Given name
Grigory
“one who is vigilant; watchful”
Grigory is a variant of Grigori. In Russian use, Grigori carries the interpretation “one who is vigilant; watchful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Grigory 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
Grigory connects to the Gregory name family through Grigori. An origin associated with Gregory is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Russian Григо́рий, from Byzantine Greek Γρηγόριος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Grigory connects to the Gregory name family through Grigori. 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
Grigory through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 717 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Grigory’s family of names
In English usage, Grigory shares an earlier linguistic root with Gregory. In English usage, Grigory has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Grzegorz. Grigory has a related form in Grigori.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Grigory has relatives in 10 languages.
11 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 31
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Gregorydoublet · English
- Gregorioequivalent
- Gregorequivalent
- Grigorequivalent
- Grishaequivalent
- Krikorequivalent
- GrzegorzPolish
- Григорійequivalent
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- Gregoriusequivalent
- Hryhoriiequivalent
- Grégoireequivalent
- Grischaequivalent
- Gergelyequivalent
- Gregerequivalent
- Гришаequivalent
- Grégoryequivalent
- Gregersequivalent
- Рыгорequivalent
- Григорийequivalent
- Григорequivalent
- Ryhorequivalent
- Grigorijeequivalent
- Reijoequivalent
- Գրիգորequivalent
- Киргиэлэйsah
- Григо́рійUkrainian
- Григо́рийRussian
- Kikoriaizh
- GrigorijHungarian
- Рыго́рBelarusian
- ԳրիգորիArmenian
People named Grigory
- Grigori PerelmanRussian mathematician (born 1966)
- Grigory ZinovievRussian revolutionary (1883-1936)
- Grigory PotemkinRussian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
- Grigory MargulisRussian mathematicianborn 1946
- Grigory YavlinskyRussian politician and economistborn 1952
- Grigori AleksandrovSoviet film director (1903-1983)
- Grigory ChukhraySoviet film director and screenwriter (1921-2001)
- Grigory KulikMarshal of the Soviet Union (1890–1950)
- Grigori KozintsevSoviet film director (1905-1973)
Characters named Grigory: Pechorin (Mikhail Lermontov's novel A Hero of Our Time).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.