Georg

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Геворг in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 2 more, Gevorg in AM Armenia, FR France and Გევორგ in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Georg is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name17K records spelled Georg6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Spain

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Gēorg, Geörg

• a separate given name7.6K records spelled Georg7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, Sweden, India

  Also written Gêorg, Géorg, Gēorg, Geörg, Geōrg

• Croatian given name2.7K records spelled Georg10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Bulgaria, United States, Latvia

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Георг, Geörg

• Russian given name1.3K records spelled Georg12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Георг, Georgs, Георгс, Ґеорґ, Gēorg

72 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Georg is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, from Greek geōrgos 'farmer, tiller of the earth'

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In German, Patronymic from George/Georgius; shows genitive and Latinized variants in -i/-es/-ius.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

• In German, Patronymic from the given name Georg; model of Latin genitive -i in surnames.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

• In German, from a German vernacular form of the Greek personal name Georgios (see George).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In German, Latinisierung/morphologische Transposition zu griech. Georgios < georgós 'Bauer'; zeigt die Variantenbildung Georg-, Georgi-, George-, Georges-, Georgius. Bearer counts: Georg 2118, Georgi 2665, George 1622, Georges 251, Georgius 121.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 81 years between 1945–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Georg Simon Ohmb. 1789DEGerman physicist and mathematician
• Leopold I of Belgiumb. 1790BEnot in their usual nameGerman prince who became the first King of the Belgians (1790–1865)
• Bernhard Riemannb. 1826DEnot in their usual nameGerman mathematician (1826–1866)
• Leo von Caprivib. 1831DEnot in their usual nameGerman Chancellor and Prussian General of the Infantry and Prime Minister (1831-1899)
• Richard Straussb. 1864DEnot in their usual nameGerman composer and orchestra director (1864–1949)
• Haakon VII of Norwayb. 1872NOnot in their usual nameKing of Norway from 1905 to 1957 (1872–1957)
• Karl Manne Georg Siegbahnb. 1886SESwedish physicist (1886-1978)
• Georg von Békésyb. 1899HUHungarian physicist (1899–1972)
• Kurt Georg Kiesingerb. 1904DEChancellor of West Germany (1966–1969)
• Lennart Merib. 1929EEnot in their usual nameEstonian writer, filmmaker and politician; President of Estonia in 1992–2001 (1929-2006)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 542 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Georg?

We estimate roughly 25 thousand people bear Georg (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Georg have the most bearers?

Georg is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled georg.

How common is Georg compared with other names?

In Germany, Georg is the 51st most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.

Is Georg a male or female name?

Georg is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Georg mean?

Recorded meaning: from Greek Georgios, from geōrgos 'earth-worker, farmer'