Given name
Xurxo
“one who works the earth; a farmer”·“farmer”·“one who works the earth”
Xurxo is a form of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Galician use, Xurxo carries the interpretation “one who works the earth; a farmer.” Xurxo is a form of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
Xurxo is a form of George. George reached English through Old French and Latin from the Greek name Georgios.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Xurxo is used as a form of George. Xurxo 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
Xurxo 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.
Explained through its name family
Xurxo’s family of names
In Galician usage, Xurxo shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Jorge. Xurxo is a form of George. In Galician usage, Xurxo has a conventional equivalent in the English form George.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Xurxo has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Galician roots to each of them.
Galicianwhere Xurxo comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 63
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Georgebase name · English
- Jorgecognate · Spanish, Portuguese
- Yuriequivalent
- Jordiequivalent
- GiorgioItalian
- Georgiosequivalent
- Juriequivalent
- GeorgesFrench
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- Gevorgequivalent
- Jurgenequivalent
- Jerzyequivalent
- Jyriequivalent
- Jorisequivalent
- Yegorequivalent
- Jornequivalent
- GeorgGerman
- Georgyequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Georgiequivalent
- Juergequivalent
- Jordequivalent
- Gheorgheequivalent
- Jörgenequivalent
- Jurajequivalent
- Đorđeequivalent
- Györgyequivalent
- Георгиequivalent
- Đuroequivalent
- Jurgisequivalent
- Գևորգequivalent
- Siôrequivalent
- Xurdeequivalent
- Jurijequivalent
- Göranequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Jiříequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jüriequivalent
- Jurequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
- Егорequivalent
- გიორგიequivalent
- Yrjöequivalent
- Chorcheequivalent
- Jörgequivalent
- Jürgenequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
- ГеоргийRussian
- Jureequivalent
- Jørgenequivalent
- Georgiusequivalent
- Corcequivalent
- Georgijeequivalent
- Juroequivalent
- Jørnequivalent
- Jockelequivalent
- Yehorequivalent
- Jurgensequivalent
- Jyrkiequivalent
And 3 more.
People named Xurxo
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Xurxo, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Yrjo
“one who works the earth; a farmer” · “farmer”
>99% boys
Jurek
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
92% boys · 8% girls
Yurey
“one who works the earth; a farmer” · “resembling a lily”
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Jurgin
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
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Yurii
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
99% boys · 1% girls
Jurgyn
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
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Cleandro
“a lion of a man”
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Cliandro
“a lion of a man”
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