Given name & surname · also Slavic
Grigore
Grigore is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Romanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Grigore comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Romanian usage, Grigore developed from Γρηγόριος.
Grigore’s family of names
In Romanian usage, Grigore has a diminutive in Gore. In Romanian usage, Grigore developed from the Ancient Greek form Γρηγόριος. In Romanian usage, Grigore has a conventional equivalent in the English form Gregory.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Grigore has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Grigore comes from · 1 name
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 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Grigore
- Grigore AntipaRomanian biologist and naturalist (1867-1944)
- Grigore VieruMoldovan poet (1935–2009)
- Grigore MoisilRomanian mathematician, computer pioneer (1906–1973)
- Grigore AlexandrescuRomanian poet (1810–1885)
- Grigore UrecheMoldavian chronicler1590–1647
- Grigore II GhicaLord of the Moldavian Principality1695–1752
- Grigore Alexandru GhicaPrince of Moldavia (1807-1857)1804–1857
- Grigore PreoteasaRomanian politician, 1955-1957 minister for foreign affairs1915–1957
- Grigore GafencuRomanian politician (1892–1957)
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