Γεώργιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer”) +‎ -ιος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡe.ɔ̌ːr.ɡi.os/ → /ʝeˈor.ʝi.os/ → /ʝeˈor.ʝi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡe.ɔ̌ːr.ɡi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈor.ɡi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝeˈor.ʝi.os/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /ʝeˈor.ʝi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝeˈor.ʝi.os/

Proper noun

Γεώργῐος • (Geṓrgĭos) m (genitive Γεωργῐ́ου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English George

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Γεώργῐος; τοῦ Γεωργῐ́ου (Attic)

	singular
nominative	ὁ Γεώργῐοςho Geṓrgĭos
genitive	τοῦ Γεωργῐ́ουtoû Geōrgĭ́ou
dative	τῷ Γεωργῐ́ῳtōî Geōrgĭ́ōi
accusative	τὸν Γεώργῐονtòn Geṓrgĭon
vocative	ΓεώργῐεGeṓrgĭe

• This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Γεωργία (Geōrgía)

Descendants

• Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Γιώργος (Giórgos), Γιώργης (Giórgis)
• → Albanian: Gjergj
• → Amharic: ጊዮርጊስ (giyorgis)
• → Arabic: جَاوُرْجِيُوس (jāwurjiyūs), جُرْجُس (jurjus), جُورْج (jūrj)
• → Old Armenian: Գէորգ (Gēorg)
  • Armenian: Գևորգ (Geworg)
• → Coptic: ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲟⲥ (geōrgios)
  • → Old Nubian: ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲟⲥ (geōrgios)
• → Ge'ez: ጊዮርጊስ (giyorgis) (Giyorgis)
• → Old Georgian: გიორგი (giorgi), გეორგი (georgi), გიორგიოს (giorgios)
  • Georgian: გიორგი (giorgi)
• → Hebrew: גאורגיוס (Geʼorgiyos)
• → Latin: Geōrgius (see there for further descendants)
• → Malay: Jurjis
• → Classical Syriac: ܓܹܝܘܲܪܓܝܼܣ (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Геѡргеи (Geōrgei)
  • Bulgarian: Георги (Georgi)
  • Macedonian: Ѓорѓија (Ǵorǵija), Ѓоргија (Ǵorgija), Ѓорги (Ǵorgi), Георгија (Georgija)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: Ђорђе, Ђypaђ, Ђypо
    • Latin script: Đorđe, Đurađ, Đuro
  • → Romanian: Gheorghe
• → Old East Slavic: Георгий (Georgij)
  • Russian: Егор (Jegor), Георгий (Georgij), Гео́ргій (Geórgij) — pre-1918 spelling
    • → Armenian: Գեորգի (Georgi)
    • → Karelian: Jyrki
  • ⇒ Old East Slavic: Гюрги (Gjurgi)
    • Russian: Юрий (Jurij) (see there for further descendants)
    • Ukrainian: Юрій (Jurij)
      • → Romanian: Iurie
• → Tigrinya: ጊዮርጊስ (giyorgis)

Further reading

• “Γεώργιος” in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)

Greek

Alternative forms

• Γιώργιος (Giórgios) (a rare misconstruction)
• Γιώργος (Giórgos) (standard, not formal, most common)
• Γιώργης (Giórgis), Γιωργής (Giorgís) (familiar)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʝeˈoɾ.ʝi.os/
• Hyphenation: Γε‧ώρ‧γι‧ος

Proper noun

Γεώργιος • (Geórgios) m

1. (formal) a male given name, equivalent to English George, chiefly used in identification cards and official documents

   standard use: Γιώργος (Giórgos, “George”)

Declension

Declension of Γεώργιος

	singular
nominative	Γεώργιος (Geórgios)
genitive	Γεωργίου (Georgíou)
accusative	Γεώργιο (Geórgio)
vocative	Γεώργιε (Geórgie)

the genitive Γεώργιου is also found.

Related terms

• Γεωργία f (Georgía, “Georgia”)
• Γιώργαινα f (Giórgaina, “wife of Γιώργος”)
• Γιωργάκης m (Giorgákis, diminutive of Γιώργος)
• Γιώργης m (Giórgis) (and see Alternative forms)
• Γιωργία f (Giorgía, “Georgia”)
• Γιώργος m (Giórgos, “George”)