George

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George is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "farmer" or "earthworker," widely used in English-speaking countries and beyond.

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Label Occurrences
George canonical 67

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Predicate Object
instanceOf given name
masculine given name
associatedWith Christian tradition
Saint George of Lydda
surface form: Saint George
category English masculine given names
Greek masculine given names
theophoric names
derivedFrom Greek word georgos
etymologicalRoot Georgios
Georgios
surface form: Georgios (Γεώργιος)
gender masculine
hasDiminutive Geo
Geordie
Georgie
Jody
surface form: Jory
hasOrigin Greek culture
Greek language
hasShortForm Geo
Georgie
hasVariant Georg
Georges
Georgios
Giorgio
Georgios
surface form: Giorgos

György
Jorge
Jürgen
languageOfUse Dutch
English
French
German
Greek
Portuguese
Scandinavian languages
Slavic languages
Spanish
meaning earthworker
farmer
nameDayAssociatedWith St George's Day
surface form: Feast of Saint George
popularity widely used
semanticField agriculture
farming
usageRegion Australia
Canada
English-speaking countries
Europe
New Zealand
North America
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Borchers givenName George
subject surface form: George Borchers
George P. Hunt givenName George
subject surface form: George W. P. Hunt
George Stoneman givenName George
George L. Rapp givenName George
George Bruns givenName George
George Antheil givenName George
George Kennedy givenName George
Georgi hasVariant George
George Arliss givenName George
George McKay givenName George
subject surface form: George MacKay