Jörg
Jörg is a German short form of the male given name Georg .
variants
Jörk, Jork, Jorg, Jörgen, Jørgen , Jörn , Jørn , Jürg , Jurg, Jürgen , Jürn, Jerch, Jocke, Jorge, Jeck, Jirzy, Jarvis, Jafk, Jilmas, Jermin, Jirgn, Jielk
Origin and meaning
Jörg is a German variant of Georg and therefore means something like ' farmer , farmer ' like him. The first name was in 15./16. Very popular in the 19th century, and Martin Luther also used Junker Jörg as a pseudonym when he was hiding in the Wartburg .
distribution
The name Jörg quickly gained popularity in Germany in the early thirties. He was among the top ten most given boy names a couple of times in the 1960s. Its popularity fell sharply from the beginning of the eighties.
name day
The April 23 is the name day of Georg and thus also by Jörg.
Name bearer
First name
- Jörg Behrend (* 1966), German gymnast
- Jörg Berger (1944–2010), German football coach
- Jörg Blauert (* 1964), German chess player
- Jörg Blaurock (around 1492–1529), Swiss leader of the Anabaptist movement
- Jörg Dahlmann (* 1959), German television presenter
- Jörg Fauser (1944–1987), German writer and journalist
- Jörg Flecker (* 1959), Austrian social scientist
- Jörg Hahnel (* 1982), German soccer player
- Jörg Haider (1950–2008), Austrian politician (FPÖ, BZÖ)
- Jörg von Halspach (before 1441 - 1488), also called Ganghofer, Munich builder and architect
- Jörg Hube (1943–2009), German actor, director and cabaret artist
- Jörg Immendorff (1945–2007), German painter and sculptor
- Jörg Jenatsch (1596–1639), Grisons pastor and politician
- Jörg Kachelmann (* 1958), Swiss journalist and moderator
- Jörg Knör (* 1959), German television presenter
- Jörg Meuthen (* 1961), German politician (AfD)
- Jörg Pilawa (* 1965), German television presenter
- Jörg Pleva (1942–2013), German actor, speaker and theater director
- Jörg Rehbaum (* 1969), German politician (SPD)
- Jörg Ritzerfeld (* 1983), German ski jumper
- Jörg Röhmann (* 1956), German politician (SPD)
- Jörg Roßkopf (* 1969), German table tennis player
- Jörg Sasse (* 1962), German photographer
- Jörg Schlaich (* 1934), German civil engineer and university professor
- Jörg Schneider (1935–2015), Swiss actor
- Jörg Schönbohm (1937-2019), German politician (CDU)
- Jörg Schröder (1938–2020), German publisher and author
- Jörg Schüttauf (* 1961), German actor
- Jörg Sievers (swimmer) (1956–1973), German swimmer
- Jörg Sievers (soccer player) (* 1965), German soccer goalkeeper and coach
- Jörg Steiner (1930–2013), Swiss writer
- Jörg Stübner (1965–2019), German soccer player
- Jörg Swoboda (* 1947), German Baptist pastor and songwriter
- Jörg Tauss (* 1953), German politician (SPD, pirates)
- Jörg Thadeusz (* 1968), German television presenter
- Jörg Wengler (* 1967), German chess player
- Jörg Willer (1936–2017), German physics teacher
- Jörg Wischmeier (1935–2012), German triple jumper
- Jörg Wontorra (* 1948), German television presenter
family name
- Aberlin Jörg (1410–1492), architect and builder from Württemberg
- Beat Jörg (* 1958), Swiss politician
- Corinne Jörg (* 1979), Swiss badminton player
- Erwin Jörg (1917–1977), German geologist and paleontologist
- Frederik Jörg (* 1992), German basketball player
- Günther W. Jörg (1927–2010), German engineer
- Hans Jörg (* 1950), German soccer player
- Johann Christian Jörg (1779–1856), German obstetrician, gynecologist and pediatrician
- Josef Edmund Jörg (1819–1901), German archivist, historian, politician and publicist
- Kevin Jörg (* 1995), Swiss racing driver
- Kilian Jörg (* 1990), Austrian philosopher and artist
- Mauro Jörg (* 1990), Swiss ice hockey player
- Michael Jörg (* 1979), German cameraman
- Oliver Jörg (* 1972), German politician (CSU), MdL Bavaria
- Peter Jörg (* 1972), Swiss cyclist
- Peter Joseph Jörg (1874–1958), German administrative lawyer, local politician and local researcher
- Richard Jörg (1908–1992), German architect
- Ruth Jörg (* 1934), Swiss Germanist
- Sabine Jörg (* 1948), German writer, journalist and visual artist
- Selina Jörg (* 1988), German snowboarder
- Thomas Jörg (* 1981), German ice hockey player
- Wolfgang Jörg (* 1963), German politician (SPD)
Pseudonyms and Ä.
- Junker Jörg; Pseudonym of Martin Luther (1483–1546), German reformer
- Bauernjörg, see Georg Truchsess von Waldburg-Zeil (1488–1531), German military leader in the Peasants' War
See also
Wiktionary: Jörg - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
