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Through folk etymology, the name also became associated with Latin grex (stem greg–) meaning "flock" or "herd". This association with a shepherd who diligently guides his flock contributed to the name's popularity among monks and popes. Sixteen popes and two antipopes have used the name Gregorius, starting with Pope Gregory I (Gregory
Grigor is a masculine given name and a surname. Variants include Gregory, Gregor, Grigori, Grigory, and in Western Armenian as Krikor or Kirkor. People with the given ...
Grigori Rasputin (Hellboy), a comic book character; Grigori Daratrazanoff, a main Carpathian character in Christine Feehan's Dark series; Grigori, the name of the titular dragon in the computer game Dragon's Dogma; Grigori Panteleevich Melekhov, in And Quiet Flows the Don; Octopus Grigori, an aggressive octopus in Gravity's Rainbow
The Jewish pseudepigraphon Second Book of Enoch (Slavonic Enoch) refers to the Grigori, who are the same as the Watchers of 1 Enoch. [17] The Slavic word Grigori used in the book is a transcription [18] of the Greek word ἐγρήγοροι egrḗgoroi, meaning "wakeful". [19] The Hebrew equivalent is ערים, meaning "waking", "awake". [20]
Grégoire (musician) (full name Grégoire Boissenot,; born 1979), French composer and singer-songwriter; Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian, leading prelate of the Armenian Catholic Church; Grégoire Aslan (1908–1982), Armenian actor; Grégoire Barrère (born 1994), French tennis player; Grégoire Bélanger (1889–1957), Canadian politician of Quebec
The name means "cursed one" or "accursed one". [1] The name 'Armaros' is likely a Greek corruption of what may be originally an Aramaic name, Armoni . In accordance to that possible original name, he may be identified as Armoniel (curse of god), also mentioned in chapter 7 in the Book of Enoch ).
Grzegorz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɡʐɛɡɔʐ]) is a Polish given name, equivalent to English Gregory. Its diminutive forms include Grześ, Grzesiek, and Grzesio; augmentative – Grzechu. Individuals named Grzegorz may choose to celebrate their name day on 2, 4 and 10 January; 12 March; 24 and 26 April; 4, 9, 25 May; 13 June; 25 August; 3 ...
Even some rarely used names and/or adaptations were used and they survived in family names. Here's a list of most common modern (1800s) and older notable Russian given names. Since most of the current names are of foreign origin, names that have a common English spelling which sounds similar to the Russian are sometimes anglicized.