Giorgio

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Giorgio

Say it: JOR-joh

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Meaning

From Greek Georgios, from georgos 'farmer'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Popular now

In the United States

1,770 babies given this name since 1961
At its height in 2016, about 1 in 23,100 boys
66 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

English	George
French	Georges
Spanish	Jorge
Maltese	Ġorġ

Famous bearers

Giorgio Vasari, painter and biographer
Giorgio Armani, designer

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Where this comes from

Calendars of saints and name days
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.