# Jørgen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jrgen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Jørgen

- Jørgen Ingmann, Danish musician (1925–2015)
- Jørgen Løvland, 10th Prime Minister of Norway (1848–1922)
- Jørgen Leth, Danish film director and poet (1937–2025)
- Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician (1850–1916)
- Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Faroese/Danish writer (1900–1938)
- Jørgen Roed, Danish artist (1808-1888)
- Jørgen Marcussen, Danish road bicycle racer, born 1950
- Jørgen Leschly Sørensen, Danish footballer (1922-1999)
- Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen, Danish engineer (1878–1964)
- Jørgen Matthias Christian Schiødte, Danish entomologist (1815–1884)
- Jørgen Sonne, Danish painter (1801-1890)
- Jørgen V. Pedersen, Danish professional cyclist, born 1959

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.