Giorgi

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled George in US United States, GB United Kingdom, RO Romania and 17 more, Georgios in GR Greece, SE Sweden, Გიორგი in GE Georgia and Γιωργος in CY Cyprus.

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 24 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◐

Giorgi is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Italian given name12K records spelled Giorgi3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Giórgi, Giorgì

• Russian given name1.5K records spelled Giorgi21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Türkiye, United States

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian

  Also written Гиорги, Гіоргі, Гйорги, Гиоргй

53 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●

Giorgi is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, do nome gr. Gheorghios; patronímico

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Latvian, Gruzīnu mitoloģijā - zemkopības aizgādnis, debesu uguns un pērkona pavēlnieks, mednieks, kas iznīcina meža zvērus, pēc kristietības ieviešanas tika pielīdzināts svētajam Georgam

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 15 years between 2006–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• George XII of Georgiab. 1746GEnot in their usual nameking of Georgia (Kingdom of Kartli and Kakheti)
• George Gurdjieffb. 1866AMnot in their usual namephilosopher, mystic, and writer (c. 1866–1877 – 1949)
• George Balanchineb. 1904USnot in their usual nameAmerican choreographer, dancer and ballet master (1904–1983)
• Georgy Tovstonogovb. 1915RUnot in their usual nameSoviet theatre director (1915-1989)
• Giorgi Kvirikashvilib. 1967GEGeorgian politician
• Giorgi Marghvilashvilib. 1969GEGeorgian politician and philosopher, fourth President of Georgia (2013–2018)
• Giorgi Ghonghadzeb. 1969UAUkrainian journalist
• Giorgi Gakhariab. 1975GE14th Prime Minister of Georgia
• Giorgi Asanidzeb. 1975GEGeorgian weightlifter
• Giorgi Mamardashvilib. 2000GEGeorgian association football player (born 2000)

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 · 207 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Giorgi?

We estimate roughly 1.4 million people bear Giorgi (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Giorgi have the most bearers?

Giorgi is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled george.

Where is Giorgi most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Giorgi is densest in Georgia — about 1 in 21 people — even though United Kingdom holds more of our records for it.

How common is Giorgi compared with other names?

In the United Kingdom, Giorgi is the 45th most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.

Is Giorgi a male or female name?

Giorgi 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 Giorgi mean?

Recorded meaning: patronymic or plural form of the personal name Giorgio.