first name
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).
First or 1st may also refer to:
*World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement
Arts and media Music
* 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and rec ...
Gregory derives from the
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
name "
Gregorius
Gregorius or ''The Good Sinner'' is a Middle High German narrative poem by Hartmann von Aue. Written around 1190 in rhyming couplets, it tells the story of a child born of the incestuous union of a brother and sister, who is brought up in a mona ...
", which came from the
late Greek
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name "Γρηγόριος" (Grēgórios) meaning "watchful, alert" (derived from Greek "γρηγoρεῖν" "grēgorein" meaning "to watch"). This traditional meaning may be disputed, however, as modern dictionaries translate Γρήγορε (Gregore) as “swift, quick,” while “watchful, alert” are translated as “προσεκτικός” or “άγρυπνος.”
Through folk etymology, the name also became associated with Latin ''grex'' (stem ''greg–'') meaning "flock" or "herd". This association with a shepherd who diligently guides his flock contributed to the name's popularity among
monk
A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedica ...
s and
pope
The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...
s.
Sixteen popes and two antipopes have used the name Gregorius, starting with
Pope Gregory I
Pope Gregory I ( la, Gregorius I; – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. He is known for instigating the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregor ...
(Gregory the Great). It is tied with Benedict as the second-most popular name for popes, after
John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Secon ...
.
Although the name was uncommon in the early 20th century, after the popularity of the actor Gregory Peck it became one of the ten most common male names in the United States in the 1950s and has remained popular since.
Name days
The Roman Catholic Church traditionally held the feast of Saint Gregory (the Great) on March 12, but changed it to September 3 in 1969. March 12 remains the
name day
In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, among other parts of Christendom. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively that of a ...
for Gregory in most countries.
Gregory the Theologian (also known as
Gregory of Nazianzus
Gregory of Nazianzus ( el, Γρηγόριος ὁ Ναζιανζηνός, ''Grēgorios ho Nazianzēnos''; ''Liturgy of the Hours'' Volume I, Proper of Saints, 2 January. – 25 January 390,), also known as Gregory the Theologian or Gregory N ...
) is one of the Three Hierarchs (Ancient Greek: Οἱ Τρεῖς Ἱεράρχαι; Greek: Οι Τρεις Ιεράρχες). The other two are Basil the Great, also known as Basil of Caesarea and
John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom (; gr, Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος; 14 September 407) was an important Early Church Father who served as archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of ...
.
All three have separate feast days in January: Basil on January 1, Gregory on January 25, and Chrysostom on January 27.
Arabic
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Armenian
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* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
Czech
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus'
Places
* Czech, ...
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
: ''Gregoor'', ''Gregorius''
* English: ''Gregory'', also '' Gregg'', ''
Greg Greg is a masculine given name, and often a shortened form of the given name Gregory. Greg (more commonly spelled " Gregg") is also a surname.
People with the name
*Greg Abbott (disambiguation), multiple people
*Greg Abel (born 1961/1962), Canadi ...
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
: ''Reijo'' or ''Reko''
* French: ''Grégory'' or '' Grégoire''
* Georgian: გრიგოლი (''Grigoli'', ''Grigori'')
* German: ''Gregor''
*
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
Hebrew
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: גרגורי
*
Hindi
Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
: ''Gréagóir''
*
Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
Japanese
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* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
: ''Guregori'' (グレゴリー)
*
Kannada
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: ಗ್ರೆಗೊರಿ (''Gregori'')
*
Korean
Korean may refer to:
People and culture
* Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula
* Korean cuisine
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl
**Korean dialects and the Jeju language
** ...
: 그레고리오 (''Geulegolio'')
*
Latin
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Norwegian
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including ...
: ''Greger'' or ''Gregers''
*
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
Portuguese
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** Portu ...
Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
: (''Grigoriy'', ''Grigori'', ''
Grigory Grigory, Grigori and Grigoriy are Russian language, Russian masculine given names.
It may refer to watcher angels or more specifically to Watcher (angel)#Grigori, the egrḗgoroi or Watcher angels.
Grigory
* Grigory Baklanov (1923–2009), Russ ...
''), with diminutives ('' Grisha''), (''Grishka'')
* Scots: ''Gregor''
* Serbian: Grigorije (Григорије), Gligorije (Глигорије), or Grgur (Гргур)
* Slovak: ,
* Slovene: ' or '
*
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
Swedish
Swedish or ' may refer to:
Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ve ...
Patriarch Gregory (disambiguation) Patriarch Gregory or Catholicos Gregory may refer to:
; Constantinople
* Gregory of Nazianzus, Patriarch in 379–381
* Gregory II of Constantinople, Patriarch in 1283–1289
* Gregory III of Constantinople, Patriarch in 1443–1450
* Gregory IV of ...
*
Saint Gregory (disambiguation) Saint Gregory, also Pope Gregory I or Gregory the Dialogist (c. 540 – 604), was Pope from 590 until his death.
Saint Gregory may also refer to:
* Gregory Thaumaturgus, (Gregory the Wonderworker), or Gregory of Neocaesarea (died 270)
* Gregory of ...
*
Gregory Asbestas Gregory Asbestas ( el, Γρηγόριος Ἀσβεστᾶς, ) was an influential bishop from Syracuse, who served thrice as Archbishop of Syracuse (844 – ca. 852/3, 858–867, and 877–878/9) and later (879–880) as metropolitan bishop of Nica ...
(), archbishop of Syracuse
*
Gregory of Nin
Gregory of Nin ( hr, Grgur Ninski ; la, Gregorius Ninnius) was a medieval bishop of Nin who strongly opposed the pope and official circles of the Church and introduced the Croatian language in the religious services after the Great Assembly in ...
, 10th century Croatian bishop and reformer
*
Gregory of Narek
Grigor Narekatsi ( hy, Գրիգոր Նարեկացի; anglicized: Gregory of Narek) ( – 1003/1011) was an Armenian mystical and lyrical poet, monk, and theologian. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic and Catholic Churches an ...
(c. 950–1003/1011), Armenian monk, poet, philosopher and theologian
* Gregory, Bishop of Győr (died 1241), Hungarian prelate
*
Gregory Palamas
Gregory Palamas ( el, Γρηγόριος Παλαμᾶς; c. 1296 – 1359) was a Byzantine Greek theologian and Eastern Orthodox cleric of the late Byzantine period. A monk of Mount Athos (modern Greece) and later archbishop of Thessaloniki, he ...
(c. 1296–1357 or 1359), theologian, archbishop and monk
*
Gregory of Rimini
Gregory of Rimini (c. 1300 – November 1358), also called Gregorius de Arimino or Ariminensis, was one of the great scholastic philosophers and theologians of the Middle Ages. He was the first scholastic writer to unite the Oxonian and Parisia ...
(c. 1300–1358), philosopher and theologian
* Gregory IV of Athens, Metropolitan of Athens 1827–1828
*
Gregory (Afonsky) Archbishop Gregory (secular name George Sergeyevich Afonsky, russian: Георгий Серге́евич Афонский; April 17, 1925 – April 15, 2008) was the Archbishop of Sitka and Alaska from 1973 to 1995, and author of books on Theology ...
(1925–2008), Archbishop of Sitka and Alaska 1973–1995
*
Gregory Karotemprel
Mar Gregory Karotemprel (born 1933) is an East Syriac Catholic bishop and theologian. He is Bishop Emeritus of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Rajkot.
Life
Mar Gregory Karotemprel was born on 6 May 1933 at Chemmalamattam in Kottayam distri ...
Gregory III of Naples
Gregory III (died March 870), eldest son of Sergius I of Naples and Drusa, was the duke of Naples as co-regent with his father from 850 and as successor to his father from his father's death in 864 to his own some six years later. He was recorded ...
, Duke of Naples (864–870)
*
Gregory IV of Naples Gregory IV (died 915) was the firstborn son of Duke Sergius II of Naples and successor of his paternal uncle, Bishop Athanasius, in 898, when he was elected ''dux'', or ''magister militum'', unanimously by the aristocracy. His other paternal uncle, ...
, Duke of Naples (898–915)
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*
Greg Abbott
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(born 1957), American politician
*
Gregg Allman
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(1947–2017), American musician
* Gregg Araki (born 1959), American film director
*
Gregory Berrios
Gregory may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Gregory (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Gregory (surname), a surname
Places Australia
*Gregory, Queensland, a town in the Shire of ...
(born 1979), Puerto Rican volleyball player
* Gregory Glenn Biggs (1964-2001), homeless American murder victim struck by a car and left in the windshield to die
*
Greg Camarillo
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He played college football at Stanford. He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2005.
Camarillo also played for the Miami Dolp ...
(born 1982), American football player
* Gregory Chamitoff (born 1962), American astronaut
*
Gregory Chaney
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Early life and education
Chaney graduated fr ...
(born 1981), American politician
*
Gregory Charles
Gregory Charles, OC (born February 12, 1968) is a Quebec performing artist of Trinidadian and French Canadian origin.
Biography
Charles' father Lennox was a black anglophone of Trinidadian origin; his mother was a white francophone Canadian. Cha ...
(born 1968), Canadian musician and singer
*
Greg Davies
Gregory Daniel Davies ( ; born 14 May 1968) is a Welsh comedian, actor, presenter, and writer. He is best known for his roles as Greg in ''We Are Klang'', Mr Gilbert in ''The Inbetweeners'', Ken Thompson in ''Cuckoo'', the Taskmaster in '' Tas ...
(born 1968), Welsh comedian and actor
* Greg Dobbs (born 1978), American baseball player
* Grégory Galbadon (born 1973), French politician
* Gregory Gaye (1900–1993), Russian-American actor
* Greg Gianforte (born 1961), American businessman and politician
* Gregory Gray (1959–2019), Northern Irish musician
*
Greg Hartle
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(born 1951), American football player
* Gregory Helms (born 1974), American professional wrestler
*
Gregory Henriquez
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(born 1963), Canadian architect
*
Gregory Hines
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(1946–2003), American dancer, actor, singer and choreographer
*
Gregory Junior
Gregory Junior (born June 21, 1999) is an American football cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ouachita Baptist.
College career
Junior played college football at Ouachi ...
(born 1999), American football player
* Greg Kindle (born 1950), American football player
*
Gregory La Cava
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(1892–1952), American film director
* Grégory Labille (born 1968), French politician
* Greg Lake (1947–2016), British musician, singer, and guitarist, founding member of
King Crimson
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and
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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* Greg Lamberson (born 1964), American author and filmmaker
*
Grégory Lemarchal
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(1983–2007), French singer
*
Greg LeMond
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(born 1961), American professional road bicycle racer
*
Greg Louganis
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(born 1960), American Olympic champion diver and LGBT activist
*
Greg Luzinski
Gregory Michael "The Bull" Luzinski (born November 22, 1950) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left fielder from to , most prominently as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies where he wa ...
(born 1950), American baseball player
* Greg Maddux (born 1966), American baseball player
* Gregory Mertens (1991–2015), Belgian footballer
*
Greg Norman
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(born 1955), Australian golfer and entrepreneur
* Greg Page (musician) (born 1972), Australian musician and actor, founding member and original lead singer of
The Wiggles
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Gregory Porter
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Early l ...
(born 1971), American singer, songwriter, and actor
* Greg Potter, American comic book writer
*Gregory Renard (born 1995), better known as DJ Yung Vamp, Belgian DJ and record producer
* Gregory Rousseau (born 2000), American football player
* Gregory Rudelson (born 1988), Israeli judoka and belt wrestler
*
Greg Rusedski
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(born 1973), Canadian-English tennis player
*
Gregory Rusland
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Greg Tribbett
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(born 1968), guitarist of the American alternative metal band Mudvayne
* Greg Weisman (born 1963), writer, actor, producer
* Gregory Vargas (born 1986), Venezuelan basketball player
* Grégory Villemin(1980-1984), French murder victim of the highly sensationalized Grégory Affair
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'' series
* Gregory House, the main character of '' House''
* Gregory, protagonist of the video game ''Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach''
* Gregory, in the comic book series and television series, both titled ''The Walking Dead''
Animals
* Gregory, a pet caracal, popularly known as Big Floppa
See also
*
Grigory Grigory, Grigori and Grigoriy are Russian language, Russian masculine given names.
It may refer to watcher angels or more specifically to Watcher (angel)#Grigori, the egrḗgoroi or Watcher angels.
Grigory
* Grigory Baklanov (1923–2009), Russ ...