Gregory (given name)

Gregory (Greek γρηγορέω, grēgoreō, " I wake up, I'm on guard ", a noun: "Watchman, guardian, herder " ) is a male first name. Gregoria, the feminine form of the name is found mainly in the Romance languages ​​. The name is also found as a family name.

Related etymologically the Latin grex ( " flock" ) and egregius (literally " lifted out of the flock"; meant is: "excellent" ).

Name-day

  • January 2 Gregory of Nazianzus, " the Theologian ", Doctor of the Church
  • January 10 Gregory of Nyssa, Doctor of the Church
  • February 11 Gregory II, † February 11 731
  • February 12 Gregory II
  • May 25 Gregory VII, Pope ( 1073-1085 )
  • August 25 Gregory of Pfalzel, † 25 August at 777
  • September 3 Gregory I the Great
  • September 30 Gregory the Illuminator
  • November 17 Gregory the Wonderworker
  • November 17 Gregory of Tours

Variants

  • Albanian: Grigor
  • Armenian: ( Գրիգոր ), Eastern Armenian Grigor [ ɡɾik ʰ ɔɾ ], westarmenisch Krikor by the Western Armenian sound shift
  • Bulgarian: Grigor ( Григор )
  • Danish: Gregers, Joris
  • English: Gregory, Greg
  • Faroese: Grækaris
  • Finnish: Reijo
  • French: Grégoire, Grigaut
  • Frisian: Joris
  • Georgian: Grigoli ( გრიგოლ )
  • Greek: Gregorios / Grigorios ( Γρηγόριος ) Gregores / Grigoris ( Γρηγόρης )
  • Hawaiian: Kelekolio
  • Irish: Gréagóir
  • Italian, Spanish: Gregorio
  • Croatian: Gregory
  • Latin: Gregorius
  • Lithuanian: Gregoras, Gregorijus, Grigalius
  • Macedonian: Grigur ( Григур )
  • Dutch: Joris
  • Polish: Grzegorz [ ɡʐɛɡɔʂ ], Koseformen: Grzesiek, Grześ
  • Portuguese: Gregório
  • Romanian Grigore, Gligor
  • Russian: Grigori ( Григорий ); Koseformen: Grisha ( Гриша ), Grisha ( Гришенька ) Grínja ( Гриня ), Goria ( Горя ) Grischúnja ( Гришуня ) Grischúta ( Гришута ) Grischúnka ( Гришунька ); pejorative: grischka ( Гришка ) Grischúcha ( Гришуха ); as Father Name: Grigoryevich ( Григорьевич ) Grigóritsch ( Григорич ) Grigoryevna ( Григорьевна ) Grigórna ( Григорьна )
  • Swedish: Greger
  • Serbo-Croatian: Grigorije / Григорије, Gligorije / Глигорије, Gregory / Гргур
  • Slovenian: Grega, Gregor
  • Czech: Rehor
  • Hungarian: Gergely, Gergo, Gerő
  • Ukrainian: Hryhori ( Григорій ) Hryhir ( Григір ); Koseformen: Hryz ( Гриць ) Hryzyk ( Грицик ) Hryzko ( Грицько ) Hryn ( Гринь ) Hrynko ( Гринько )
  • Welsh: Grigor
  • Belarusian: Ryhor ( Рыгор )

Well-known bearers of the name

Popes and anti-popes

  • Gregory I, "the Great", Doctor of the Church ( 590-604 )
  • Gregory II ( Pope ) ( 715-731 )
  • Gregory III. ( Pope ) ( 731-741 )
  • Gregory IV ( 827-844 )
  • Gregory V ( pope ) ( 996-999 )
  • Gregory VI. ( Antipope ) ( 1012)
  • Gregory VI. ( Pope ) ( 1045-1046 )
  • Gregory VII ( Hildebrand ), ( 1073-1084 )
  • Gregory VIII ( anti-Pope ) ( 1118-1121 )
  • Gregory VIII ( pope ) ( 1187 )
  • Gregory IX. (1227-1241)
  • Gregory X (1271-1276)
  • Gregory XI. (1370-1378)
  • Gregory XII. (1406-1415)
  • Gregory XIII. (1572-1585)
  • Gregory XIV (1590-1591)
  • Gregory XV. (1621-1623)
  • Gregory XVI. (1831-1846)

Patriarch of Constantinople Opel

  • Gregory of Nazianzus ( 379-381 )
  • Gregory II ( Patriarch ) ( 1283-1289 )
  • Gregory III. Mom (1443-1450)
  • Gregory IV ( Patriarch ) ( 1623)
  • Gregory V ( Patriarch ) ( 1797-1798, 1806-1808, 1818-1821 )
  • Gregory VI. ( Patriarch ) ( 1835-1840, 1867-1871 )
  • Gregory VII ( Patriarch ) ( 1923-1924 )

Patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church

  • St. Gregory the Illuminator ( term 301-325 )
  • Gregory II Vkayaser, the martyr friend ( term 1066-1105 )
  • Gregory III. ( Term of office 1113-1166 )
  • Gregory IV of the boy ( term of office 1173-1193 )
  • Gregory V ( term 1193-1194 )
  • Gregory VI. ( Term of office 1194-1203 )
  • Gregory VII ( term 1293-1307 )
  • Gregory VIII ( term 1411-1418 )
  • Gregory IX. ( Term of office 1439-1441 )
  • Gregory X ( term 1443-1465 )
  • Gregory XI. ( Term of office 1536-1545 )
  • Gregory XII. ( Term of office 1576-1590 )

Single Name

  • Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop of Neocaesarea ( 213-270 )
  • Gregory of Spoleto ( † about 303)
  • Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop Gregory of Nazianzen (c. 280, † 374)
  • Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335-394 ), Doctor of the Church
  • Gregory of Elvira (392 ), Bishop
  • Gregory of Tours ( 538-594 ), Bishop
  • Gregory of Carthage ( † 647/48 ), Exarch
  • Gregory, Duke of Benevento 732-739
  • Gregory of Utrecht ( 707-775 )
  • Gregory of Pfalzel ( 707-776 )
  • Gregory of Nin (Croatian Gregory of Nin ), about 900-929 bishop of Nin and Chancellor of the Croatian Kingdom
  • Gregory of Burtscheid († 998/999 ) monk
  • Gregory of Narek (951-1003), Armenian monk and writer
  • Gregory Palamas (1296-1359), Orthodox theologian and saint
  • Gregory of Rimini (1300-1358)
  • Gregor Sinaites ( 1346 )
  • Gregory Schenk von Osterwitz († 1403 ), Archbishop of Salzburg
  • Gregory of Valencia (1549-1603)
  • Gregory of Rezzori (1914-1998), German language. writer
  • Gregor ( hagiographer ), presbyter
  • Gregory of Agrigento
  • Gregory of Antioch
  • Gregory of Kaskar
  • Gregory III. (Porto) († 991 ), Cardinal Bishop of Porto

First name

  • Gregor von Bochmann the Younger (1878-1914), German sculptor
  • Gregor Braun (born 1955), German cyclist
  • Gregor Gysi (* 1948), German politician
  • Greg LeMond ( born 1961 ), American cyclist, Tour de France winner
  • Gregor Linßen (* 1966), German singer-songwriter
  • Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), Austrian botanist
  • Gregor Morfill (* 1945), German physicist
  • Gregory Peck (1916-2003), American actor
  • Gregor Schlierenzauer (* 1990), Austrian ski jumper
  • Gregor Staub (born 1954 ), Swiss Memory Trainer
  • Gregor Strasser (1892-1934), German politician

Family name

  • Andreas Gregor ( b. 1955 ), German rower
  • Bogdan Gregory (*?), Vice-Rector of the University of Łódź
  • Christian Gregor (1723-1801), German poet songs
  • Erika Gregor ( b. 1935 ), German cinema operator
  • František Gregor (1938-2013), Czechoslovakian ice hockey player
  • Gerhard Gregor (1906-1981), German organist and pianist
  • Hans Gregor (1866-1945), German actor, director and theater manager
  • Horst -Günter Gregory (1938-1995), German swimmers
  • Isabella Gregor ( b. 1962 ), Austrian actress and director
  • Josef Gregor (1903-1987), German classical scholar and teacher
  • Joseph Gregory (1888-1960), Austrian theater scholar
  • Kurt Gregory (1907-1990), German politician and Minister (SED )
  • Martin Gregor- Dellin (1926-1988), German writer
  • Martina Gregory Ness (* 1959), German politician (SPD ), Member of Parliament in Brandenburg
  • Nora Gregor (1901-1949), Austrian actress
  • Radek Gregory (born 1970 ), Swedish badminton player
  • Susanne Gregor ( b. 1981 ), Austrian writer of Slovak origin
  • Ulrich Gregor ( b. 1932 ), German film historian, author and festival director
  • Valentin Gregor ( b. 1963 ), German jazz musician
  • Gregor Werner (1896-1971), German diplomat
  • William Gregory (1761-1817), English clergyman and mineralogist

Fictional characters

  • Gregor Samsa, main character in The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
  • Gregor is the name of the title character of a series of children's books by the author Suzanne Collins.
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