Georges

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Георгий in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 4 more, Jordi in ES Spain, EC Ecuador, NL Netherlands and 2 more, George in US United States, RO Romania, GB United Kingdom and 1 more and Jerzy in PL Poland, SE Sweden.

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 17 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◐

Georges is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name97K records spelled Georges15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, Germany, Belgium

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written George'S, George-S, Georgés, Géorgés, Georgeş

• Spanish given name18K records spelled Georges3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Venezuela, Spain, Argentina, United States

  Also written George'S

• a separate given name6.6K records spelled Georges5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada

  Also written George-S, Georǵes, Geōrgēs, Geōrges

97 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●

Georges 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, Patronymic surname with genitive -s attached to Georg; morphological variant of the Georg type.

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

• In German, Patronymic from Georg; -es ending, variant of the Georg- group. 251 bearers.

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

• In French, variant of George. This name is also common in Germany, taken there by the Huguenots.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In French, Du grec geôrgos, « laboureur, agriculteur »; saint Georges, fêté le 23 avril.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Du grec geōrgos «laboureur, paysan»; fête de saint Georges le 23 avril.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

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●

RE INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion) — 105 years between 1900–2013. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Georges Jacques Dantonb. 1759FRFrench revolutionary (1759–1794)
• Georges Cuvierb. 1769FRFrench naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
• Georges-Eugène Haussmannb. 1809FRFrench official and politician (1809-1891)
• Georges Seuratb. 1859FRFrench painter (1859-1891)
• George II of Greeceb. 1890GRnot in their usual nameKing of Greece (r. 1922-1924, 1935-1947)
• Georges Lemaîtreb. 1894BEBelgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest (1894–1966)
• Georges Pompidoub. 1911FRPresident of France from 1969 to 1974
• Georges Charpakb. 1924FRFrench physicist (1924-2010)
• Valéry Giscard d'Estaingb. 1926FRnot in their usual nameFrench official and politician (1926–2020)
• François Hollandeb. 1954FRnot in their usual namePresident of France from 2012 to 2017 (born 1954)

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 · 899 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Georges?

We estimate roughly 1.6 million people bear Georges (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Georges have the most bearers?

Georges is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled георгий.

Where is Georges most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Georges is densest in Bulgaria — about 1 in 43 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Georges compared with other names?

In Russia, Georges is the 85th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Georges a male or female name?

Georges 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 Georges mean?

Recorded meaning: From Greek Georgios, 'farmer, earth-worker'.