Jorge

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled חורחה in IL Israel, FI Finland and Jörgë in DO Dominican Republic.

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 18 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◐

Jorge is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name3.0M records spelled Jorge89 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Peru, Guatemala

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Jordi, Joerge, Jörge, Jorge', Jorgé

• a separate given name440K records spelled Jorge3 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Jorgé, Jörge

• Catalan given name298K records spelled Jorge12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Belgium

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Jorgé, Jòrgë, Jôrge, Jörge, Jorgê

• Hindi given name30K records spelled Jorge6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Spain, Peru

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Jörgë, Jörge, Jörgê

• Polish given name26K records spelled Jorge13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Spain, Czechia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Хорхе, Хорхэ, Jörgë, Jõřģê

• Lao given name25K records spelled Jorge20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Peru

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Jórgé, Jörgë, Jorge', Jörge, Jòrgè

• Indonesian given name12K records spelled Jorge4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Peru, Indonesia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Jörgë, Jörgê

95 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●

Jorge 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, Portuguese/Spanish form of George; farmer.

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• from the personal name Jorge, a borrowing of French (and English) George.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Spanish, a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English George

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

• Brasil, Évora, São Martinho, Campo de Víboras, Castelo Branco, Penamacor, Póvoa de Redemoinhos, Sarzedas, Portugal, Ciudad de Mexico; from Greek Georgios, 'farmer'

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In Swedish, Jorge är en spansk och portugisisk form av → Georg.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jorge Alessandrib. 1896CLChilean politician and President (1896–1986)
• Jorge Luis Borgesb. 1899ARArgentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)
• Jorge Amadob. 1912BRBrazilian writer (1912-2001)
• Jorge Semprúnb. 1923ESSpanish-French writer (1923-2011)
• Jorge Rafael Videlab. 1925ARArgentine dictator (1925–2013)
• Jorge Batlle Ibáñezb. 1927UYpresident of Uruguay (1927-2016)
• Mario Vargas Llosab. 1936PEnot in their usual namePeruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer (1936–2025)
• Pope Francisb. 1936ARnot in their usual name266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
• Jorge Sampaiob. 1939PTPresident of Portugal from 1996 to 2006
• Jorge Valdanob. 1955ARArgentine association football player and manager (born 1955)

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 · 1,422 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Jorge?

We estimate roughly 1.2 million people bear Jorge (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Jorge have the most bearers?

Jorge is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled jorge.

How common is Jorge compared with other names?

In Argentina, Jorge is the 12th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Jorge a male or female name?

Jorge 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 Jorge mean?

Recorded meaning: Greek Geōrgios, from gē "earth" + ergon "work"; "farmer, tiller of the earth"