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George Washington, the first president of the United States. George (English: / ˈ dʒ ɔːr dʒ /) is a masculine given name derived from the Greek Georgios (Γεώργιος; Ancient Greek: [ɡeɔː́rɡi.os], Modern Greek: [ʝeˈorʝi.os]).
Jorginho, George, Georgia, Georgina Jorge is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name George . While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish [ˈxoɾxe] ; Portuguese [ˈʒɔɾʒɨ] .
George Frideric Handel (Georg Friedrich Händel in German), German composer; Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet; Georg Hólm, bassist for the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós; Georg Løkkeberg, Norwegian actor; Georg Listing, bassist for the German Rock Band Tokio Hotel; Georg Maier, German actor and theatre director
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).
George Müller (born Johann Georg Ferdinand Müller, 27 September 1805 – 10 March 1898) was a Christian evangelist and the director of the Ashley Down orphanage in Bristol, England. He was one of the founders of the Plymouth Brethren movement.
The U.S. presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush [8] and vice president Walter Mondale used this pronunciation. [9] In his 2005 book Going Nucular, linguist Geoffrey Nunberg suggested that the presidents' reasons for their differing pronunciations may be distinct.
George, Jürgen, Yuri, Georgy, Georg, Giorgio, Jorge Georges is a French name with the same origin as the English name George . Notable people with the name include:
It corresponds to the English name George. The name Georgi is the most used masculine name in Bulgaria and the most given to new-born boys in the country, with the family name Georgiev/Georgieva also widely used. In Romanian the name is written as Gheorghe to signify the hard g sound. Russian derivations from Georgios include Yury.