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George

in the US

There are 913,686 people with the first name "George" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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George 22
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  1. is 18th most common Donald
  2. is 19th most common Jennifer
  3. is 20th most common Susan
  4. is 21st most common Maria
  5. is 22nd most common George
  6. is 23rd most common Steven
  7. is 24th most common Kenneth
  8. is 25th most common Ronald
  9. is 26th most common Brian

Similar Names and Nicknames

Jorge, Geo, Gorge, Jorje, Gorje

Most Common Last Names for George

Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, Miller, Davis, Jones, Wilson, Thomas, Taylor

Meaning & History

(male) Via Old French and Latin, from Greek Georgios (a derivative of geōrgos ‘farmer’, from gē ‘earth’ + ergein ‘to work’). This was the name of several early saints, including the shadowy figure who is now the patron of England (as well as of Germany and Portugal). If the saint existed at all, he was perhaps martyred in Palestine in the persecutions of Christians instigated by the Emperor Diocletian at the beginning of the 4th century. The popular legend in which the hero slays a dragon is a medieval Italian invention. He was for a long time a more important saint in the Orthodox Church than in the West, and the name was not much used in England during the Middle Ages, even after St George came to be regarded as the patron of England in the 14th century. Its use increased from the 1400s, and by 1500 it was regularly among the most popular male names. This popularity was reinforced when George I came to the throne in 1714, bringing this name with him from Germany. It has been one of the most popular English boys' names ever since.

Pet forms: Georgie, Geordie.

Cognates: Irish: Seoirse. Scottish Gaelic: Seòras, Deòrsa. Welsh: Siôr, Sior(y)s. German: Georg; Jörg (dialectal); Jürgen (Low German in origin). Dutch: Joris, Joren, Jurg. Danish: Jørgen, Jørn. Swedish: Göran, Jöran, Jörgen, Örjan. French: Georges. Spanish: Jorge. Catalan: Jordi. Portuguese: Jorge. Italian: Giorgio. Russian: Georgi, Yuri, Yegor. Polish: Jerzy. Czech: Jiří. Croatian: Juraj, Jure. Slovenian: Jure. Finnish: Yrjö. Hungarian: György. Lithuanian: Jurgis. Latvian: Juris.

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