Georgius

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈoːr.ɡi.us/, [ɡeˈoːrɡiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈor.d͡ʒi.us/, [d͡ʒeˈɔrd͡ʒius]

Proper noun

Geōrgius m (genitive Geōrgiī or Geōrgī); second declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English George

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Geōrgius	Geōrgiī
Genitive	Geōrgiī Geōrgī1	Geōrgiōrum
Dative	Geōrgiō	Geōrgiīs
Accusative	Geōrgium	Geōrgiōs
Ablative	Geōrgiō	Geōrgiīs
Vocative	Geōrgī	Geōrgiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Jerk
• Aragonese: Chorche, Chorxe
• Asturian: Xurde
• → Basque: Gorka, Jurgi, Jurtzi
• Catalan: Jordi
• → Cornish: Jory
• → Czech: Jiří
  • → Slovak: Jiří
• → Danish: Georg
• → Dutch: Joris
• → Esperanto: Georgo
• → Faroese: Georg
• French: Georges
  • → Dutch: Sjors
  • → Greek: Ζωρζ (Zorz)
  • → Swabian: Schorsch
• Galician: Xurxo
• → German: Georg
  • → Estonian: Georg
  • → Chinese: → 格奧爾格／格奥尔格 (Gé'ào'ěrgé) (transliteration)
• → Hungarian: György
• → Icelandic: Georg
• → Italian: Giorgio
• → Lithuanian: Jurgis
• → Latvian: Georgijs, Georgs, Jurģis, Juris
• → Maltese: Ġorġ
• → Middle Low German: Jurian
  • → Dutch: Jurriaan
  • Low German: Jürgen
    • → Danish: Jørgen
      • → Icelandic: Jörgen
      • → Swedish: Jörgen
      • ⇒ Danish: Jørg
        • → Dutch: Yorick
        • → English: Yorick
      • ⇒ Danish: Jørn
        • → German: Jörn
    • → Dutch: Jurgen
    • → Estonian: Jürgen
    • → German: Jürgen
    • → Icelandic: Jörgen
    • → Norwegian: Jørgen
  • → Old Swedish: Yrian
    • → Finnish: Yria, Yrjänä, Yrjö
    • → Norwegian: Ørjan
    • Swedish: Örjan
      • Swedish: Jöran, Göran
        • → Norwegian: Gøran
• Old Northern French: George
  • → English: George
    • → Arabic: جورج (jorj)
    • → Cebuano: George
    • → Cantonese: 佐治 (zo2 zi6)
    • → Chinese: 喬治／乔治 (Qiáozhì)
    • → Hawaiian: Keoki
    • → Japanese: ジョージ (Jōji)
    • → Korean: 조지 (Joji)
    • → Maori: Hōri
      • → English: hori
    • → Persian: جورج (jorj)
    • → Swedish: George
  • → Irish: Seoirse
  • → Scots: George
• Norwegian: Georg
• Occitan: Jòrdi, Jòrgi
• → Polish: Jerzy
• Portuguese: Jorge
• Romanian: Giurgiu
• Russian: Георгий (Georgij)
• → Scottish Gaelic: Deòrsa, Seòras
• → Serbo-Croatian: Juraj
• → Skolt Sami: Jååǥǥar
• → Slovak: Juraj
• → Slovene: Jurij
• Sorbian: Jurij
• Sicilian: Giurgiu, Giorgiu
• Spanish: Jorge
  • → Cebuano: Jorge
  • → Chinese: → 豪爾赫／豪尔赫 (Háo'ěrhè) (transliteration)
• → Swedish: Georg
  • → Finnish: Jori
• → Welsh: Siôr, Siors, Siorus
• → West Frisian: Joris