Georgii as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Georgii

What is the meaning of the name Georgii ?

The baby name Georgii is a boy name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced [ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj].

Georgii is Greek, Russian in Origin.

Georgii is a Roman transliteration of Russian Георгий, the East Slavic form of Greek Geōrgios (Γεώργιος). The Greek name is built from gē, earth, and ergon, work, through geōrgos, farmer or tiller of the soil; the adjectival/name-forming ending -ios produced Geōrgios. Its literal sense is therefore earth-worker or farmer, an occupational term before it became a personal name.

The name spread with Christianity through the cult of Saint George, especially in Byzantine and Eastern Orthodox settings. In Russian usage, Георгий is conventionally romanized as Georgii, Georgiy, or Georgy, while vernacular relatives include Yuri and Yegor. Notable bearers include Georgy Zhukov and the Marxist theorist Georgi Plekhanov. Outside Slavic contexts it corresponds to George, Georges, Giorgio, Jorge, and Georgios, and in English-speaking countries Georgii is chiefly encountered through transliteration rather than native naming.