Given name & surname
Jörgen
Jörgen is a masculine given name from Danish. It is used in Swedish and Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
Jörgen’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Jörgen shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form Jørgen. In Swedish usage, Jörgen has a conventional equivalent in the English form George. In Icelandic usage, Jörgen has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Jorge.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jörgen has relatives in 14 languages. Lines run from its Danish roots to each of them.
Danishwhere Jörgen comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
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 59
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- GeorgeEnglish
- JorgePortuguese, Spanish
- Jordiequivalent
- GiorgioItalian
- Joriequivalent
- Georgiosequivalent
- Juriequivalent
- GeorgesFrench
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- Gevorgequivalent
- Jurgenequivalent
- JerzyPolish
- Jorisequivalent
- Yegorequivalent
- Jornequivalent
- Georgalso known as · German, Swedish
- Georgyequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Georgiequivalent
- Jyriequivalent
- Györgyequivalent
- Георгиequivalent
- Đuroequivalent
- Jurgisequivalent
- Գևորգequivalent
- Xurdeequivalent
- Jürgensequivalent
- Jurijequivalent
- Göranequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jüriequivalent
- Jurequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
- Егорequivalent
- გიორგიequivalent
- Yrjöequivalent
- Chorcheequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
- ГеоргийRussian
- ΓεώργιοςGreek
- Jørgencognate · Norwegian Bokmål, Danish
- JiříCzech
- Jureequivalent
- Georgiusequivalent
- Georgijeequivalent
- Juroequivalent
- Jørnequivalent
- Jockelequivalent
- Yehorequivalent
- Jurgensequivalent
- Jyrkiequivalent
- Jörnequivalent
- Xurxoequivalent
- Đorđeequivalent
- Juergequivalent
- Jordequivalent
- Gheorgheequivalent
- Jurajequivalent
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jörgen
- Jörgen PerssonSwedish table tennis playerborn 1966
- Jörgen AugustssonSwedish footballer and managerborn 1952
- Jörgen PetterssonSwedish footballerborn 1975
- Jörgen BrinkSwedish cross-country skier and biathleteborn 1974
- Jörgen Sundelinsailorborn 1945
- Jörgen PerssonSwedish cinematographer (born 1936)
- Jörgen LennartssonSwedish footballer and managerborn 1965
- Jörgen ElofssonSwedish songwriter (1962–)
- Jörgen RagnarssonSwedish sailorborn 1954
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