Given name & surname
Grigor
“one who is vigilant; watchful”
Grigor is a variant of Grigori. In Russian use, Grigori carries the interpretation “one who is vigilant; watchful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Grigor is a variant of Grigori. In Russian use, Grigori carries the interpretation “one who is vigilant; watchful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Grigor is a romanization of Գրիգոր. Գրիգոր comes from Old Armenian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Welsh use, Grigor 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Grigor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 204
- 204 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,039 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −52%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,039 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 990 as a first name in 2020; 167 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.
Grigor’s family of names
Grigor shares a linguistic root with Gregory. In German usage, Grigor has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Gregorio. In Welsh usage, Grigor has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Grzegorz.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Grigor has relatives in 7 languages.
5 related names in 7 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 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Grigor
- Grigor DimitrovBulgarian tennis playerborn 1991
- Grigor ParlichevBulgarian writer (1830-1893)
- Grigor GurzadyanArmenian astronomer (1922-2014)
- Grigor ArtsruniArmenian writer and liberal publicist (1845-1892)
- Grigor AghababyanArmenian architect (1911–1977)
- Grigor VitezYugoslav writer and translator (1911–1966)
- Grigor AharonyanArmenian sculptor1896–1980
- Grigor III PahlavuniCatholicoi of Cilicia1093–1166
- Grigor Baghyan1912–1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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