Gregor
Gregor is a masculine given name. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:Gregor (musician) (1898–1971), Armenian bandleader Gregor Abel, Scottish footballer Gregor Adlercreutz (1898–1944), Swedish equestrian Gregor Aichinger, German composer Gregor Amann, German politician Gregor Arbet, Estonian basketball player Gregor Bailar, American businessman Gregor Bajde, Slovenian…
- German
- Scottish
- Slovak
- Slovene
Meaning & Origin of Gregor
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gregor is a masculine given name. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:Gregor (musician) (1898–1971), Armenian bandleader Gregor Abel, Scottish footballer Gregor Adlercreutz (1898–1944), Swedish equestrian Gregor Aichinger, German composer Gregor Amann, German politician Gregor Arbet, Estonian basketball player Gregor Bailar, American businessman Gregor Bajde, Slovenian…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Scottish
- Slovak
- Slovene
The Story of Gregor
The earliest SSA record of Gregor as a baby boy name dates back to 1897, when 5 babies received it. 1962 was its biggest year on record, with 26 newborns named Gregor — #1,547 in the national rankings. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 1K Gregors have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Gregor
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Gregor. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Grega
- Greig
- Griogair
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About the name Gregor
Gregor is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1897 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Gregor's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #1,547. Use the chart and map above to compare Gregor'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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