George (given name)
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| Pronunciation | /dʒɔːdʒ/, /dʒɔɹdʒ/ |
| Gender | Male |
| Meaning | Farmer / Earth-worker |
| Origin | Greek: Georgios (Γεώργιος) |
| Related names | Georgia |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with George |
George is a masculine given name. Its feminine form is Georgia. George is an adaptation of the Greek name Georgios (Γεώργιος), which is derived from the Greek word γεωργός (georgos, "farmer" or "earth-worker"). The word γεωργός is a compound word, formed by the words γῆ (ge, "earth", "soil") and ἔργον (ergon, "task", "undertaking", "work").
Those with the name George include:
British kings
- George I of Great Britain (1660 - 1727) reigned 1714 - 1727
- George II of Great Britain (1683 - 1760) reigned 1727 - 1760
- George III of Great Britain (1738 - 1820) reigned 1760 - 1820
- George IV of the United Kingdom (1762 - 1830) reigned 1820 - 1830
- George V of the United Kingdom (1865 - 1936) reigned 1910 - 1936
- George VI of the United Kingdom (1895 - 1952) reigned 1936 - 1952
Other real people
- Saint George
- George of Antioch (died 1151/2, the first true ammiratus ammiratorum
- George Nozuka (born 1986), a Canadian singer
- George Brett, an American baseball player, who played with the Kansas City Royals
- George Washington (1732 - 1799), first president of the United States
- George W. Bush (born 1946), Current president of the United States, and son of George H. W. Bush
- George H. W. Bush(born 1924), 41st president of the United States, and father of George W. Bush
Animals
- George (tortoise) (c.1920 - 2004), a long-serving pet on British television series Blue Peter
- Lonesome George (first seen 1971), the last known remnant of the subspecies Geochelone nigra abingdonii
Fictional
- George (Famous Five), a tomboy character in Enid Blyton's Famous Five series
- Curious George, a cartoon character
- George, a character in the webcomic Bob and George
- George Weasley in Harry Potter
