Gender Masculine
Pronounced Pron. KHOR-kheh(Spanish) ZHAWR-zhi(European Portuguese) ZHAWR-zhee(Brazilian Portuguese)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Spanish and Portuguese form of George. A famous bearer was the Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986).

Related Names

DiminutiveJorginho(Portuguese)
Feminine FormGeorgina(Spanish)
Other Languages & CulturesGjergj(Albanian) Georgios, Georgius(Ancient Greek) Gevorg, Kevork(Armenian) Gorka(Basque) Yuri, Yuriy, Yury(Belarusian) Georgi(Bulgarian) Jordi(Catalan) Jory(Cornish) Đuro, Juraj, Jure, Jurica, Juro(Croatian) Jiří, Juraj(Czech) Georg, Jørgen, Jørn(Danish) Joeri, Joris, Jurgen, Jurriaan, Sjors, Youri(Dutch) George, Geordie, Georgie(English) Georgo(Esperanto) Jüri, Georg(Estonian) Yrjö, Jyri, Jyrki, Yrjänä(Finnish) Georges, Youri(French) Joris(Frisian) Xurxo(Galician) Giorgi, Iuri, Gio, Goga, Gogi(Georgian) Georg, Jürgen, Jockel, Jörg(German) Jürg(German (Swiss)) Georgios, Giorgos, Yiorgos, Yorgos(Greek) György, Gyuri(Hungarian) Georg(Icelandic) George(Indian (Christian)) Seoirse(Irish) Giorgio, Gigi, Gino, Giorgino(Italian) Georgijs, Georgs, Jurģis, Jurijs, Juris(Latvian) Jurgis(Lithuanian) Jürgen(Low German) Gjorgji, Gorgi(Macedonian) Geevarghese, Varghese(Malayalam) Ġorġ(Maltese) Jurian(Medieval Low German) Yrian(Medieval Scandinavian) Georg, Gøran, Jørgen, Ørjan, Jørg, Jørn(Norwegian) Jerzy, Jurek(Polish) Gheorghe, George, Ghiță(Romanian) Georgiy, Georgy, Iouri, Yuri, Yuriy, Yury, Yegor, Yura(Russian) Deòrsa, Seòras(Scottish Gaelic) Djordje, Djuro, Đorđe, Đuro, Djuradj, Đurađ(Serbian) Juraj(Slovak) Jure, Jurij, Jurica(Slovene) Jurij(Sorbian) Georg, Göran, Jörgen, Örjan, Jöran(Swedish) Heorhiy, Yuri, Yuriy, Yura(Ukrainian) Djôr(Walloon) Siôr, Siors, Siorus(Welsh)
Surname DescendantsJorge(Portuguese) Jorge(Spanish)
User SubmissionJòrge

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Name Days

Spain: April 23

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Entry updated April 23, 2024