Greg Name Meaning, Origins & Popularity

Greg Forename

1,221^st

Most Common

name in the World

Approximately 775,618 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:

United States

Highest density in:

Palau

Greg Forename Definition:

This is the sole diminutive (so far as I know) of Gregory, but it is also an independent Scottish m. name, in Celtic meaning ‘fierce’.

Greg Forename Distribution

Place	Gender	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	100%	523,716	1:692	131
Australia	-	79,103	1:173	14
Canada	100%	76,755	1:432	73
England	100%	20,544	1:2,707	392
Poland	100%	13,524	1:2,812	241
New Zealand	-	12,955	1:350	63
Philippines	99%	11,540	1:9,186	1,265
South Africa	100%	3,889	1:14,022	2,167
Nigeria	100%	3,437	1:51,663	3,737
Scotland	100%	3,187	1:1,679	270
Papua New Guinea	99%	3,186	1:2,559	296
France	100%	2,518	1:26,398	1,074
Ireland	100%	2,387	1:1,945	299
Ghana	-	1,742	1:15,492	1,297
Northern Ireland	100%	1,161	1:1,588	286
Wales	100%	870	1:3,557	503
Netherlands	100%	775	1:21,809	2,040
Bangladesh	-	642	1:248,382	11,817
Saudi Arabia	-	583	1:52,852	6,182
Germany	100%	523	1:184,853	2,971
Gabon	100%	481	1:3,915	840
Japan	-	470	1:272,311	8,107
Belgium	100%	463	1:24,817	1,715
Vanuatu	-	424	1:617	151
Togo	-	412	1:17,571	2,429
Palau	-	410	1:53	18
Russia	99%	407	1:354,383	4,364
China	-	400	1:3,415,139	49,389
Kenya	-	383	1:120,906	5,938
Fiji	-	345	1:2,587	730
Brazil	100%	328	1:653,159	19,616
Egypt	100%	304	1:302,306	9,724
Sri Lanka	-	286	1:72,724	6,418
Singapore	100%	271	1:23,199	4,234
Switzerland	100%	271	1:30,308	1,723
Thailand	100%	257	1:272,630	15,991
Congo	99%	251	1:19,957	2,076
Portugal	-	240	1:43,379	1,571
India	97%	238	1:5,104,529	193,781
Greece	-	230	1:47,542	1,698
Bahrain	-	207	1:6,515	1,046
Dominican Republic	-	204	1:51,134	3,395
Morocco	-	191	1:179,836	4,854
Malawi	100%	190	1:90,065	5,143
Solomon Islands	100%	181	1:3,210	469
DR Congo	100%	171	1:431,740	15,753
Indonesia	-	168	1:1,535,498	84,759
Hong Kong	-	165	1:46,986	2,493
Malaysia	99%	163	1:186,809	11,041
Taiwan	100%	159	1:149,495	15,102
Guam	-	157	1:1,023	225
Jamaica	-	157	1:18,365	1,589
Oman	-	156	1:26,338	2,030
Uzbekistan	100%	155	1:198,622	4,583
Mexico	93%	133	1:933,417	7,844
Suriname	100%	132	1:4,188	917
South Korea	-	115	1:48,212	3,309
Swaziland	-	103	1:12,623	1,554
Bahamas	-	101	1:3,954	688
Iraq	-	101	1:346,711	4,577
Zambia	-	101	1:156,978	6,102
Malta	-	97	1:4,426	628
United Arab Emirates	-	92	1:77,739	6,483
Spain	100%	90	1:517,000	6,470
Bermuda	-	81	1:800	163
Venezuela	100%	80	1:377,524	11,070
Guatemala	-	78	1:206,518	3,090
Kuwait	-	76	1:49,806	4,237
Sweden	100%	75	1:131,439	5,235
Italy	99%	73	1:836,467	7,637
Barbados	-	70	1:4,140	689
Trinidad and Tobago	100%	68	1:20,021	2,377
Botswana	-	63	1:34,674	3,690
Hungary	100%	62	1:157,932	917
Norway	100%	59	1:86,989	2,968
Jersey	100%	46	1:2,173	384
Seychelles	-	45	1:2,059	474
Denmark	-	44	1:128,398	3,389
Mongolia	-	43	1:68,251	5,097
Afghanistan	-	42	1:776,750	10,713
Guyana	100%	42	1:18,173	2,319
French Polynesia	-	38	1:7,313	1,076
Angola	-	36	1:749,072	2,190
Guernsey	-	36	1:1,759	303
Qatar	100%	36	1:65,822	8,074
Saint Lucia	100%	36	1:4,939	825
Antigua and Barbuda	-	35	1:2,840	589
Luxembourg	100%	31	1:18,195	1,158
Vietnam	-	31	1:2,987,842	3,334
New Caledonia	100%	30	1:9,005	945
Belarus	90%	29	1:326,979	2,407
United States Virgin Islands	-	28	1:3,920	684
Estonia	100%	26	1:50,592	2,900
Ethiopia	-	25	1:3,902,405	10,287
Peru	95%	24	1:1,324,644	15,889
Chile	100%	22	1:800,328	7,987
Moldova	-	22	1:161,870	1,621
Panama	-	22	1:177,571	7,149
Cameroon	100%	21	1:1,029,072	27,052
Grenada	100%	21	1:5,149	844
Liberia	100%	18	1:245,114	8,199
Namibia	-	18	1:133,566	4,823
Aruba	-	17	1:6,105	1,121
Israel	94%	17	1:494,289	9,770
Northern Mariana Islands	-	17	1:3,216	586
Laos	-	16	1:411,678	310
Marshall Islands	100%	16	1:3,202	474
Nicaragua	86%	16	1:376,146	7,303
Rwanda	-	16	1:710,715	1,599
Uganda	75%	16	1:2,559,808	30,381
Austria	100%	15	1:567,613	5,057
Mauritius	-	15	1:86,519	3,271
Armenia	100%	14	1:208,482	3,697
Cambodia	-	14	1:1,162,381	17,251
Gibraltar	-	14	1:2,438	470
British Virgin Islands	-	13	1:2,404	549
Colombia	50%	13	1:3,675,302	23,534
Costa Rica	100%	12	1:397,329	6,631
Finland	76%	12	1:456,932	5,495
Kazakhstan	100%	11	1:1,613,350	13,838
Monaco	-	11	1:3,497	622
Zimbabwe	100%	11	1:1,402,165	43,227
Greenland	-	10	1:5,637	682
Iceland	-	10	1:36,602	2,190
Lebanon	100%	10	1:562,757	6,675
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100%	10	1:11,158	1,580
Tanzania	-	10	1:5,278,832	28,402
Albania	100%	9	1:338,508	14,218
Libya	-	9	1:691,257	1,282
Mozambique	-	9	1:3,027,040	2,336
Myanmar	-	9	1:5,772,030	1,432
Puerto Rico	-	9	1:394,478	3,471
Samoa	-	9	1:21,688	450
Sudan	-	9	1:4,200,775	4,893
Ukraine	-	8	1:5,687,488	9,604
Ecuador	-	7	1:2,532,417	12,755
Honduras	-	7	1:1,259,638	12,726
American Samoa	-	6	1:9,308	1,982
Belize	100%	6	1:59,052	4,175
Haiti	-	6	1:1,787,826	19,076
Ivory Coast	-	6	1:3,845,989	64,391
Cayman Islands	-	5	1:12,260	1,512
Macau	-	5	1:121,642	885
Nepal	-	5	1:5,697,470	55,717
Norfolk Island	-	5	1:465	94
Benin	-	4	1:2,643,961	45,199
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	4	1:881,114	5,655
Bulgaria	100%	4	1:1,747,598	14,265
Burkina Faso	-	4	1:4,594,867	56,462
Chad	-	4	1:3,399,600	8,891
East Timor	-	4	1:304,594	432
Georgia	100%	4	1:934,616	13,351
Lithuania	-	4	1:737,970	2,861
Slovenia	-	4	1:614,690	6,214
Somalia	-	4	1:3,381,467	5,208
Tunisia	-	4	1:169,226	7,289
Turkmenistan	-	4	1:1,368,218	2,487
Algeria	-	3	1:12,725,573	18,455
Andorra	-	3	1:27,629	798
Czechia	100%	3	1:3,552,054	6,491
Kyrgyzstan	50%	3	1:1,991,092	30,660
Romania	-	3	1:6,683,992	44,661
Serbia	-	3	1:2,381,907	7,319
Syria	-	3	1:6,435,358	7,086
Uruguay	-	3	1:1,142,546	10,015
Anguilla	-	2	1:6,628	945
Argentina	100%	2	1:21,386,622	29,627
Brunei	100%	2	1:209,785	2,478
Cape Verde	-	2	1:264,576	4,841
Croatia	100%	2	1:2,108,538	15,895
Cuba	-	2	1:5,753,276	9,613
Isle of Man	100%	2	1:42,512	455
North Macedonia	-	2	1:1,045,378	12,250
Maldives	-	2	1:216,952	3,781
Micronesia	-	2	1:53,250	1,276
Montserrat	-	2	1:2,438	412
Nauru	100%	2	1:5,964	459
Pakistan	100%	2	1:97,178,840	228,758
Saint Kitts and Nevis	-	2	1:27,430	2,159
Slovakia	-	2	1:2,655,032	6,915
Azerbaijan	100%	1	1:9,642,944	42,290
Bhutan	-	1	1:824,928	6,865
Bolivia	-	1	1:10,601,404	9,299
Central African Republic	-	1	1:4,515,390	1,073
Cook Islands	-	1	1:18,153	1,349
Cyprus	-	1	1:871,076	5,368
Djibouti	-	1	1:915,664	2,132
Dominica	-	1	1:75,471	1,341
El Salvador	-	1	1:6,341,786	16,428
Equatorial Guinea	-	1	1:1,137,689	1,044
Gambia	-	1	1:1,926,596	1,391
Iran	-	1	1:78,496,868	65,150
Jordan	-	1	1:8,826,774	11,126
Latvia	-	1	1:2,015,645	6,531
Lesotho	-	1	1:2,039,997	47,971
Madagascar	-	1	1:23,629,408	6,628
Mauritania	-	1	1:4,095,239	27,701
Montenegro	-	1	1:634,576	4,914
Paraguay	100%	1	1:7,236,805	16,549
Senegal	-	1	1:14,581,356	34,505
Turks and Caicos Islands	-	1	1:34,707	1,398
Yemen	-	1	1:26,296,751	14,474

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The alternate forms: Grég (21) & Grèg (2) are calculated separately.

Greg (6,119) may also be a surname.

Greg Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

This is the sole diminutive (so far as I know) of Gregory, but it is also an independent Scottish m. name, in Celtic meaning ‘fierce’.

— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

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Greg Forename Popularity

Greg Demographics

Greg Political Affiliation
in United States

Sample size: 97,819 (2014)

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Phonetically Similar Names

Forename	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Grég	92	21	/
Grèg	92	2	/
Gregg	89	90,444	/
Greig	89	5,592	/
Grieg	89	196	/
Greeg	89	125	/
Greag	89	36	/
Gregs	89	34	/
Gregh	89	15	/
Grreg	89	15	/
Greyg	89	14	/
Graeg	89	13	/
Gregt	89	9	/
Ghreg	89	9	/
Ggreg	89	7	/
Grzeg	89	4	/
Gresg	89	3	/
Grheg	89	3	/
Grecg	89	3	/
Gregq	89	3	/
Kgreg	89	2	/
Cgreg	89	2	/
Gregz	89	2	/
Grgeg	89	2	/
Grehg	89	2	/
Greug	89	2	/
Gregc	89	1	/
Gregk	89	1	/
Gregp	89	1	/
Hgreg	89	1	/
Gregue	80	63	/
Greggs	80	25	/
Greigh	80	16	/
Greigg	80	11	/
Greggz	80	6	/
Greegg	80	6	/
Greegs	80	3	/
Grregg	80	2	/
Ggregg	80	2	/
Greagh	80	2	/
Greigs	80	2	/
Greesg	80	1	/
Greggc	80	1	/
Greggk	80	1	/
Greggp	80	1	/
Greggq	80	1	/
Gregqq	80	1	/
Gregth	80	1	/
Greigt	80	1	/
Greihg	80	1	/
Grgegg	80	1	/
Gressg	80	1	/
Cgregg	80	1	/
Kgregg	80	1	/
Hgregg	80	1	/
Ghreeg	80	1	/
Hgreig	80	1	/
Grek	75	523	/
Grec	75	435	/
Grig	75	381	/
Gerg	75	281	/
Grex	75	29	/
Greq	75	17	/
Gryg	75	3	/
Girg	75	3	/
Grjg	75	1	/
Gjrg	75	1	/
Greggue	73	3	/
Greygue	73	3	/
Greigue	73	2	/
Gregowa	73	1	/
Hhgregg	73	1	/
Greguia	73	1	/
Gergő	67	10,744	/
Graig	67	3,742	/
Gerke	67	655	/
Greek	67	234	/
Greck	67	140	/
Greik	67	57	/
Grigg	67	51	/
Graec	67	50	/
Greke	67	42	/
Greac	67	40	/
Greyk	67	30	/
Gergg	67	14	/
Greak	67	12	/
Grekh	67	12	/
Greec	67	11	/
Greic	67	11	/
Grayg	67	7	/
Gierg	67	6	/
Griek	67	6	/
Gergs	67	6	/
Girke	67	4	/
Greyc	67	4	/
Grike	67	4	/
Grigs	67	3	/
Gerrg	67	3	/
Grecc	67	3	/
Grekk	67	2	/
Gryke	67	2	/
Ggerg	67	2	/
Greuk	67	2	/
Girgs	67	1	/
Grecq	67	1	/
Grect	67	1	/
Grekt	67	1	/
Greqq	67	1	/
Greex	67	1	/
Ggrreegg	67	1	/
Grygg	67	1	/
Grexs	67	1	/
Grexz	67	1	/
Greyx	67	1	/
Grigz	67	1	/
Gergq	67	1	/
Griqe	67	1	/
Gresk	67	1	/
Grezx	67	1	/
Grecw	67	1	/
Grrjg	67	1	/
Grygt	67	1	/
Kgrek	67	1	/
Gyrgz	67	1	/
Gwreegai	67	1	/
Gwrgw	67	1	/
Cgerg	67	1	/

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Greg Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Greg in the Russian language
Грег	greg	-

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