George

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

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Label Occurrences
George canonical 179

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Predicate Object
instanceOf given name
masculine given name
associatedWith Christian tradition
Saint George of Lydda
surface form: Saint George
culturalUsage Christian cultures
English-speaking cultures
Greek culture
derivedFrom Georgios
Georg
surface form: Georgius
etymologicalRoot geōrgos
hasDiminutive Geo
Geordie
Georgie
Jory
hasGender masculine
hasMeaning earthworker
farmer
hasOrigin Greek
hasVariant Georg
Georges
Gheorghe
Giorgio
György
Jorge
Jürgen
languageOfUse Dutch
English
French
German
Greek
Portuguese
Romanian language
surface form: Romanian

North Germanic languages
surface form: Scandinavian languages

Slavic languages
Spanish
many other cultures
nameDayAssociatedWith St George's Day
surface form: Feast of Saint George
popularityRegion Australia
Canada
Europe
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
rootMeaning earth
work
semanticField agriculture
rural life
usageType first name
personal name
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (179)

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

Pocock givenName George
subject surface form: George Pocock
George Dern givenName George
Lieutenant General Sir George Cathcart givenName George
subject surface form: George Cathcart
Keith hasGivenName George
subject surface form: G. K. Batchelor
Wheeler Dryden givenName George
George Segal givenName George
George Clymer givenName George
George W. Julian givenName George
George B. Post givenName George
Lord Halifax givenName George
subject surface form: George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
George Hearst givenName George
George Fenton givenName George
George Holyoake givenName George
George Heilmeier givenName George
George J. Tenet givenName George
George Gascón givenName George
George A. Romero givenName George
George Eads givenName George
George Cowan givenName George
Sir George Airy givenName George
subject surface form: George Biddell Airy
George P. Shultz givenName George
George Guy givenName George
subject surface form: George "Buddy" Guy
George Weah givenName George
Judge George Jeffreys givenName George
subject surface form: George Jeffreys
George Seifert givenName George
George Pajon Jr. givenName George
George Boyne givenName George