George (given name) - Citizendia

George Given Name
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. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly 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. George I (George Louis German Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 &ndash 11 June 1727 For the first year of his life George was the only heir to his father's and three childless George II (George Augustus 10 November 1683 &ndash 25 October 1760 was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( George III (George William Frederick 4 June 1738 George III's long reign was marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdom much of the rest of Europe and places In Christian hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox George of Antioch (died 1151 or 1152 was the first true ammiratus ammiratorum, successor of the great Christodulus. George Koichi Nozuka (b April 28 1986) billed as George, is a Canadian R&B/Pop singer George Brett can refer to George Brett (baseball George Brett (military George Edward Brett (1829 -1890 publisher George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush(born 1924), 41st president of the United States, and father of George W. George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 Bush

Animals

George (tortoise) (c. The Blue Peter pets are the animals who regularly appear on the BBC children's television series Blue Peter. 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

See also