Georges

Georges is a Prénom coming from the old Greek Γεώργιος and meaning “that which works with the ground”.

Alternatives

in Albanian: Gjergj.
in German: Georg, marked (guéorgue), Jürgen, Jörgen.
in English: George, in female Georgia.
in Breton: Jord.
in Castilian: Jorge.
in Catalan: Jordi.
in Euskara: Gorka.
in French, with the female one: George (without - S ), Georgette, Georgina.
in Greek: Γεώργιος (delivery Yéoryos )
in Hungarian: György.
in Italian: Giorgio, female Giorgia.
in Latin: Georgius.
in Norwegian: Jørn.
in Occitan: Jòrdi.
in Polish: Jerzy.
in Portuguese: Jorge.
in Russian: Youri.
in Czech: Jiří and its derivatives Jiřka, Jiřík, Jiřícek, Jířa, Juřa, Jiřánek, Jiřoušek.
in Ukrainian: Youra.

Personalities

Saints

See Holy Georges

Monarchs

a king of Bohemia

twelve kings of Georgia

as from the 18th century, six kings of Great Britain and the the United Kingdom, and a king of Hanover, all resulting from the same family, were fore-mentioned Georges (George is the form English E):

George I {{er}}, king de Grande-Bretagne of 1714 with 1727
George II, king de Grande-Bretagne of 1727 with 1760
George III, king de Grande-Bretagne of 1760 with 1801, then king of the United Kingdom of 1801 with 1820 and king de Hanovre of 1815 with 1820
George IV, king of the United Kingdom and Hanover of 1820 with 1830
George V, king of the United Kingdom and emperor of the Indies of 1910 with 1936
George VI, king of the United Kingdom of 1936 with 1952 and emperor of the Indies of 1936 with 1947
Georges V, king de Hanovre of 1851 with 1866

two kings of the Hellènes:

Georges I {{er}}, king of Hellènes of 1863 with 1913
Georges II, king of Hellènes of 1922 with 1947

a large-duke of Mecklembourg-Strelitz:

Georges I {{er}}, large-duke of Mecklembourg-Strelitz of 1816 with 1860

a king of Saxony:

Georges I {{er}}, king de Saxe of 1902 with 1904

a margrave de Bade:

Georges de Bade is Co-margrave de Bade-Durlach of 1577 with 1604, then margrave alone until 1621, and margrave de Bade-Bade of 1604 to 1621.

a count d' Oldenbourg:

Georges d' Oldenbourg, count d' Oldenbourg of 1526 with 1551

Famous women

Family name

Elizabeth George (born in 1949), American writer of detective novels

First names derived from Georges

George Sand (1804-1876), writer Frenchwoman
Then, (alphabetically, family name and first name)

Georgina de Albuquerque (1885-1962), painter Brazilian
Marie-George Buffet (born in 1949), French political woman
Georgina Dufoix (born in 1943), French political woman.
George Eliot (1819-1880), writer (E) British
Georgina Rizk, Lebanese, Miss Universe in 1971

Other men

Brian George (born in 1952), Israeli actor;
David Lloyd George (1863-1945), Prime Minister of Great Britain during the First World War
Henry George (1839-1897), American economist
Guy Georges (birth in 1962), serial killer, currently in prison

; First name: For the people carrying this first name, to consult the list of the articles on all the people carrying the first name Georges.

Places

Several territories have a name inspired fore-mentioned characters Georges:

George, a town of South Africa.
the Island Georges with Halifax in Canada.
the state of the Georgia in the United States.
the British Isles of South Georgia.
Saint-Georges-with-Reintembault and Saint-Georges-with-Gréhaigne in the North-East of the Brittany.

Is attention, the Georgia, country of the the Caucasus, drawn thus in Occident because of a use of a Persan word arrived in Arabic (?), and whose sonority pointed out the Georges first name without being dependant there. See the article on the country.

For the common Frenchwomen and Québécois, to see the article

For the named cities Georgetown, to see the article

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