Gender Masculine
Scripts Григорий(Russian) Григоріи, Григории, etc.(Church Slavic)
Pronounced Pron. gryi-GO-ryee(Russian)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Alternate transcription of Russian Григорий (see Grigoriy), as well as the usual transcription of the medieval Slavic form.

Related Names

VariantsGrigori, Grigoriy, Grigory(Russian)
DiminutiveGrisha(Russian)
Other Languages & CulturesGrigor, Krikor(Armenian) Ryhor(Belarusian) Grigor(Bulgarian) Grgur, Grga(Croatian) Řehoř(Czech) Gregers(Danish) Gregory, Greg, Gregg(English) Reigo(Estonian) Reijo, Reko(Finnish) Grégoire, Grégory(French) Grigol(Georgian) Gregor(German) Grigorios, Grigoris(Greek) Gergely, Gergő(Hungarian) Gréagóir(Irish) Gregorio(Italian) Gregorios, Gregorius(Late Greek) Grigorijs(Latvian) Grigor, Gligor(Macedonian) Gregers(Norwegian) Grzegorz(Polish) Gregório(Portuguese) Grigore(Romanian) Gregor, Greig(Scottish) Griogair(Scottish Gaelic) Gregor(Slovak) Grega, Gregor(Slovene) Gregorio, Goyo(Spanish) Greger(Swedish) Hrihoriy, Hryhoriy(Ukrainian)

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Sources & References

  1. Goldschmidt, Paul. A Dictionary of Period Russian Names, available from https://heraldry.sca.org/names/paul/.
  2. Medieval icon art at https://www.icon-art.info/hires.php?lng=ru&type=1&id=1598.
Entry updated April 23, 2024