Gregor
Gregor (from Greek γρηγορέω, grēgoreō , "I watch, I am on my guard"; noun: "guardian, guardian, shepherd") is a male given name . Gregoria , the feminine form of the name, is mainly found in the Romance-speaking area. The name also occurs as a family name .
Etymologically related is the Latin grex ("herd") and egregius (literally: "lifted out of the herd"; what is meant is: "outstanding").
name day
- January 2nd Gregor von Nazianz , “the theologian”, doctor of the church
- January 10th Gregory of Nyssa , Doctor of the Church
- February 11, Gregory II , † February 11, 731
- February 12th Gregory II.
- May 25th Gregory VII , Pope (1073-1085)
- August 25th Gregor von Pfalzel , † August 25th around 777
- September 3, Gregory I the Great
- September 30th Gregory the Illuminator
- November 17th Gregory the Wonderworker
- November 17th Gregory of Tours
variants
- Albanian: Grigor
- Armenian: (Գրիգոր), Eastern Armenian Grigor [ ɡɾiˈkʰɔɾ ], Western Armenian Krikor due to the Western Armenian sound shift
- Bulgarian: Grigor (Григор)
- Danish: Gregers , Joris
- English: Gregory , Greg
- Faroese: Grækaris
- Finnish: Reijo
- French: Grégoire , Grigaut
- Frisian: Joris
- Georgian: Grigoli (გრიგოლ)
- Greek: Grēgórios / Grigórios (Γρηγόριος), Grēgórēs / Grigóris (Γρηγόρης)
- Hawaiian : Kelekolio
- Irish: Gréagóir
- Italian, Spanish: Gregorio
- Croatian: Grgur , Grgo, Grga
- Latin: Gregorius
- Lithuanian: Gregoras, Gregorijus, Grigaliūnas , Grigalius
- Macedonian: Grigur (Григур)
- Dutch: Joris
- Upper Sorbian: Hrjehor
- Polish: Grzegorz [ ˈɡʐɛɡɔʂ ], pet forms: Grzesiek, Grześ
- Portuguese: Gregório
- Romanian: Grigore , Gligor
- Russian: Grigóri (Григорий); Pet forms : Gríscha (Гриша), Gríschenka (Гришенька), Grínja (Гриня), Górja (Горя), Grischúnja (Гришуня), Grischúta (Гуришута), Grischúnka), Grischúnka disparaging: Gríschka (Гришка), Grischúcha (Гришуха); as patronymic: Grigórjewitsch (Григорьевич), Grigóritsch (Григорич), Grigórjewna (Григорьевна), Grigórna (Григорьна)
- Swedish: Greger
- Serbian: Grigorije / Григорије, Gligorije / Глигорије
- Slovenian: Grega , Gregor
- Czech: Řehoř
- Hungarian: Gergely , Gergő , Gerő
- Ukrainian: Hryhori (Григорій), Hryhir (Григір); Pet forms: Hryz (Гриць), Hryzyk (Грицик), Hryzko (Грицько), Hryn (Гринь), Hrynko (Гринько)
- Welsh: Grigor
- Belarusian: Ryhor (Рыгор)
Name bearer
Popes and counter-popes
- Gregory I , "the great", Doctor of the Church (590–604)
- Gregory II (Pope) (715-731)
- Gregory III. (Pope) (731-741)
- Gregory IV (827-844)
- Gregory V (Pope) (996–999)
- Gregory VI. (Antipope) (1012)
- Gregory VI. (Pope) (1045-1046)
- Gregory VII (Hildebrand), (1073-1084)
- Gregory VIII (antipope) (1118–1121)
- Gregory VIII (Pope) (1187)
- Gregory IX. (1227-1241)
- Gregory X. (1271-1276)
- Gregory XI. (1370-1378)
- Gregory XII. (1406-1415)
- Gregory XIII. (1572–1585)
- Gregory XIV (1590–1591)
- Gregory XV. (1621-1623)
- Gregory XVI. (1831-1846)
Patriarch of Constantinople
- Gregory of Nazianz (379–381)
- Gregory II (Patriarch) (1283-1289)
- Gregory III. Mammas (1443-1450)
- Gregory IV (Patriarch) (1623)
- Gregory V (Patriarch) (1797–1798, 1806–1808, 1818–1821)
- Gregory VI. (Patriarch) (1835-1840, 1867-1871)
- Gregory VII (Patriarch) (1923-1924)
Patriarchs of the Armenian Apostolic Church
- St. Gregory the Illuminator (term 301-325)
- Gregory II. Vkayaser , the martyr friend (term of office 1066–1105)
- Gregory III. (Term of office 1113–1166)
- Gregory IV the Young (term of office 1173–1193)
- Gregory V (term of office 1193–1194)
- Gregory VI. (Term of office 1194–1203)
- Gregory VII (term of office 1293–1307)
- Gregory VIII (term of office 1411-1418)
- Gregory IX. (Term of office 1439–1441)
- Gregor X. (term of office 1443–1465)
- Gregory XI. (Term of office 1536–1545)
- Gregory XII. (Term of office 1576–1590)
Single name
- Gregory the Wonderworker , Bishop of Neocäsarea (213–270)
- Gregory of Spoleto († around 303)
- Gregory of Nazianz Bishop Gregory of Nazianz (* around 280; † 374)
- Gregory of Nyssa (around 335–394), Doctor of the Church
- Gregory of Elvira (392), bishop
- Gregory of Tours (538-594), bishop
- Gregory of Carthage († 647/48), Exarch
- Gregorius , Duke of Benevento from 732 to 739
- Gregory of Utrecht (707-775)
- Gregor von Pfalzel (707-776)
- Gregory of Nin (Croatian Grgur Ninski), from around 900 to 929 Bishop of Nin and Chancellor of the Croatian Kingdom
- Gregor von Burtscheid († 998/999) monk
- Gregor von Narek (951–1003), Armenian monk and writer
- Gregor Palamas (1296-1359), Orthodox theologian and saint
- Gregory of Rimini (1300-1358)
- Gregory Sinaites (1346)
- Gregor Schenk von Osterwitz († 1403), Archbishop of Salzburg
- Gregory of Valencia (1549–1603)
- Gregor von Rezzori (1914–1998), German-speaking writer
- Gregory (Hagiographer) , presbyter
- Gregory of Agrigento
- Gregory of Antioch
- Gregory of Kaskar
- Gregory III. (Porto) († 991), Cardinal Bishop of Porto
- Gregor A. Gregorius (1888 or 1890–1964), the lodge name of Eugen Grosche, founder of the Fraternitas Saturni
First name
- Gregor von Bochmann the Elder J. (1878-1914), German sculptor
- Gregor Braun (* 1955), German racing cyclist
- Gregor Eibes (* 1960), German local politician
- Gregor I. Gans († 1701), German Benedictine abbot
- Gregor Gysi (* 1948), German politician
- Gregor Hoop (1964–1990), Liechtenstein ski racer
- Gregor Kobel (* 1997), Swiss football goalkeeper
- Gregor Kuhn (* unknown; † 1922), German racing car driver
- Gregor Laschen (1941–2018), German poet, writer and editor
- Greg LeMond (* 1961), American cyclist, Tour de France winner
- Gregor Linßen (* 1966), German songwriter
- Gregor Luthe (* 1970), German chemist, toxicologist, inventor and entrepreneur
- Gregor Mendel (1822–1884), Austrian botanist
- Gregor Morfill (* 1945), German physicist
- Greg Müller (* 1971), Canadian-German ice hockey and poker player
- Gregory Peck (1916–2003), American actor
- Gregor Schlierenzauer (* 1990), Austrian ski jumper
- Gregor Staub (* 1954), Swiss memory trainer
- Gregor Steinbrenner (* 1969), German television presenter
- Gregor Strasser (1892–1934), German politician
family name
- Adalbert Gregor (1878–1971), German psychiatrist
- Alexander Gregor (* 1969), German actor and presenter
- Andreas Gregor (* 1955), German rower
- Bogdan Gregor (* 1943), Polish economist and Vice-Rector of the University of Łódź
- Bohumil Gregor (1926–2005), Czech conductor
- Christian Gregor (1723–1801), German song writer
- Erika Gregor (* 1935), German cinema operator
- Florian Gregor , German film producer and screenwriter
- František Gregor (1938–2013), Czechoslovak ice hockey player
- Gerhard Gregor (1906–1981), German organist and pianist
- Hans Gregor (1866–1945), German actor, director and theater manager
- Hans Gregor (life reformer) (1897–1935), German life reformer and functionary of the health food movement
- Horst-Günter Gregor (1938–1995), German swimming athlete
- Isabella Gregor (* 1962), Austrian actress and director
- Josef Gregor (1903–1987), German classical philologist and music teacher
- Joseph Gregor (1888–1960), Austrian theater scholar
- József Gregor (1940–2006), Hungarian opera singer
- Kurt Gregor (1907–1990), German politician and minister (SED)
- Lutz Gregor (* 1952), German filmmaker
- Martin Gregor-Dellin (1926–1988), German writer
- Martina Gregor-Ness (* 1959), German politician (SPD), member of the state parliament in Brandenburg
- Noah Gregor (* 1998), Canadian ice hockey player
- Nora Gregor (1901–1949), Austrian actress
- Pascal Gregor (* 1994), Danish football player
- Radek Gregor (* 1970), Czech badminton player
- Riccarda Gregor-Grieshaber (1907–1985), German artist and author
- Sabrina Mockenhaupt-Gregor (* 1980), German long-distance runner
- Susanne Gregor (* 1981), Austrian writer of Slovak origin
- Thomas Gregor (* 1956), German botanist
- Ulrich Gregor (* 1932), German film historian, author and festival director
- Valentin Gregor (* 1963), German jazz musician
- Werner Gregor (1896–1971), German diplomat
- William Gregor (1761–1817), English clergyman and mineralogist
stage name
- Manfred Gregor , author's pseudonym of Gregor Dorfmeister (1929–2018), German journalist and writer
Fictional characters
- Gregor Samsa, main character in Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis
- Gregor is the name of the title character in a series of children's books by the author Suzanne Collins
See also
- Gregorian chant
- Saint Gregory
- Master of the Registrum Gregorii , Registrummeister or Gregormeister, notably unknown Ottonian scribe and illuminator
- Greegor Peak , mountain in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica