “watchful” and “one who is vigilant; watch-” (Greek). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Norman French.
How it developed
In Scottish use, Gregor is used as a form of Gregory.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Gregor is a variant of Gregory. The history of Gregory gives this family its wider story. Gregory’s historical associations include a number of early saints.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Gregor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,213
- 1,213 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,481 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,481 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,329 as a first name in 2020; 4,049 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.
Gregor’s family of names
In English usage, Gregor has a diminutive in Greg. Gregor has a related form in Gregory. Gregor is a form of Gregory.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Gregor has relatives in 34 languages. Lines run from its Irish roots to each of them.
Irishwhere Gregor comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 11
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 30
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- GregorioSpanish, Italian
- Krikorequivalent
- Greigequivalent
- Grigoryequivalent
- GrzegorzPolish
- Grigorijeequivalent
- Gregaequivalent
- Գրիգորequivalent
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- Hryhoriiequivalent
- ГригорийRussian
- ΓρηγόριοςGreek
- Grégoiresee also · French
- ŘehořCzech
- РыгорBelarusian
- GergelyHungarian
- ГригорійUkrainian
- HrjehorUpper Sorbian
- Griogairsee also · Scots
- Grigorealso known as · Romanian
- GregersNorwegian, Danish
- GregoorDutch
- ГригорMacedonian, Bulgarian
- GrigorijsLatvian
- GrigoriusLatin
- GréagóirIrish
- გრიგოლGeorgian
- GrégoryFrench
- ReijoFinnish
- GrækarisFaroese
- ԿրիկորArmenian
People named Gregor
- Gregor MendelMoravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
- Gregory of ToursGallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours538–594
- Gore VerbinskiAmerican film director (born 1964)
- BarhebraeusPrimate of Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch (1226–1286)
- Gregor KobelSwiss footballer (born 1997)
- Gregor SchlierenzauerAustrian ski jumperborn 1990
- Gregor GysiGerman lawyer and left-wing politicianborn 1948
- Gregory III LahamMelkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antiochborn 1933
- Gregor PiatigorskyUkraine-born American cellist1903–1976
Characters named Gregor: Gregor Clegane (A Song of Ice and Fire), Gregor Samsa (protagonist of The Metamorphosis).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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