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Gregory
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Grégory
English
Etymology
en :der la:Grēgorius +
Via en la Grēgorius, from post-classical en grc Γρηγόριος watchful, vigilant, from en grc ἐγείρω awaken, arouse.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡɹɛɡəɹi/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gregory.wav Southern England
en /ˈɡɹɛɡ(ə)ɹi/ US
Proper noun
~ +
en male Ancient Greek.
en 1990 w:Jonathan Kellerman Time Bomb 163 The surname Graff was chosen because upscale consumers respect anything Teutonic - regard it as efficient, intelligent, and reliable. But only up to a point. A forename like Helmut or Wilhelm wouldn't have done. Too German. Too foreign. 'Gregory' scores high on the likability scale. All-American. Greg. He's one of the boys, with Teutonic ancestry.
en patronymics.
en Amarachi Orie Archaeologists discover true identity of Costa Rica shipwrecks long thought to be pirate ships w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/science/danish-slave-ships-costa-rica-intl-scli 2025-05-02 “The analyses are very convincing and we no longer have any doubts that these are the wrecks of the two Danish slave ships,” said marine archaeologist David Gregory, a research professor and head of the new maritime research center, Njord, at the National Museum of Denmark, in the news release. Gregory led the excavations alongside marine archaeologist Andreas Kallmeyer Bloch, who is also a curator at the National Museum. https://web.archive.org/web/20250802115410/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/science/danish-slave-ships-costa-rica-intl-scli
en Anna Commander; Gabe Whisnant Who Is Emily Gregory? Democrat Who Flipped Trump’s Mar-a-Lago District w:Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/emily-gregory-democrat-flips-trump-mar-a-lago-district-11731146 2026-03-24 Emily Gregory, a Democratic small-business owner, won a special election Tuesday to represent Florida’s 87th House District, a seat that includes President Donald Trump’s Mar‑a‑Lago resort in Palm Beach County. The Associated Press reports that Gregory led Maples with 797 votes, or 2.4 percent, with almost all of the votes counted. https://web.archive.org/web/20260505071220/https://www.newsweek.com/emily-gregory-democrat-flips-trump-mar-a-lago-district-11731146 5 May 2026
en small town on the Gregory River in the Shire of Burke, s/Queensland c/Australia.
en small town and port in the Shire of Northampton, s/Western Australia.
en place c/USA:
en twp co/Mahnomen County s/Minnesota.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Little Falls co/Morrison County s/Minnesota.
en city co/Gregory County s/South Dakota.
en Hopewell, Gibson County, Tennessee.
en city co/San Patricio County s/Texas.
Usage notes
Name of early saints, and of 16 popes. Used since Middle Ages; popular in the mid-twentieth century.
Quotations
: Act V, Scene III:
Turk Gregory never did such deeds in arms as I have done this day.
Derived terms
en Gregory County
en Gregory Hills
en gregoryite
en Stoke St Gregory
Related terms
en Greg, en Gregg, en Gregor
en Grigory
Descendants
1 fr Grégory
1 haw Kelekolio
1 mi Kerekori
Translations
male given name
Arabic: ar غِرِيغُورِي m, ar جِرِيجُورِي m, ar جُرَيْج m
Aragonese: an Gregorio m
Armenian: hy Գրիգոր
Asturian: ast Gregoriu m
Belarusian: be Рыго́р m
Breton: br Gregor m
Bulgarian: bg Григо́р m, bg Григо́рий m, bg Гре́гъри m
Catalan: ca Gregori m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 格雷戈里 Géléigēlǐ, cmn 格里高利 Gélǐgāolì, cmn 額我略 Éwǒlüè Catholic
Czech: cs Řehoř m
Danish: da Gregers
Dutch: nl Gregoor
Esperanto: eo Gregorio
Estonian: et Reigo
Faroese: fo Grækaris m
Finnish: fi Reijo
French: fr Grégoire m
Old French: fro Gregoire
Friulian: fur Grivôr
Galician: gl Gregorio m
Georgian: ka გრიგოლი
German: de Gregor m
Greek: informal el Γρηγόρης m, el Γρηγόριος m
Hawaiian: haw Kelekolio
Hungarian: hu Gergely
Icelandic: is Gregor m
Ingrian: izh Kikoria
Irish: ga Gréagóir m
Italian: it Gregorio m
Japanese: ja グレゴリー Guregorī
Korean: ko ^그레고리
Latin: la Gregorius m
Latvian: lv Gregors m
Lithuanian: lt Grigalius m
Māori: mi Kerekori, mi Korekori
Neapolitan: nap Grevòrio, nap Grgorij
Norwegian: no Gregers m
Occitan: oc Gorgòri m
Persian: fa گریگوری geriguri
Polish: pl Grzegorz m
Portuguese: pt Gregório m
Romanian: ro Grigore m
Russian: ru Григо́рий m, ru Гре́гори m Grɛ́gori transliteration
Sardinian: sc Gregoriu
Scots: sco Gregor, sco Greegor
Scottish Gaelic: gd Griogair m
Sicilian: scn Grigoriu m, scn Griguori m
Slovak: sk Gregor m
Slovene: sl Gregor m
Spanish: es Gregorio m
Swedish: sv Greger
Ukrainian: uk Гри́горій m
Vietnamese: vi Grêgôriô
Noun
s
en Cockney rhyming slang Shortened form of en Gregory Peck, a neck