Gregor Forename
13,843rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 70,130 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Slovenia
Gregor Forename Definition:
A Gaelic name: Griogair, Griogarach, Middle Gaelic M'Gregar, Middle Irish Grigoir, Early Irish (Latin) Grigorius (Gregory the Great, died 604), from Latin Gregorius, Greek Γρηγόριος, a favourite ecclesiastical name from the third century onward (cf.
Read More About This ForenameGregor Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 33,878 | 1:2,854 | 390 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 12,069 | 1:204 | 29 |
| Austria | 100% | 4,506 | 1:1,890 | 275 |
| Poland | 100% | 3,110 | 1:12,227 | 523 |
| United States | 100% | 2,839 | 1:127,699 | 5,260 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,741 | 1:2,997 | 506 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2,369 | 1:2,258 | 314 |
| England | 100% | 1,226 | 1:45,353 | 2,218 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 1,040 | 1:5,106 | 317 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 962 | 1:17,570 | 1,773 |
| Australia | - | 563 | 1:24,259 | 1,583 |
| Canada | 100% | 536 | 1:61,816 | 3,792 |
| New Zealand | - | 332 | 1:13,663 | 1,265 |
| Brazil | 100% | 329 | 1:651,174 | 19,573 |
| Philippines | 100% | 285 | 1:371,963 | 13,642 |
| South Africa | 100% | 264 | 1:206,563 | 13,180 |
| Thailand | 100% | 249 | 1:281,389 | 16,322 |
| Belgium | 100% | 208 | 1:55,241 | 2,585 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 191 | 1:158,125 | 6,242 |
| Sweden | 100% | 180 | 1:54,766 | 2,811 |
| Russia | 100% | 140 | 1:1,030,241 | 8,787 |
| France | 100% | 128 | 1:519,300 | 5,495 |
| Namibia | - | 124 | 1:19,389 | 1,808 |
| Italy | 100% | 111 | 1:550,109 | 5,711 |
| Croatia | 100% | 105 | 1:40,163 | 1,556 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 104 | 1:78,388 | 7,416 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 93 | 1:112,164 | 5,632 |
| Portugal | - | 92 | 1:113,162 | 2,965 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 88 | 1:2,021 | 368 |
| Czechia | 99% | 87 | 1:122,485 | 1,262 |
| Norway | 100% | 81 | 1:63,362 | 2,402 |
| Spain | 100% | 73 | 1:637,397 | 7,138 |
| Estonia | 100% | 66 | 1:19,930 | 1,700 |
| Ireland | 100% | 65 | 1:71,439 | 2,036 |
| Denmark | - | 62 | 1:91,121 | 2,722 |
| Haiti | - | 54 | 1:198,647 | 8,878 |
| Peru | 100% | 51 | 1:623,362 | 10,186 |
| Ecuador | - | 44 | 1:402,885 | 4,840 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 41 | 1:1,800,673 | 45,176 |
| Wales | 100% | 40 | 1:77,358 | 2,170 |
| Indonesia | - | 38 | 1:6,788,518 | 244,640 |
| Chile | 100% | 30 | 1:586,907 | 6,668 |
| China | - | 27 | 1:50,594,659 | 62,307 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 26 | 1:21,694 | 1,244 |
| Greece | 100% | 22 | 1:497,025 | 6,710 |
| Hungary | 100% | 21 | 1:466,275 | 1,759 |
| Mexico | 100% | 20 | 1:6,207,221 | 22,824 |
| Singapore | - | 20 | 1:314,353 | 9,609 |
| Albania | 100% | 18 | 1:169,254 | 9,529 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 18 | 1:985,936 | 10,651 |
| Zimbabwe | 67% | 18 | 1:856,879 | 31,986 |
| India | 82% | 16 | 1:75,929,873 | 1,126,684 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 14 | 1:131,653 | 1,603 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 13 | 1:537,722 | 8,096 |
| Israel | 100% | 13 | 1:646,378 | 11,150 |
| Nigeria | 95% | 13 | 1:13,658,797 | 139,235 |
| Serbia | 100% | 13 | 1:549,671 | 5,055 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Belarus | 100% | 11 | 1:862,035 | 4,760 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 11 | 1:123,765 | 7,962 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 10 | 1:3,786 | 437 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 10 | 1:723,680 | 5,820 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 9 | 1:391,606 | 4,501 |
| Colombia | 100% | 9 | 1:5,308,770 | 29,121 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 9 | 1:794,666 | 24,808 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 8 | 1:108,884 | 3,058 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 8 | 1:3,806,242 | 94,684 |
| Jamaica | - | 7 | 1:411,890 | 11,384 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Taiwan | - | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Turkey | - | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| Armenia | 100% | 5 | 1:583,751 | 6,330 |
| Finland | 100% | 5 | 1:1,096,637 | 9,775 |
| Moldova | - | 5 | 1:712,228 | 3,885 |
| Romania | 100% | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 5 | 1:10,557,664 | 41,958 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 4 | 1:27,437 | 2,836 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Argentina | 50% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Grégor (48) are calculated separately.
Gregor (20,162) may also be a surname.
Gregor Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Gaelic name: Griogair, Griogarach, Middle Gaelic M'Gregar, Middle Irish Grigoir, Early Irish (Latin) Grigorius (Gregory the Great, died 604), from Latin Gregorius, Greek Γρηγόριος, a favourite ecclesiastical name from the third century onward (cf. Greek γρηγορέω, he watchful, English care). Hence M‘Griogair, Mac-gregor, Gregory.
— Etymology of The Principal Gaelic National Names, Personal Names, Surnames (1909) by Alexander MacBain
Gregor Forename Popularity
Gregor Demographics
Gregor Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 12 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Gregor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gregor in the Russian language | ||
| Грегор | gregor | - |
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