The first name Georg
A boy’s name from Latin.
2 syllables Male Also a surname
Meaning and origin
Latin origin
From Danish, Estonian, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Georg, from Latin Geōrgius. The slang sense is from Spiders Georg.
A form of George.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Georg last appeared in the official list in 2017, given to 4 boys.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Georg with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Georg at birth, 1880–2025
In 2022, 6 boys born in the United States were named Georg, the 11,333rd most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1963, when 15 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Georg
465 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- George Frideric HandelGerman-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)
- Georg CantorGerman mathematician, inventor of set theory (1845–1918)
- Kurt Georg KiesingerChancellor of West Germany (1966–1969)
- Georg Philipp TelemannGerman composer, 1681–1767
- George GroszGerman artist (1893–1959)
- Georg TraklAustrian poet (1887-1914)
- Georg BrandesDanish literature critic and scholar (1842–1927)
- Georg WittigGerman chemist (1979 Nobel Prize)
- Georg ForsterGerman naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary (1754-1794)
- Georg BaselitzGerman artist (1938–2026)
- Georg von HertlingGerman chancellor (1843–1919)
- Georg MichaelisGerman civil servant and chancellor (1857-1936)
More Latin boys’ names
Questions
- What does the name Georg mean?
- From Danish, Estonian, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Georg, from Latin Geōrgius. The slang sense is from Spiders Georg.
- What is the origin of the name Georg?
- From Danish, Estonian, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Georg, from Latin Geōrgius. The slang sense is from Spiders Georg.
- How popular is the name Georg?
- In 2017, 4 boys born in England and Wales were named Georg, ranking 3,996th.
- Is Georg a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 98% of the 497 US babies named Georg since 1880 were boys.
- When was Georg most popular?
- 1963 in the United States, when 15 babies were named Georg, its highest rank at 2,147th.
- What name is Georg a form of?
- Georg is a form of George.
- Is Georg also a surname?
- Yes. Georg is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.