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 Gregory in particular | Gender: | male |
Languages of use: | English |
Short forms: | Greg, Gregg |
Topics: | Asteroid 2527 Gregory, discovered 1981 |
Saints: | Gregory the Great |
US 2021 rank: | #485 ... 484:Moshe, 485:Cassius, 486:Gregory, 487:Lewis, 488:Kieran ... Full US 2021 list |
Similarly written: | Grégory, Gregor, Grégoire, Gregoria, Gregorio, Grigori, Grzegorz Details |
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Group info: About Gregory/Gregoria, the group of names with the same origin as Gregory | 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 Gregory | Series | Graph | Rankings |
England+Wales decades | Graph | 1984 85, 1974 81, 1964 78, 1954 94 |
France | | 2002 138 |
Switzerland | | 1997 138 |
USA decades | Graph | 2000-2009 191, 1990-1999 70, 1980-1989 46, 1970-1979 29, 1960-1969 23 |
USA prevalence | | 1990 37 |
USA yearly | Graph | 2023 530, 2022 496, 2021 485, 2020 432, 2019 390, 2018 408, 2017 373, 2016 361, 2015 346, 2014 316, 2013 298, 2012 287, 2011 279, 2010 268, 2009 247, 2008 236, 2007 223, 2006 208, 2005 202, 2004 194, 2003 185, 2002 169, 2001 157, 2000 138, 1999 122, 1998 109, 1997 103, 1996 98, 1995 84, 1994 76, 1993 65 |
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