Gregory

See also: Grégory

English

Etymology

Via Latin Grēgorius, from post-classical Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος (Grēgórios, “watchful, vigilant”), from Ancient Greek ἐγείρω (egeírō, “awaken, arouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɛɡəɹi/

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Proper noun

Gregory (countable and uncountable, plural Gregorys)

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1990, Jonathan Kellerman, Time Bomb, page 163:

     The surname Graff was chosen because upscale consumers respect anything Teutonic - regard it as efficient, intelligent, and reliable. But only up to a point. A forename like Helmut or Wilhelm wouldn't have done. Too German. Too foreign. 'Gregory' scores high on the likability scale. All-American. Greg. He's one of the boys, with Teutonic ancestry.

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A small town on the Gregory River in the Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia.
4. A small town and port in the Shire of Northampton, Western Australia.
5. A city in Gregory County, South Dakota, United States.
6. Synonym of Hopewell, Gibson County, Tennessee.
7. A city in San Patricio County, Texas, United States.

Usage notes

Name of early saints, and of 16 popes. Used since Middle Ages; popular in the mid-twentieth century.

Quotations

• c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  : Act V, Scene III:

  Turk Gregory never did such deeds in arms as I have done this day.

Derived terms

• Gregory County
• Stoke St Gregory

Related terms

• Greg, Gregg, Gregor
• Grigory

Descendants

• → French: Grégory
• → Hawaiian: Kelekolio
• → Maori: Kerekori

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: غِرِيغُورِي m (ḡirīḡūrī), جِرِيجُورِي m (jirījūrī), جُرَيْج m (jurayj)
• Aragonese: Gregorio m
• Armenian: Գրիգոր (Grigor)
• Asturian: Gregoriu (ast) m
• Belarusian: Рыго́р m (Ryhór)
• Breton: Gregor (br) m
• Catalan: Gregori (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 格雷戈里 (Géléigēlǐ), 格里高利 (Gélǐgāolì)

• Czech: Řehoř (cs) m
• Danish: Gregers
• Dutch: Gregoor
• Esperanto: Gregorio
• Estonian: Reigo
• Faroese: Grækaris m
• Finnish: Reijo (fi)
• French: Grégoire (fr) m
• Friulian: Grivôr
• Galician: Gregorio (gl) m
• Georgian: გრიგოლი (grigoli)
• German: Gregor (de) m
• Greek: (informal) Γρηγόρης (el) m (Grigóris), Γρηγόριος (el) m (Grigórios)
• Hawaiian: Kelekolio
• Hungarian: Gergely (hu)
• Icelandic: Gregor (is) m
• Irish: Gréagóir m
• Italian: Gregorio (it) m
• Japanese: グレゴリー (Guregorī)
• Korean: 그레고리 (Geuregori)
• Latin: Gregorius m
• Latvian: Gregors m
• Lithuanian: Grigalius (lt) m
• Maori: Kerekori, Korekori
• Neapolitan: Grevòrio, Grgorij
• Norwegian: Gregers m
• Occitan: Gorgòri m
• Persian: گریگوری (fa) (geriguri)
• Polish: Grzegorz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Gregório (pt) m
• Romanian: Grigore (ro) m
• Russian: Григо́рий (ru) m (Grigórij), Гре́гори (ru) m (Grɛ́gori) (transliteration)
• Sardinian: Gregoriu
• Scottish Gaelic: Griogair m
• Sicilian: Grigoriu m, Griguori m
• Slovak: Gregor m
• Slovene: Gregor (sl) m
• Spanish: Gregorio (es) m
• Swedish: Greger
• Ukrainian: Гри́горій m (Hrýhorij)
• Vietnamese: Grêgôriô

Noun

Gregory (plural Gregorys)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) Shortened form of Gregory Peck, a neck