The name was rare in Antiquity, but became extremely popular in Christianity thanks to Saint George. It remains a popular name and has many variants in the different languages.
Variants
* Arabic: Jirjis (جرجس), or Jeryes
* Albanian: Gjergj
* Armenian: Գեվորգ (Gevorg)
* Basque: Gorka
* Bulgarian: Георги (Georgi)
* Catalan: Jordi
* Chinese: (Qiáozhù)
** Traditional: 喬治
** Simplified: 乔治
* Czech: JiÅ™Ã
* Danish: Jørgen , Jørn , Georg
* Dutch: Joris, Sjors
* English: George (male), Georgia (female)
* Estonian: Jüri
* Finnish: Yrjö, Jyrki, Jyri
* French: Georges
* Georgian: გიორგი (Giorgi)
* German: Georg , Jörg , Jürgen , Jörgen
* Greek: ΓεώÏ?γιος (Georgios) (formal), ΓιώÏ?γος (Giorgos) (informal)
* Hungarian: György
* Irish: Seoirse
* Italian: Giorgio
* Japanese: Jo-ji (ジョージ)
* Latin: Georgius
* Lithuanian: Jurgis
* Malay: Jurjis
* Norwegian: Jørgen, Georg
* Polish: Jerzy
* Portuguese: Jorge
* Romanian: Gheorghe
* Russian: Георгий (Georgij), Юрий (Yury), Егор (Yegor)
* Scottish: Deòrsa, Seòras, Deòrsag (female).
* Serbian: Ђорђе (Djordje)
* Slovak: Juraj
* Spanish: Jorge (male), Jorgelina, Georgina (female)
* Swedish: Jörgen, Göran
* Welsh: Siôr, Siors, Siorus
* Syria Christian: Gheevargheese and other forms
People, places named George
People
* King George of Bohemia* Duke George of Clarence
* King George I of Great Britain
* King George II of Great Britain
* The green vacuum cleaner manufactured by Numatic International Ltd (see George (vacuum cleaner))
* King George I of Greece
* King George II of Greece
* Prince George of Kent
* Duke George the Bearded of Saxony
* King George III of the United Kingdom
* King George IV of the United Kingdom
* King George V of the United Kingdom
* King George VI of the United Kingdom
* Saint George, Middle Eastern Martyr
* George of Trebizond, Greek Philosopher
* George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, the 43rd and current President of the United States (2001–present)
* George Best Irish Soccer player
* George H. W. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
* George P. Bush, George Prescott Bush, son of Jeb Bush
* George Bush (biblical scholar), (1796–1859), biblical scholar and distant relative of the two United States presidents
* George Washington Bush (1779–1863), the first Black settler in what is now Washington State
* George Costanza, (1989–1998), fictional character on the US television sitcom Seinfeld
* George Eliot, (1819-1880), pen name for the British Novelist Mary Ann Evans
* George Ouzounian, (1978-Present), Founder of popular website The Best Page In The Universe
* David Lloyd George, British Politician (family name was Lloyd George)
* Eddie George, American Football Player
* Edward George, British Economist
* Gladys George, American Actress
* Henry George, American Economist
* George Pataki, American politican and governor of New York
* George Strait, American country music singer
* Melissa George, Australian Actress
* Boy George, British singer
* George Harrison, British singer
* George of the Jungle
* George Yardley, Basketball player
* George Young, American bowler
* George Washington, American Revolutionary
* George Carlin, Comedian
* George Orwell, Writer
* George Clooney, Actor
* George MacDonald, Author and Poet
* George Lucas, Film Director
* George Cukor, Film Director
* George Gershwin, Composer
* George S. Patton, General
Places in the United States
* George, Iowa* George, Washington
* George County, Mississippi
* George West, Texas
* Lake George, New York
Places outside the United States
* George, South AfricaOther
* George (movie, 1972)* Curious George, an adventurous monkey.
* George (magazine), a magazine founded by John F. Kennedy, Jr.
* George (band) is a band from Brisbane, Australia
* George was the Allied reporting name for the Kawanishi N1K-J World War II-era Japanese fighter aircraft
* George (tortoise), a long-serving pet on British television series Blue Peter.
* George (Rainbow), a puppet on the long-running British children's television series, Rainbow.
* GEORGE was also the name of an International Computers Ltd operating system developed for their 1900 range of computers.
* George is also the name of a famous clothing brand in the United Kingdom, owned by supermarket chain Asda.
* Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Porters "George"
* GEORGE (computer) for GEORGE, an early computer.
* Hurricane Georges
*Lonesome George
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Biography courtesy of the brilliant Wikipedia!
