George

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The masculine name George and the less common feminine form Georgia are an adaptation of the Greek name Georgios (Γεώργιος), which is derived from the Greek word Georgos (Γεωργός), "farmer" or "earth-worker". The word Γεωργος is a compound word, formed by the words Ge (Γῆ), "earth", "soil" and ergon (ἔργον)

Computing

GEORGE (GEneral ORGanisational Environment), ICL operating system developed for the 1900 range of computers
GEORGE (computer), early computer built in 1957 by Argonne National Laboratory

Geography

George's Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
George Street, St. John's
George, Iowa, city in Lyon County, Iowa
George, Washington, town in Grant County, Washington, United States
George, Western Cape, town in South Africa
George County, Mississippi, county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi
George West, Texas, city in Live Oak County, Texas, United States
Lake George (New York), long narrow lake at the southeast base of the Adirondack Mountains
Lake George (town), New York, town in Warren County, New York, USA
Lake George (village), New York, village located in Warren County, New York, USA

People

Royalty

George I German-born British monarch
George II German-born British monarch
George III British monarch during American Revolution
George IV British monarch in early 19th century
George V British monarch during World War I
George VI British monarch during World War II, father of H. M. Elizabeth II

Other people or characters

Saint George, fourth century martyr and saint. Many persons, places, and things have been named for him: Saint George (disambiguation).
George of Antioch, the first true ammiratus ammiratorum
George, a character in the webcomic Bob and George
George, the performing name of Canadian singer George Nozuka

Popular culture

Curious George, a cartoon character
George (Famous Five), a tomboy character in Enid Blyton's Famous Five series

Other

George (band), band from Brisbane, Australia
George (bus service), a transit bus service in Falls Church, Virginia
George (magazine), a magazine founded by John F. Kennedy, Jr.
George (ship), an Australian sloop that was wrecked in 1806.
George (tortoise), a long-serving pet on British television series Blue Peter
George (vacuum cleaner), a green vacuum cleaner manufactured by Numatic International Ltd
George of the Jungle, Saturday-morning animated television program
Tropical Storm George (disambiguation)
Hurricane Georges (disambiguation)
Kawanishi N1K-J, World War II-era Japanese fighter aircraft codenamed George
Lonesome George, the last known remnant of the subspecies Geochelone nigra abingdonii
Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Porters "George", association formed by car porters
(george), a novel by E. L. Konigsburg
George, pet name used by pilots for autopilot
George, main character of Midway's Rampage series.

Other languages

Amharic: Giyorgis (ጊዮርጊስ)
Arabic: Jirjis (جرجس), or Jeryes
Aragonese: Chorche, Chorxe
Albanian: Gjergj
Armenian: Գեվորգ (Gevorg)
Azeri: Georgi, Gürc (archaic)
Basque: Jurgi, Gorka
Breton : Jord (for instance Jord Kadoudal)
Bulgarian: Георги (Georgi)
Catalan: Jordi
Chinese: (Qiáozhì)

Traditional: 喬治
Simplified: 乔治

Croatian: Male:Jura,Jure,Juro,Juraj,Jurica, Đura, Đuro Female:Đurđa, Đurđica
Czech: Jiří
Danish: Jørgen [ˈjɶːɐn], Jørn [ˈjɶ:ɐ̯ˀn], Georg
Dutch: Jorg, Joris, Sjors
English: George [ˈʤɔɹʤ] (male), Georgia [ˈʤɔɹʤə] (female)
Estonian: Jüri
Faorese: Georg [g_0e:"Org_0], Jørgen ["j9rg_0In], Jørundur *Finnish: Yrjö, Jyrki, Jyri, Yrjänä, Jori
French: Georges [ˈʒɔʁʒ]
Galician: Xurxo
Ge'ez: Giyorgis (ጊዮርጊስ)
Georgian: გიორგი (Giorgi)
German: Georg [ˈɡeːɔʁk], Jörg [ˈjœʁk], Jürgen [ˈjʏʁɡn̩], Jörgen [ˈjœʁɡn̩]
Greek: Γεώργιος (Georgios) [ˈʝo̞ɾʝo̞s] (formal), Γιώργος (Giorgos) [ˈʝo̞ɾɣo̞s] (informal)
Hawaiian language: Keoki
Hebrew: גאורגיוס (Georgios), גיורגיס (Givargis)
Hungarian: György
Icelandic: Georg [ˈjeːɔrk], Jörgen [ˈjœrkɘn].
Irish: Seoirse
Italian: Giorgio [ˈʤɔrʤo]
Japanese: Jo-ji (ジョージ)
Korean: 조지 (Joji)
Latin: Georgius
Latvian: Georgs, Jurijs, Jurģis
Lithuanian: Jurgis
Macedonian: Ѓорѓија (Gjorgjija), Ѓоргија (Gjorgija), Ѓорги (Gjorgi), Георгија (Georgija)
Malay: Jurjis
Malayalam: Geevarghese, Varghese, Varughese, Verghese, Varkey
Maltese: Ġorġ
Norwegian: Jørgen, Georg
Polish: Jerzy [ˈjɛʐɨ]
Portuguese: Jorge [ˈʒɔrʒ]
Quenya: Kememmótar, Kemmótar
Romanian: Gheorghe, George (male), Gherghina, Georgeta (female), Gigi (male), Geta (female)
Russian: Георгий (Georgij), Юрий (Yury, Yuri, Iouri), Егор (Yegor)
Scottish Gaelic: Deòrsa, Seòras, Deòrsag (female).
Serbian: Ђорђе (Đorđe), Ђypaђ (Đurađ), Ђypо (Đuro)
Slovak: Juraj
Slovene: Jurij, Jure
Spanish: Jorge [ˈχɔrχɛ] (male), Jorgelina, Georgina (female)
Swedish: Örjan [ˈœ̞rjan], Göran [ˈjøːran], Jörgen [ˈjœ̞rjɘn], Jörn [ˈjøːɳ], Georg [ˈjeːɔr]
Syriac: Gewargis
Tigrinya: Giyorgis (ጊዮርጊስ)
Tongan: Siaosi
Welsh: Siôr, Siors, Siorus