George
Georg is from the Greek -derived male first name , also known as surname occurs and is common in the German-speaking world in many variations (including Jürgen , Jörg and York). The feminine form of the first name is Georgia and has different variants like Georgina . In the Hessian area, in the Rhineland , in large parts of southern Germany , in Alsace-Lorraine , in German-speaking Switzerland and in some regions of Austria , the form of the name Schorsch (from French Georges [ ʒɔrʒ ]) is also used; In parts of Austria and especially in the Vienna area, the first name form Georgi , which is based on the Hungarian form György , is used. The surnames Georgi , Georgii , Georget or Georgow are known as patronymic derivatives .
Origin and meaning
The name Georg is a form of the Greek male name Γεώργιος (ancient Greek pronunciation Geōrgios , today's pronunciation Jórgos ). The name is derived from γεωργός ( geōrgós , pronunciation jorgós ) ' farmer '. The word is composed of γῆ / γη ( gē / ji ) 'earth' and ἔργον / έργο ( érgon / érgo ) 'work' and actually means 'earth (be) worker'.
name day
April 23, George's , holiday of St. George (in some countries such as the Czech Republic and Austria to the 1960 April 24).
variants
- Albanian : Gjergj
- Aragonese : Chorche
- Arabic : Ǧiurǧ,جورج
- Aramaic : Gewargis ܓܘܪܓܝܣ
- Armenian : Գէորգ, Geworgjan
- Asturian : Xurde
- Basque : Gorka , Jurgi, Jurtzi
- Flemish : Joeri
- Bulgarian : Georgi (Георги)
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Danish : Georg, Jorck, Jørgen , Joris, Jørn , Jorre, Jory, York, Yorck
- Jutlandic : Jarne
- German : Georg, Gerch, Gürgen, Jorg, Jork, Jörg , Jörgen, Jörn , Jurg, Jürg , Jürgen , Jürn, Schurdl, Schurli, Yorck, York
- English : Jorin, Geordi, Geordie, George , Georgie, Yorick
- Estonian : Jüri, Jürgen
- Faroese : Jørundur
- Finnish : Yrjö , Ykä, Jorre, Jyrki , Jori, Yjo, Yrjänä
- French : Georges , Jorioz, Jore, Jojo
- Friulian : Zorç
- Frisian : Joren, Joris , Jorik, Jörn , Jurg, Jurjen
- Galician : Xurxo
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Gaelic :
- manx Gaelic : Shorys
- Scottish Gaelic : Seòras, Seòrsa, Deòrsa, Dod
- Georgian : Giorgi (გიორგი), Giorgadze
- Greek : Georgios (Γεώργιος), Giorgos (Γιώργος), Georgiadis , Georgiou , Jorgo
- Hawaiian : Keoki
- Irish : Seoirse
- Icelandic : Jörgen, Georg
- Italian : Giorgio , Gino , Giorgino, Iorio
- Yiddish : Georg
- Catalan : Jordi
- Croatian : Juraj , Jure , Jura, Juro
- Latin : Georgius
- Latvian : Juris , Jurģis, Georgs, Jorens
- Lithuanian : Jurgis (m.), Jurga (woman) and Jurgita (woman)
- Luxembourgish : Jorgi
- Maltese : Ġorġ
- Māori : Hori
- Macedonian : Gjorgji (Ѓорѓи), Georgi (Георги), Georgievski
- Low German : Gorch , Jürg , Jürgen , Jörn , Schorse
- Dutch : George (<Engl.), Joris, Jurriaan, Jurjen, Jurgen, Jorg, Sjors (<French Georges)
- Norwegian : Jørgen , Jørn , Georg
- Occitan : Jòrdi, Jordi, Jòrgi, Jòrli, Jòri
- Polish : Jerzy , Jurek ,
- Portuguese : Jorge
- Romansh : Gieri, Göri, Jöri
- Romanian : Georgescu , Gheorghe, Iorghu, Gheorgan, Gheorghian, Ganea, Ghica, Gorghie, Gorghe, Gog, Goga, Gogan, Gogancea, Gogea, Gogotă, Gogu, Giura, Giurău, Giurcan, Iorga, Iordache, Iorgan, Iorgache, Iuca, Iorda, Giurgiu, Giurgică, Giurgilă, Jurj, Jury, Jurg, Jurga, Jurja, Jura, Iurg, Iurga, Iuga, Gociu, Gorea, Gaţa, Goţi, Gotea, Gheţea, Zorez, George, Gică, Egor, Ghera, Gherea
- Russian : Georgi (Георгий), Goga (Гога), Gora (Гора), Jegor / Egor (Егор), Jegorij (Егорий), Jura (Юра), Juri / Jurij (Юрий), Jurik (Юрик Гоша), Goscha ( , Zhora (Жора), Zhorochka (Жорочка), Goschenka (Гошенька), Zhorka (Жорка), Goschka (Гошка), Gera (Гера)
- Swedish : Georg, Jöran , Jörgan, Jörgen, Jörn , Jurgen, Goran, Göran , Örjan, Ürjan, Görgen
- Serbian : Đorđe , Đuro, Đurađ, Georgije
- Serbo-Croatian : Đorđe
- Slavic : Djuro
- Slovak : Juraj , colloquially Juro, Jurko
- Slovenian : Georgius, Juraj, Jure , Jurij, Juro
- Sorbian : Jurij , Juro
- Spanish : Jorge
- Turkish : Yorgi, Yorgo
- Czech : Jiří , Jíra, Jirka , Jirko , Jura ( Moravian ), (diminutive, mostly as a surname), Jiřík, Jiříček, Jiroušek, Jiran, Jiránek, Jirásek , Jiřin (female: Jiřina), derived names: Jiroslava (female ), Jiromír (female: Jiromíra)
- Ukrainian : Georgij (Георгій), Jura (Юра), Juri / Jurij (Юрій), Jurko (Юрко)
- Hungarian : György , Gyuri, Gyurka, Gyurika
- Welsh : Siôrs, Siôr, Siors, Siorys
Well-known namesake
- Saint George , List of Saints, Blessed and Martyrs
- List of rulers named Georg
First name
- George of Pisidia (before 600 – shortly after 635), Byzantine poet in the 7th century
- Georgios of Constantinople , Patriarch of Constantinople (679–686)
- Georgios Synkellos , Byzantine chronicler in the 9th century
- Georgios Monachos , Byzantine chronicler in the 9th century
- George I Terter (1280–1292), Tsar of Bulgaria
- Georgios II. († 807), Greek patriarch of Jerusalem from 797 until his death
- Georgios Gemistos Plethon (* around 1355 / 1360-1452), Greek philosopher in the tradition of Platonism.
- Georg von Peuerbach (1423–1461), astronomer at the University of Vienna and pioneer of the Copernican worldview
- Georg von Frundsberg (1473–1528), South German soldier and Landsknechtsführer in the Imperial Habsburg service
- Georg von Venediger (also Georg Venetus ; † 1574), Lutheran theologian and reformer
- Georg Bauer († 1692), German provost
- Georg von Derfflinger (1606–1695), field marshal of the Elector of Brandenburg and governor of Pomerania
- Georg Fasel (1675–1747), German Premonstratensian Abbot
- Georg Friedrich Handel (1685–1759), German composer
- Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767), German Baroque composer
- Georg von Pfronten-Kreuzegg (1696–1762), Capuchin
- George Washington (1732–1799), the first President of the United States of America
- Georg Büchner (1813–1837), German writer, scientist and revolutionary
- Georg von Neumayer (1826–1909), German geophysicist and polar researcher
- Georg Adam Bauer (1828–1901), royal Bavarian engineer
- Georg Agricola (1494–1555), German humanistic polymath
- Georg Schweinfurth (1836–1925), German Africa explorer
- Georg von Kopp (1837–1914), from 1881 to 1887 Bishop of Fulda and from 1887 to 1914 Prince-Bishop of Breslau
- Georg von Siemens (1839–1901), German banker and politician
- Georg von Vollmar (actually Georg Ritter von Vollmar auf Veldheim ; 1850-1922), German politician and first chairman of the Bavarian SPD
- Georg von Schönerer (1842–1921), Austrian landlord and politician
- Georg von Rheinbaben (1855–1921), Prussian politician
- Georg Graf von Arco (1869–1940), 1903 co-founder of the Society for Wireless Telegraphy
- Georg Hax (1870–1952), German water diver, water polo player, artistic gymnast and sports official
- Georg Trakl (1887–1914), Austrian poet
- George Grosz (1893–1959), German-American painter
- Georg Pahl (actor) (1893–1957), German actor and radio play speaker
- Georg Wittig (1897–1987), German chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- Georg von Békésy (1899–1972), Hungarian-American physicist and physiologist
- Georg Pahl (photographer) (1900–1963), German photographer and journalist
- Georg Elser (1903–1945), German resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Georg Hornstein (1900–1942), German-Jewish resistance fighter during the Nazi era
- Georg Knöpfle (1904–1987), German football player and coach
- Georg Thomalla (1915–1999), German actor and voice actor
- Georg Leber (1920–2012), German politician and Federal Minister (SPD)
- Georg Kreisler (1922–2011), Austrian musician, cabaret artist, composer and author
- Georg Rosbigalle (1926–2012), German soccer player
- Georg Kronawitter (1928–2016), German politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Munich
- Georg Thoma (* 1937), German ski jumper
- Georg Baselitz (* 1938), German painter, draftsman and sculptor
- Georg Freiherr von Waldenfels (* 1944), Bavarian politician (CSU), manager and sports functionary
- Georg Milbradt (* 1945), German politician (CDU), Prime Minister of Saxony
- Georg Danzer (1946–2007), Austrian songwriter
- Georg Schwarzenbeck (* 1948), German soccer player
- Georg Wilfinger (* 1949), abbot of Melk Abbey
- Georg Uecker (* 1962), German actor
- Georg Hackl (* 1966), German luge athlete, Olympic gold medalist in a single seater
- Georg Steinberg (* 1974), German legal scholar
- Georg Tressler (1917–2007), Austrian film director
- Georg Zacharias (1886–1953), German swimmer
- Georg Haus , German captain, club and association functionary
- Georg Mascetti (1930–1982), German swimmer
family name
Form Georg
- Carl-Siegfried von Georg (1886–1957), German naval officer
- Carl-Theodor Georg (1884–1966), German doctor, plantation owner and hospital founder in the Dominican Republic
- Heinrich Georg (1918–2008), German entrepreneur
- Heinz Georg (* 1920), German surgeon
- Helmut Georg (1915–1989), German painter
- Johann Wilhelm Detlev Georg (1779–1840), Oldenburg Chamber Director
- Karl Georg (1855–1904), German bookseller
- Konrad Georg (1914–1987), German actor
- Richard Georg (1862 – after 1923), theater and film actor
- Rita Georg (1900–1973), German operetta soubrette
- Walter Georg (* 1943), German educator
Form Yegor
- Piotr Jegor (1968–2020), Polish football player
Toponyms
- San Jorio Pass - Saumpass east of Bellinzona / Ticino
- Sveti Juraj - place name on the Croatian Adriatic coast
- Sveti Jure - at 1762 m / m. the highest mountain of the Biokovo Mountains on the southern Croatian Adriatic coast
- Patronage and naming - their variants
- Jirkov - place in the Czech Republic (from Jirko or Jirka )
Companies
- Georg Transport Organization , Frankfurt (Main)
Web links
Wiktionary: Georg - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ H. Meyer, S. Mauermann, W. Kiaulehn: The correct Berliner in words and phrases (13th edition after the new edition 1985 ed.). Beck, Munich 2000, books.google.com