Meaning: | the watchful | Tools: Add to favorites Generate: Twitter-able text SMS text Compare to: Behind the Name Search with: Wikipedia NNDB IMDb Google |
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Name info: About the name Gregor in particular | Gender: | male |
Languages of use: | German, Scottish |
US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
Similarly written: | Gregory, Grégory, Egor, Greg, Gregg, Grégoire, Gregoria, Gregorio, Grigori, Grzegorz Details |
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Group info: About Gregory/Gregoria, the group of names with the same origin as Gregor | Meaning/translation: | the watchful |
Language of origin: | Old Greek |
Info about origin, male: | late Roman cognomen with a Greek origin |
| popular among the early Christians, interpreted as watchfully awaiting the return of Jesus |
| in the Middle Ages a very popular name for popes |
| until now there were 16 popes with this name |
Words: | gregoros = watchful, alert Old Greek |
Topics: | Popes, Roman nickname |
Variants' top ranks: | 8:Joris Lithuania 2018, 8:Gergö Hungary 2012, 11:Grzegorz Poland 2012, 16:Gregor Estonia 2018, 23:Gregory USA 1960-1969, 38:Gergely Hungary 2003, 61:Greg Scotland 1998, 86:Grégory France 1998, 96:Grégoire France 1998, 195:Gregg USA 1960-1969 |
Old/original forms: | Gregorios Old Greek, Gregorius Latin |
Name variants: | Gregoria, Jorina, Jorinde, Gergely, Gergö, Gergõ, Greg, Gregg, Grégoire, Gregor, Gregorio, Gregory, Grégory, Grigori, Grigorij, Grischa, Grzegorz, Joris Sortable list Details |
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Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Gregor | Series | Graph | Rankings |
Austria | | 1999 58 |
Estonia | Graph | 2018 16, 2017 21, 2016 19, 2013 20 |
Scotland | Graph | 2021 191, 2020 143, 2019 187, 2018 159, 2017 156, 2016 158, 2015 172, 2014 155, 2013 115, 2012 128, 2011 119, 2010 104, 2009 92, 2008 100, 2007 91, 2006 79, 2005 70, 2004 82, 2003 70, 2002 68, 2001 62, 2000 73, 1999 62, 1998 82 |
Switzerland | | 1997 428 |
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