Georgiy
Georgy is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Georgios. 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
Meaning & Origin of Georgiy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Georgy is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Georgios. 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.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
The Story of Georgiy
Georgiy first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2002, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2015: 10 births, good for #7,491 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 55% of all recorded Georgiys. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2021 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 58 Georgiys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Georgiy
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About the name Georgiy
Georgiy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2002 and has accumulated 58 births in the dataset. Georgiy's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #7,491. Use the chart and map above to compare Georgiy's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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