The French exact-name etymology identifies Latin Georgius and Greek Georgios and equates George. George supplies the farmer and earth/work gloss. The English plural of George is not the evidence for the singular French name. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=George&oldid=94539616.
Origin
French form of Greek Georgios transmitted through Latin.
The French exact-name etymology identifies Latin Georgius and Greek Georgios and equates George. George supplies the farmer and earth/work gloss. The English plural of George is not the evidence for the singular French name. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=George&oldid=94539616.
English pronunciation
Not yet published for this spelling.
Published name usage
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
Latest published record available for this spelling in each place and recorded usage
Place
Year
Recorded usage
Published births
Rank
Notes
Canada
2025
Boys
44 · preliminary
642
2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
France
1971
Girls
5 (rounded to 5)
2305
Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published.
France
2025
Boys
305 (rounded to 5)
184
Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published.
England & Wales
2025
Boys
3
5137
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
United States
2025
Boys
12
6803
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
Sources & notes
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Meaning: Farmer or earth-worker.
Checked against cited source
The French exact-name etymology identifies Latin Georgius and Greek Georgios and equates George. George supplies the farmer and earth/work gloss. The English plural of George is not the evidence for the singular French name. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=George&oldid=94539616. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Origin: French form of Greek Georgios transmitted through Latin.
Checked against cited source
The French exact-name etymology identifies Latin Georgius and Greek Georgios and equates George. George supplies the farmer and earth/work gloss. The English plural of George is not the evidence for the singular French name. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=George&oldid=94539616. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.