Jorge

Boy · Greek

Jorge

Say it: HOR-heh

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Meaning

From Greek geōrgos 'farmer'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 1990s

In the United States

134,167 babies given this name since 1910
At its height in 1996, about 1 in 547 boys
1,224 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Mexican Central American Andean Argentine Caribbean Spanish Brazilian

The family of the name

Portuguese	Jorge
Italian	Giorgio

Famous bearers

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer
Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist

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GeorgiaGirlFeminine of George, from Greek geōrgos 'farmer'.Revolutions · peak 1904

Where this comes from

Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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