Given Name GEORG

GENDER: Masculine

PRONOUNCED: GE-awrk (German), YE-awry (Swedish) [details]

Meaning & History

Form of GEORGE. This name was borne by the German idealist philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831).

VARIANTS: Örjan (Swedish), Ørjan (Norwegian)

DIMINUTIVES: Jockel, Jörg (German)

FEMININE FORM: Georgina (German)

OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES: Gjergj (Albanian), Georgios, Georgius (Ancient Greek), Gevorg, Kevork (Armenian), Gorka (Basque), Georgi, Genko, Geno (Bulgarian), Jordi (Catalan), Jory (Cornish), Đuro, Juraj, Đurađ, Jure, Jurica, Juro (Croatian), Jiří (Czech), Joeri, Joris, Jurgen, Jurriaan, Sjors (Dutch), George, Geordie, Georgie (English), Georgo (Esperanto), Jyri, Yrjänä, Jyrki, Yrjö (Finnish), Georges (French), Joris (Frisian), Xurxo (Galician), Giorgi, Iuri, Goga, Gogi (Georgian), Georgios, Giorgos, Yiorgos, Yorgos (Greek), György, Gyuri (Hungarian), Seoirse (Irish), Giorgio, Gino, Giorgino (Italian), Georgijs, Georgs, Juris (Latvian), Jurgis (Lithuanian), Jürgen (Low German), Gjorgji, Gorgi (Macedonian), Geevarghese, Varghese (Malayalam), Jurian (Medieval Low German), Yrian (Medieval Scandinavian), Jerzy, Jurek (Polish), Jorge, Jorginho (Portuguese), Gheorghe, George, Ghiță (Romanian), Georgiy, Georgy, Yuri, Yuriy, Yegor, Yura (Russian), Deòrsa, Seòras (Scottish), Djordje, Djuro, Đorđe, Đuro, Djuradj, Đurađ (Serbian), Juraj (Slovak), Jurij, Jure, Jurica (Slovene), Jurij (Sorbian), Jorge (Spanish), Yuri, Yuriy, Yura (Ukrainian), Siôr, Siors, Siorus (Welsh)