George

in Nevada

There are 653 people with the last name "George" in Nevada.

Add to web page

Ranking in Nevada

NameRank
George 289
close
  1. is 285th most common Robles
  2. is 286th most common Larsen
  3. is 287th most common Pena
  4. is 288th most common Duncan
  5. is 289th most common George
  6. is 290th most common Bishop
  7. is 291st most common Harper
  8. is 292nd most common Lara
  9. is 293rd most common Pearson

Similar Names and Nicknames

Georges, Gehrke, Georgia, Georgiou, Georgeson, Georgi, Gerrish, Giorgio, Giorgi, Gehrig

Most Common First Names for George

David, John, William, James, Michael, Richard, Thomas, Charles



Meaning & History

English, Welsh, French, South Indian, etc.: from the personal name George, Greek Geōrgios, from an adjectival form, geōrgios ‘rustic’, of geōrgos ‘farmer’. This became established as a personal name in classical times through its association with the fashion for pastoral poetry. Its popularity in western Europe increased at the time of the Crusades, which brought greater contact with the Orthodox Church, in which several saints and martyrs of this name are venerated, in particular a saint believed to have been martyred at Nicomedia in AD 303, who, however, is at best a shadowy figure historically. Nevertheless, by the end of the Middle Ages St. George had become associated with an unhistorical legend of dragon-slaying exploits, which caught the popular imagination throughout Europe, and he came to be considered the patron saint of England among other places. As an American family name, this has absorbed cognates from other European languages, including German Georg and Greek patronymics such as Georgiou, Georgiadis, Georgopoulos, and the status name Papageorgiou ‘priest George’. In Englishspeaking countries, this surname is also found as an Anglicized form of Greek surnames such as Hatzigeorgiou ‘George the Pilgrim’ and patronymics such as Giorgopoulos ‘son of George’. It is used as a given name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. has come to be used as a surname among families from southern India.


Recent Searches for "George" in Nevada

Since June 2009
263

Most Popular Search

David George, NV (9 searches)

Source: Current searches and listings for US adults on WhitePages. (nv2)