Jorge as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jorge

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The baby name Jorge is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced {'Spanish_IPA': 'ˈxoɾxe', 'Portuguese_IPA': 'ˈʒɔɾʒ(ɨ)', 'Brazilian_IPA': 'ˈʒɔʁʒi', 'English_approx': 'HOR-heh or HOR-hay (approx.)'}.

Jorge is Greek in Origin.

Gender: Male

Syllables: 2.0

Origin: Greek

Pronunciation: {'Spanish_IPA': 'ˈxoɾxe', 'Portuguese_IPA': 'ˈʒɔɾʒ(ɨ)', 'Brazilian_IPA': 'ˈʒɔʁʒi', 'English_approx': 'HOR-heh or HOR-hay (approx.)'}

What is the meaning of the name Jorge ?

The baby name Jorge is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced {'Spanish_IPA': 'ˈxoɾxe', 'Portuguese_IPA': 'ˈʒɔɾʒ(ɨ)', 'Brazilian_IPA': 'ˈʒɔʁʒi', 'English_approx': 'HOR-heh or HOR-hay (approx.)'}.

Jorge is Greek in Origin.

Jorge is the Spanish and Portuguese form of George, from Greek Georgios (geōrgós) “farmer, earthworker,” via Latin Georgius. In Spanish it’s pronounced roughly HOR-heh (with a guttural j); in Portuguese ZHOR-zh(ee).

Adoption spread in the Iberian Middle Ages through the veneration of Saint George (San/São Jorge), whose April 23 feast - especially Catalonia’s Diada de Sant Jordi - sustained the name’s prestige. It appears among Iberian nobility and has remained common across Spain, Portugal, and Latin America, with 20th‑century peaks in countries like Mexico, Chile, and Brazil. Variants and nicknames include Jorgito (Sp.), Jorginho (Pt.), Jordi (Catalan), Xurxo (Galician), Gorka (Basque), and feminine forms such as Georgina and Jorgelina. International cognates are George (English), Georges (French), Georg/Georgi (German/Bulgarian), Gheorghe (Romanian), Jerzy (Polish), Georgios/Giorgos (Greek), and Georgiy/Yegor (Russian), all sharing the agrarian sense “tiller of the soil.”

Jorge has the following similar or variant Names

Jorgito (Spanish diminutive)
Jorginho (Portuguese diminutive)
Jörg (German spelling/variant)
Joerg / Joerg (transcription alternatives)

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Jorge – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Ireland	Boys	2021	#1	—	762
MX		0	#3	2,824	8,339
AR	Boys	0	#4	15,939	7,628
CR	Boys	0	#4	9,057	10,188
CL	Boys	0	#5	50,238	13,390
EC	Boys	0	#5	2,003	3,322
PA	Boys	0	#5	10,143	9,305
PA		0	#5	376	3,797
PE	Boys	0	#5	46,017	14,506
PE		0	#5	1,463	6,350
EC		0	#6	277	2,502
MX	Boys	0	#6	90,002	16,355
PR	Boys	0	#6	908	2,508
UY	Boys	0	#6	11,302	5,922
BO	Boys	0	#7	12,931	9,244
CO	Boys	0	#7	96,687	15,656
GT	Boys	0	#7	7,177	7,625
AR		0	#8	353	2,915
BO		0	#8	1,611	6,868
CO		0	#8	5,957	7,768
PR		0	#8	72	1,497
GT		0	#9	1,087	5,948
CL		0	#10	3,427	6,867
SV		0	#10	2	283
CR		0	#11	268	5,526
HN	Boys	0	#13	48	749
MU	Boys	0	#13	4,453	8,477
AO	Boys	0	#15	969	5,568
Spain	Boys	0	#15	47,922	5,610
PT	Boys	0	#15	17,489	7,951
FJ	Boys	0	#17	1	603
HN		0	#18	5	704
LU	Boys	0	#18	511	4,970
SV	Boys	0	#21	8	352
Spain		0	#24	2,379	2,326
AO		0	#25	59	2,729
MU		0	#28	268	3,613
PT		0	#30	1,077	4,161
UY		0	#30	250	2,477
BN		0	#32	1	2,297
NA		0	#33	1	2,537
DJ	Boys	0	#36	1	657
EE		0	#37	1	1,051
ID		0	#39	1	2,238
LU		0	#41	26	2,830
MT		0	#43	1	1,767
JP		0	#46	32	4,057
JP	Boys	0	#51	394	7,909
MO		0	#51	2	2,706
BR	Boys	0	#53	10,153	12,213
CY		0	#60	1	1,632
MV	Boys	0	#78	2	3,375
SI		0	#80	1	1,612
CN		0	#81	6	3,857
BG		0	#82	1	1,799
JM		0	#93	1	3,714
TW		0	#99	5	4,523
PH		0	#102	9	5,607
SD		0	#102	1	2,130
QA		0	#104	3	7,011
HU		0	#112	4	1,675
OM		0	#115	7	6,215
BR		0	#118	313	5,969
KW		0	#119	3	5,216
EE	Boys	0	#124	2	2,087
CY	Boys	0	#130	2	3,473
GR		0	#130	6	3,911
IQ		0	#133	1	3,533
BN	Boys	0	#136	4	6,332
Norway	Boys	1997	#137	5	503
LT	Boys	0	#151	1	2,166
BW	Boys	0	#153	2	4,685
MT	Girls	0	#153	1	3,773
RS	Boys	0	#154	1	2,277
AE		0	#156	22	10,220
MO	Boys	0	#161	63	5,842
MT	Boys	0	#163	14	4,064
PR	Girls	0	#164	4	3,171
HU	Boys	0	#166	9	3,954
Sweden	Boys	2020	#176	2	1,548
CZ		0	#180	7	3,154
HR		0	#180	2	2,081
LU	Girls	0	#189	2	4,850
RU		0	#193	2	3,641
DK		0	#194	10	5,198
PL		0	#210	3	2,600
SI	Boys	0	#210	2	3,402
AO	Girls	0	#211	7	4,575
PH	Boys	0	#213	188	11,440
BG	Boys	0	#214	7	3,850
NA	Boys	0	#215	21	6,830
PS		0	#218	9	5,692
EC	Girls	0	#222	18	3,650
IR		0	#226	6	4,221
TW	Boys	0	#227	15	7,111
GR	Boys	0	#231	37	6,912
CN	Boys	0	#234	89	9,639
NA	Girls	0	#237	1	7,146
BD		0	#241	1	5,992
GH		0	#242	7	5,396
GR	Girls	0	#249	1	6,293
JP	Girls	0	#250	2	6,592
CZ	Boys	0	#256	49	6,530
HR	Boys	0	#256	4	3,997
IL		0	#256	19	6,291
JM	Boys	0	#263	10	6,876
MO	Girls	0	#263	1	7,056
United States	Boys	2024	#266	1,179	7,044
AF	Boys	0	#274	1	3,535
SG		0	#278	5	11,010
SA		0	#280	16	10,560
Canada	Boys	2024	#291	16	2,588
DK	Boys	0	#291	35	7,401
KZ	Boys	0	#296	1	6,578
AL	Boys	0	#303	1	5,122
PL	Boys	0	#314	22	6,459
GH	Boys	0	#316	30	8,138
GH	Girls	0	#337	1	6,973
MU	Girls	0	#341	11	8,539
HK		0	#352	6	8,483
MY		0	#353	2	12,352
NL		0	#355	37	2,481
JO	Boys	0	#383	7	7,057
France	Boys	2021	#385	3	2,865
PT	Girls	0	#386	66	7,952
Germany		0	#392	46	2,542
Austria	Boys	0	#397	46	2,180
Finland	Boys	0	#404	24	2,041
IT	Boys	0	#407	2,573	10,046
SD	Boys	0	#418	28	10,523
PA	Girls	0	#419	63	9,861
OM	Girls	0	#422	3	15,987
ZA		0	#423	25	14,421
PH	Girls	0	#425	5	13,098
UY	Girls	0	#431	80	6,731
GT	Girls	0	#453	53	7,500
RU	Boys	0	#462	44	12,621
PS	Boys	0	#463	86	10,655
IL	Boys	0	#469	141	10,983
HK	Boys	0	#497	31	12,905
AR	Girls	0	#500	100	8,289
CR	Girls	0	#502	31	11,342
IR	Boys	0	#511	42	10,162
CM	Boys	0	#517	34	12,054
RU	Girls	0	#523	1	11,913
IQ	Girls	0	#524	2	11,303
BH		0	#527	27	17,937
BO	Girls	0	#527	85	9,488
Germany	Boys	0	#533	506	5,697
IT		0	#536	182	4,183
PS	Girls	0	#547	1	10,981
LY		0	#552	8	12,703
KW	Girls	0	#553	9	19,177
CM	Girls	0	#560	1	11,671
NL	Boys	0	#579	414	5,873
AE	Girls	0	#589	9	20,968
CL	Girls	0	#590	273	14,098
BD	Boys	0	#599	7	10,045
CO	Girls	0	#600	613	16,140
QA	Boys	0	#602	106	18,093
Finland	Boys	2026	#625	58	3,552
SG	Girls	0	#626	7	18,916
SG	Boys	0	#632	66	17,960
LB		0	#634	25	13,263
PE	Girls	0	#637	340	14,861
IQ	Boys	0	#641	27	13,071
IL	Girls	0	#644	2	11,648
HK	Girls	0	#650	1	16,104
MX	Girls	0	#683	631	17,781
KW	Boys	0	#699	71	18,755
SY		0	#715	14	11,684
ZA	Boys	0	#721	523	25,619
Spain	Girls	0	#731	256	5,561
OM	Boys	0	#796	86	17,948
TN		0	#800	30	13,765
NG	Girls	0	#824	3	15,093
BR	Girls	0	#832	110	12,708
EG	Boys	0	#851	36	15,035
United States	Girls	2012	#910	6	9,635
NG	Boys	0	#915	37	16,906
SA	Girls	0	#923	13	25,931
AE	Boys	0	#963	130	22,615
EG	Girls	0	#1,009	1	14,742
IN	Boys	0	#1,033	7	16,750
MA		0	#1,038	91	20,986
MY	Boys	0	#1,065	47	25,439
MY	Girls	0	#1,071	2	24,821
DZ		0	#1,097	80	20,130
ZA	Girls	0	#1,112	30	25,928
SA	Boys	0	#1,129	524	28,008
TR		0	#1,188	24	19,440
IT	Girls	0	#1,434	13	9,415

Jorge is popular in 89 countries — most recent births per country:

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