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This name sounds much prettier and just rolls off the tongue in French.
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George Roger Waters was the real name of Roger Waters of Pink floyd.
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Comedian George Carlin is a famous bearer.
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I see this as an old fashioned name that isn't used much these days. In high school there was only one guy in a school of 1300 who had this name. At work now there is one guy my age named George and it just doesn't fit him. This is a name for someone of older generations.
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I have never really liked the name George but I do like Georgia for girl.
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Famous bearer is George Clooney, an Academy Award-winning American actor.
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It reminds me of 'GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE' or Peter Pan - George Darling. Personally, I don't like it that much, it's either too cliche or overused!
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Way too old fashioned for me. I just don't see the beauty in it.
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George is the name of one of the main characters on the sitcom "Seinfeld". Also Curious George, everyone's favorite monkey.
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A famous bearer is George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876).
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In the British TV sitcom "George and Mildred", George is Mildred's lazy husband.
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George makes me think of an old grandad. It's hard to imagine a little boy having this name, but you're not born as an adult.
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His Royal Highness, The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor) has expressed his will to reign as George VII when he becomes King of Canada instead of Charles III.
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George Washington Carver was a wonderful scientist and inventor. George, a girl, is one of Nancy Drew's friends in the book series.
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George W. Bush is the president of the United States, and TOTALLY AWESOME (no offense to the people that disagree). George Washington and George Orwell are other examples.
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Famous poet George Gordon, Lord Byron.
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The most famous bearer of the name has to be George from Rainbow. I can't find Zippy or Bungle on this website so their names must be made up.
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To add on the "Famous Bearer" list: German royal George Frederick Von Whittenmeyer (better known as "Frederick"), born about 1749 in Stuttgard, Wuttenberg, Baden, Germany. Christened 29 of October 1769. He came to America in the mid 20's, registered as Frederick Whitmire and fought in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783. He settled in South Carolina with his family (passed away 23/6/1829).
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I personally think that it is a beautiful name and it reminds me of the Beatle George Harrison who was wonderfully talented.
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Two other famous Georges include George Orwell (who wrote "1984" and "Animal Farm) and St. George (who famously slew a dragon).
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George Lucas, film maker, creator of Star Wars and Indiana Jones.
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St. George ‘came’ to England as its patron from Germany, the patron of which he still is. Besides, the saint is the patron of Russia. He even appears on the country’s national symbol.
To add to the list of famous bearers:
George Zhukov - the great general who orchestrated the Soviet victory in World War II.
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To add to the list of famous bearers:
George Zhukov - the great general who orchestrated the Soviet victory in World War II.
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This was the name of Anne Boleyn's (wife of Henry XIII) brother.
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Former President George Bush, his son President George W Bush, and the character Georgina Kirrin in Enid Blyton's Famous Five books (who insists on being known as George) are famous bearers of this name.
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George is a short version of Georgeta. Georgeta to me is a name of beauty and should be pronounced geor-jet-a.
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"George" now carries ugliness for me with George W. Bush as the president. I'll never think of the name "George" again without contempt.
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Other famous bearers of the name George are George Michael & Boy George.
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George Washington was not the first president of the United States; he was the second, but the first under the "modern" constitution. Under the "Articles of Confederation", John Hanson served as the actual first president.
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Actually, George Washington WAS in fact the first President of the United States. The Articles of Confederation did not have an official presidential office like the modern Constitution does.
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