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.

Tom Seaver givenName George
George Pollock givenName George
George Durant givenName George
A. G. Lafley givenName George
George Arthur givenName George
George H. Thomas givenName George
Lord Macartney givenName George
George Polk givenName George
George Hamilton givenName George
Melissa George familyName George
Big George givenName George
subject surface form: George Foreman
Papa Bear givenName George
subject surface form: George Halas
Mr. Everything givenName George
subject surface form: George Halas
Berkeley hasGivenName George
subject surface form: George Berkeley
George Meeker givenName George