Grigore

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 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◐

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

• Spanish given name7.6K records spelled Grigore4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Romania, United States, Portugal

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Grigöre, Griğore

• French given name5.1K records spelled Grigore4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Belgium, Romania

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Grigoré, Grigorè

• Russian given name196 records spelled Grigore10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Türkiye, Romania

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek

  Also written Григоре, Грігоре, Григорэ, Григорё

40 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.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Gregory Potyomkinb. 1739RUnot in their usual nameRussian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
• Grigory Yevseyevich Zinovyevb. 1883UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian revolutionary (1883-1936)
• Grigori Aleksandrovb. 1903RUnot in their usual nameSoviet film director (1903-1983)
• Grigori Chukhraib. 1921RUnot in their usual nameSoviet film director and screenwriter (1921-2001)
• Grigory Margulisb. 1946USnot in their usual nameRussian mathematician
• Grigory Yavlinskyb. 1952RUnot in their usual nameRussian politician and economist
• 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)
• Grigoriy Dobryginb. 1986RUnot in their usual nameRussian actor, director (born 1986)

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 · 61 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Grigore?

We estimate roughly 17 thousand people bear Grigore (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Grigore have the most bearers?

We estimate about 16 thousand people bear Grigore in Moldova, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled grigore.

Where is Grigore most common?

Grigore is densest in Moldova, where the national register counts about 1 in 215 people carrying it.

How common is Grigore compared with other names?

In Moldova, Grigore is the 61st most common given name of 2,579 given names recorded there.

Is Grigore a male or female name?

Grigore 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 Grigore mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Gregory