Given name & surname
György
“farmer”·“one who works the earth”
György is a form of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
György is a form of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
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Where it comes from
György is a form of George. George reached English through Old French and Latin from the Greek name Georgios.
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How it developed
György is a form of George. The shared background comes through George: Georgios comes from georgos, built from elements meaning “earth” and “to work.” Latin Georgius and Old French forms helped carry it into English.
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The story
György is a form of George. The history of George gives this family its wider story. Saint George gave the name a religious and legendary association; the dragon story developed in the Middle Ages. In England, George I’s accession in 1714 helped increase the name’s use beyond its earlier saintly associations.
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György’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, György has a diminutive in Gyuri. György shares a linguistic root with George. In Hungarian usage, György has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Jorge.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
György has relatives in 12 languages.
14 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 64
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Georgecognate · English
- JorgePortuguese, Spanish
- Yuriequivalent
- Jordiequivalent
- GiorgioItalian
- Joriequivalent
- Georgiosequivalent
- Juriequivalent
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- GeorgesFrench
- Gevorgequivalent
- Jurgenequivalent
- JerzyPolish
- Jorisequivalent
- Yegorequivalent
- Jornequivalent
- GeorgGerman
- Georgyequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Georgiequivalent
- Jyriequivalent
- Георгиequivalent
- Đuroequivalent
- Jurgisequivalent
- Գևորգequivalent
- Siôrequivalent
- Xurdeequivalent
- Jürgensequivalent
- Jurijequivalent
- Göranequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jüriequivalent
- Jurequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
- გიორგიequivalent
- Yrjöequivalent
- Chorcheequivalent
- Jörgequivalent
- Jürgenequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
- ДьёрдьRussian
- ЕгорRussian
- ГеоргийRussian
- ΓεώργιοςGreek
- JiříCzech
- Jureequivalent
- Jørgenequivalent
- Georgiusequivalent
- Corcequivalent
- Georgijeequivalent
- Juroequivalent
- Jørnequivalent
- Yehorequivalent
- Jurgensequivalent
- Jyrkiequivalent
- Jörnequivalent
- Xurxoequivalent
- Đorđeequivalent
- Juergequivalent
And 4 more.
People named György
- György LukácsHungarian marxist philosopher and literary critic (1885–1971)
- Georg von BékésyHungarian physicist (1899–1972)
- György LigetiHungarian composer (1923-2006)
- György KonrádHungarian novelist (1933–2019)
- György SárosiHungarian footballer (1912–1993)
- György GaricsAustrian association football playerborn 1984
- George TaboriHungarian writer and theatre director (1914–2007)
- György CziffraHungarian-French virtuoso pianist and composer (1921-1994)
- György KurtágHungarian composerborn 1926
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love György, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Georgii
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
>99% boys
Gorya
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
>99% boys
Yurii
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
99% boys · 1% girls
Georas
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
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Yorgos
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
>99% boys
Giorgius
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
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Georgică
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
>99% boys
Yiorges
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
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