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 mo ...
'') 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
Christendom historically refers to the Christian states, Christian-majority countries and the countries in which Christianity dominates, prevails,SeMerriam-Webster.com : dictionary, "Christendom"/ref> or is culturally or historically intertwin ...
since at least the 6th century.
The popularity of the name however develops from around the 12th century, in
Occitan in the form ''
Jordi
Jordi () is the Catalan form of the ancient Greek name Georgios. Jordi is a popular name in Catalonia and is also given in the Netherlands and in Spanish-, English- and German-speaking countries.
Jordi may also refer to:
* Sant Jordi – patron ...
'', 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), 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
Jorge Betancourt García (born February 13, 1982 in Matanzas) is a male diver from Cuba. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004 (Athens, Greece). Betancourt twice (2003 and 2007) won a silver me ...
, 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
College f ...
, 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
Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida (born 14 October 1971) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender, currently manager of Académico de Viseu.
Nicknamed ''Bicho'' (animal) and ''Tanque'' ( tank) by his colleagues and fans for ...
, 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 C ...
, 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 club of the NBL.
He represented the Cayman Islands national basketball team at the 2015 FIBA CBC Championship Th ...
, 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 194 ...
, 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 "Hurl ...
, 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 Centra ...
, 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
Jorge Daniel Lencina (born March 26, 1976, in Córdoba) is a retired male judoka from Argentina. He claimed the bronze medal in the Men's Bantamweight (– 60 kg) division at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. Lencina represented ...
, Argentine judoka
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Jorge Liderman
Jorge Mario Liderman (November 16, 1957 – February 3, 2008) was an Argentine-born American composer. He was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003 to partially fund a new work for Duo46 titled Aires de Sefarad: 46 Spanish Songs for Violin and ...
, 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
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, as well as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known b ...
, 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
* Jorge Masvidal, Cuban American Mixed Martial Artist
* Jorge Mondragón, Mexican diver
* Jorge Montenegro (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jorge Negrete, Mexican actor
* Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Portuguese chairman of FC Porto
* Jorge Otálvaro, Colombian road cyclist
* Jorge Orta, baseball player
* Jorge Páez, Mexican boxer and actor
* Jorge Pescara, Brazilian musician
* Jorge Posada, baseball catcher
* Jorge Querejeta, Argentine field hockey player
* Jorge Quinteros, Argentine football player
* Jorge Quinteros (mountaineer), Jorge Quinteros, Chilean mountaineer
* Jorge Racca, Argentine basketball player
* Jorge Rafael Videla, 43rd Argentine president and dictator
* Jorge Ramos (news anchor), Jorge Ramos, Mexican-born American Spanish-language news anchor
* Jorge Richardson, Puerto Rican track and field athlete
* Jorge Rodríguez (footballer, born 1971), Jorge Rodríguez, Salvadoran footballer
* Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese President
* Jorge Santana, Mexican-born guitarist, brother of Carlos
* Jorge Semprún, Spanish writer and politician
* Jorge Solís, Mexican boxer
* Jorge Taufua, Australian rugby player
* Jorge Valdano, Argentine football player
* Jorge Villavicencio (1958–2020), Guatemalan politician and physician
* Seu Jorge, Brazilian musician
* Jorge Luis Ruiz, Jorge Ruiz, Soccer Player
See also
* Storm Jorge in the 2019–20 European windstorm season
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References
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Portuguese masculine given names
Spanish masculine given names