Jorge is a
Spanish and
Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''
Georgios Georgios (, , ) is a Greek name derived from the word ''georgos'' (, , "farmer" lit. "earth-worker"). The word ''georgos'' (, ) is a compound of ''ge'' (, , "earth", "soil") and ''ergon'' (, , "task", "undertaking", "work").
It is one of the most ...
'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker".
The Latin form ''Georgius'' had been rarely given in Western
Christendom since at least the 6th century.
The popularity of the name however develops from around the 12th century, in
Occitan in the form ''
Jordi'', and it becomes popular at European courts after the publication of the ''
Golden Legend'' in the 1260s.
The
West Iberian form ''Jorge'' is on record as the name of
Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (1481–1550).
List of people with the given name Jorge
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Jorge (footballer, born 1946), Brazilian footballer
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Jorge (Brazilian singer)
Jorge & Mateus is a musical duo and one of the most famous interpreters of sertanejo music. The duo is composed of Goiás, Brazil-based vocalists Jorge Alves Barcelos (born August 27, 1982) and Mateus Pedro Liduário de Oliveira (born July 15, ...
, Brazilian musician and singer, Jorge & Mateus
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Jorge (Romanian singer), real name
George Papagheorghe, Romanian singer, actor, TV host
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Jorge Betancourt, Cuban diver
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Jorge Campos
Jorge Campos Navarrete (born 15 October 1966) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
A notable player of Mexico in the 1990s and early 2000s, Campos was an eccentric player, known for his constant play outside ...
, Mexican football player
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Jorge Cantú, baseball player
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Jorge Cham, web comic writer
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Jorge Chavez, French-Peruvian aviator
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Jorge Cimadevilla
Jorge Cimadevilla (born November 11, 1965) is a former American football placekicker who played seven seasons in the Arena Football League with the Orlando Predators, Tampa Bay Storm and Nashville Kats. He played college football at East Tennesse ...
, American football player
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Jorge Coll
Jorge Coll (born 1977/1978) is a Spanish art dealer, and the CEO of Colnaghi, one of the world's oldest art galleries and dealerships.
Early life
The son of a Spanish art dealer, Coll grew up in Barcelona and after finishing his studies spent fou ...
, Spanish art dealer
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Jorge Costa, football player
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Jorge Donn
Jorge Donn (25 February 1947 in Ciudad Jardin, Buenos Aires – 30 November 1992 in Lausanne, Switzerland), was an Argentine internationally known ballet dancer. He was best known for his work with Maurice Béjart's ''Ballet of the 20th Cen ...
, Argentine-born ballet dancer
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Jorge Ebanks
Jorge Ebanks (born March 2, 1986), is a Cayman Islands professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Worthing Thunder
The Worthing Thunder are an English professional basketball team based in Worthing, West Sussex. The Thunder ...
, Cayman Islands basketball player
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Jorge De La Rosa
Jorge Alberto de la Rosa Gonzalez (born April 5, 1981) is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks and Chicago ...
, baseball pitcher
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Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala (23 January 1903 – 9 April 1948) was a left-wing Colombian politician and charismatic leader of the Liberal Party. He served as the mayor of Bogotá from 1936–37, the national Education Minister from 1940 ...
, Colombian politician assassinated in 1948
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Jorge Enrique Adoum
Jorge Enrique Adoum (June 29, 1926 in Ambato – July 3,
2009 in Quito) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, politician, and diplomat. He was one of the major exponents of Latin American poetry. His work received such prestigious awards as the first ...
(1926–2009), Ecuadorian writer
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Jorge Garbajosa
Jorge Garbajosa Chaparro (born December 19, 1977), also known as The Pornoplayer, is a Spanish former professional basketball player and the current president of the Spanish Basketball Federation. Standing at 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in), he p ...
, Spanish basketball player
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Jorge Garcia
Jorge Garcia (born April 28, 1973) is an American actor and comedian. He first came to public attention with his performance as Hector Lopez on the television show ''Becker'', but subsequently became best known for his portrayal of Hugo "Hurley ...
, American actor and comedian
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Jorge García Torre, Spanish footballer known as Jorge
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Jorge Gómez, Chilean football player
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Jorge Guillén, Spanish poet
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Jorge Gutiérrez, Argentine squash player
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Jorge Gutierrez, Mexican animator
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Jorge Herrera (swimmer)
Jorge A. Herrera Soto (born September 4, 1972) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico. He started swimming at the age of seven in Round Hill Swimming Team.
Among other competitions, Herrera participated in the 1990 Central ...
, Puerto Rican freestyle swimmer
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Jorge Herrera (footballer)
Jorge Herrera (born 11 September 1980) is a former Colombian professional footballer.
Career
Jorge has received many high awards from the Colombian Football Federation and from the South American Football Confederation.
South America
Herrera sp ...
, Colombian footballer
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Jorge Humberto Martínez, Colombian road cyclist
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Jorge Julio, baseball player
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Jorge Lencina, Argentine judoka
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Jorge Liderman, American
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Jorge Linck, Argentine sailor
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Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer
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Jorge Luis Alcantar Bolly, Mexican professional wrestler known as El Hijo del Fantasma and Santos Escobar
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Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine author
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Jorge Marco de Oliveira Moraes, Brazilian footballer
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...
, Argentine Roman Catholic priest who became Pope Francis
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Jorge Martín, Spanish motorcyle racer
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Jorge Masvidal, Cuban American Mixed Martial Artist
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Jorge Mondragón, Mexican diver
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Jorge Montenegro (disambiguation) Jorge Montenegro may refer to:
* Jorge Montenegro (shot putter) (born 1968), Cuban shot putter
* Jorge Luis Montenegro
Jorge Luis Montenegro Revelo (born 26 September 1988) is an Ecuadorian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team ...
, multiple people
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Jorge Negrete, Mexican actor
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Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Portuguese chairman of FC Porto
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Jorge Otálvaro, Colombian road cyclist
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Jorge Orta, baseball player
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Jorge Páez, Mexican boxer and actor
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Jorge Pescara, Brazilian musician
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Jorge Posada, baseball catcher
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Jorge Querejeta, Argentine field hockey player
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Jorge Quinteros, Argentine football player
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Jorge Quinteros, Chilean mountaineer
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Jorge Racca, Argentine basketball player
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Jorge Rafael Videla, 43rd Argentine president and dictator
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Jorge Ramos, Mexican-born American Spanish-language news anchor
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Jorge Richardson, Puerto Rican track and field athlete
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Jorge Rodríguez, Salvadoran footballer
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Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese President
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Jorge Santana, Mexican-born guitarist, brother of Carlos
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Jorge Semprún, Spanish writer and politician
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Jorge Solís, Mexican boxer
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Jorge Taufua, Australian rugby player
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Jorge Valdano, Argentine football player
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Jorge Villavicencio (1958–2020), Guatemalan politician and physician
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Seu Jorge, Brazilian musician
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Jorge Ruiz, Soccer Player
See also
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Storm Jorge
A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm) ...
in the 2019–20 European windstorm season
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References
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Spanish masculine given names