György
György [ ˈɟørɟ ] is a Hungarian masculine first name .
Origin and meaning
The name György is a form of the Greek male name Γεώργιος (ancient Greek pronunciation Geōrgios, today's pronunciation Jeórjios). The name is derived from γεωργός (pronunciation geōrgós / jeorgós) 'farmer'. The word is composed of γῆ / γη (gē / ji) 'earth' and ἔργον / έργο (érgon / érgo) 'work' and actually means 'earth (be) worker'.
Name bearer
First name
- György Cserhalmi (* 1948), Hungarian actor
- György Csete (1937–2016), Hungarian architect
- György Csordás (1928–2000), Hungarian swimmer
- György Cziffra (1921–1994), Hungarian pianist
- György Dalos (* 1943), Hungarian writer and historian
- György Dózsa (around 1470–1514), leader of the Hungarian peasant uprising
- György Faludy (1910-2006), Hungarian writer
- György Garics (* 1984), Hungarian-Austrian football player
- György Gedó (* 1949), Hungarian boxer and boxing trainer
- György Geszler (1913–1998), Hungarian pianist and composer
- György Gurics (1929-2013), Hungarian wrestler
- György Iványi (* 1939), German-Hungarian civil engineer
- György Jakubinyi (* 1946), Romanian clergyman, Archbishop of Alba Iulia
- György Jendrassik (1898–1954), Hungarian inventor
- György Káldi (1573–1634), Hungarian Jesuit and Bible translator
- György Kárpáti (* 1935), Hungarian water polo player
- György Kmety (1813–1865), Hungarian officer and freedom fighter
- György Kolonics (1972-2008), Hungarian canoeist
- György Konrád (1933–2019), Hungarian writer
- György Korsós (* 1976), Hungarian football player
- György Kósa (1897–1984), Hungarian composer
- György Kulin (1905–1989), Hungarian astronomer
- György Kurtág (* 1926), Hungarian composer
- György Lázár (1924–2014), Hungarian politician
- György Lehoczky (1901–1979), Hungarian-German architect
- György Ligeti (1923-2006), Hungarian-Austrian composer
- György Lukács (1885–1971), Hungarian philosopher and literary scholar, see Georg Lukács
- György Marik (1924–1988), Hungarian football player and coach
- György Márkus (1934–2016), Hungarian philosopher
- György Melis (1923–2009), Hungarian singer (baritone)
- György Mitró (1930–2010), Hungarian swimmer
- György Négyesy (1893–1992), Hungarian chess player
- György Orth (1901–1962), Hungarian football player and coach
- György Pálfi (* 1974), Hungarian film director
- György Páros (1910–1975), Hungarian chess composer
- György Pauk (* 1936), Hungarian violinist
- György Petri (1943–2000), Hungarian writer and poet
- György Ránki (composer) (1907–1992), Hungarian composer
- György Sándor (1912–2005), Hungarian-American pianist
- György Sárosi (1912–1993), Hungarian football player and coach
- György Sebestyén (1930–1990), Hungarian-Austrian author
- György Snell (* 1949), Hungarian clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Esztergom-Budapest
- György Soros (* 1930), American investment banker and philanthropist, see George Soros
- György Szapucsek (1884–1945), Hungarian clergyman, Archbishop of Esztergom, see Jusztinián György Serédi
- György Széll (1897–1970), Hungarian-American conductor, pianist and composer, see George Szell
- György Sztantics (1878–1918), Hungarian athlete
- György Szűcs (1912–1991), Hungarian football player and coach
- György Tábori (1914–2007), Hungarian-British theater director and author, see George Tabori
- György Vukán (1941–2013), Hungarian composer, pianist and jazz musician
family name
- Monika György (* 1982), Romanian cross-country skier
- Paul Gyorgy (originally György, 1893–1976), Hungarian-American medic