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Gregory

in South Carolina

There are 2,475 people with the last name "Gregory" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

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Gregory 160
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  1. is 156th most common Lawson
  2. is 157th most common Riley
  3. is 158th most common Norris
  4. is 159th most common Kelley
  5. is 160th most common Gregory
  6. is 161st most common Woods
  7. is 162nd most common Elliott
  8. is 163rd most common Jennings
  9. is 164th most common Goodwin

Similar Names and Nicknames

Gregg, Gregoire, Gregor, Gregorio, Greg, Grider, Gregson, Gregerson, Grego, Greggs

Most Common First Names for Gregory

James, Robert, William, John, Mary, Michael, David, Richard, Charles, Jack

Meaning & History

English: from a personal name that was popular throughout Christendom in the Middle Ages. The Greek original, Grēgorios, is a derivative of grēgorein ‘to be awake’, ‘to be watchful’. However, the Latin form, Gregorius, came to be associated by folk etymology with grex, gregis, ‘flock’, ‘herd’, under the influence of the Christian image of the good shepherd. The Greek name was borne in the early Christian centuries by two fathers of the Orthodox Church, St. Gregory Nazianzene (c. 325–390) and St. Gregory of Nyssa (c. 331–395), and later by sixteen popes, starting with Gregory the Great (c. 540–604). It was also the name of 3rd- and 4th-century apostles of Armenia. In North America the English form of the name has absorbed many cognates from other European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).

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