Gregory

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Григорий in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 2 more, Grzegorz in PL Poland, ES Spain, NO Norway and 1 more, Григорій in UA Ukraine and Grégory in FR France.

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 14 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◐

Gregory is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name1.1M records spelled Gregory68 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Brazil, Venezuela

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Gregoire, Grégory, Grégoire, Grzegorz, Grègory

• a separate given name188K records spelled Gregory5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Grégory, Gregor-Y, Gregóry, Grègory

• Hindi given name36K records spelled Gregory19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, South Africa

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Sinhala

  Also written Gregori, Grégory, Gregary, Gregry, Gregari

• Greek given name15K records spelled Gregory4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, South Africa

  Also written Grégory, Gkregkori, Γκρεγκορι

• Indonesian given name13K records spelled Gregory9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, United Kingdom

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Gregorius, 'Gregorius, Grégory, Grègórîûs, Ģreĝorius

• Spanish given name11K records spelled Gregory68 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Venezuela, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Gregorio, Gregório, Grene, Gregorius, Grégory

84 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●

Gregory 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 English, from Fr Grégoire, Lat Gregorius, from Gk gregorios ‘watchful’; first attested Willelmus filius Gregorii 1143–7 DC (L)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, From Greek and Latin Gregorius, meaning ‘watchful’; linked with the MacGregors of Glen Gyle.

  as a name·Scottish Surnames

• A personal name from Greek and Latin Gregorius, meaning ‘watchful’. John Gregory, rector of Drumoak, was related to the MacGregors of Glen Gyle and ancestor of numerous distinguished professors and scientific inventors. Dr James Gregory (1674–1733) was visited in Aberdeen in 1715 by his cousin, Rob Roy MacGregor, already a notorious figure.

  as a name·Scottish Surnames

• In English, A male given name from Ancient Greek.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Forme anglaise de Grégoire; du grec Gregorios, « vigilant ».

  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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 142 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Grigory Yevseyevich Zinovyevb. 1883UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian revolutionary (1883-1936)
• Gregory Peckb. 1916USAmerican actor (1916–2003)
• Antonin Scaliab. 1936USnot in their usual nameAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 to 2016
• Gregory Meeksb. 1953USAmerican politician (born 1953)
• Boris Akuninb. 1956RUnot in their usual nameRussian writer, translation, and historian
• Grigory Lepsb. 1962RUnot in their usual nameRussian singer-songwriter of Georgian origin
• Grigori Perelmanb. 1966RUnot in their usual nameRussian mathematician (born 1966)
• Greg Kurstinb. 1969USnot in their usual nameAmerican record producer and songwriter
• Rob Bourdonb. 1979USnot in their usual nameAmerican drummer
• Noah Centineob. 1996USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor

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 · 1,237 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gregory?

We estimate roughly 961 thousand people bear Gregory (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Gregory have the most bearers?

Gregory is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled григорий.

Where is Gregory most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gregory is densest in Poland — about 1 in 104 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Gregory compared with other names?

In Russia, Gregory is the 80th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Gregory a male or female name?

Gregory 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 Gregory mean?

Recorded meaning: From the male personal name Gregory, from Greek Gregorios, from gregorein ‘be awake/alert’; later associated with Latin greg- ‘flock, assembly’.