Gregory

Where Gregory comes from

Via Latin Grēgorius, from post-classical Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος (Grēgórios, “watchful, vigilant”), from Ancient Greek ἐγείρω (egeírō, “awaken, arouse”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Gregory
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1916
    Gregory Peck born
    American actor
  3. 1946
    Gregory Hines born
    American actor and dancer
  4. 1962
    Peak, #21
    21,976 babies named Gregory — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #31.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Gregory Peck · American actor, 1916–2003
  • Gregory Hines · American actor and dancer, 1946–2003
  • Gregory van der Wiel · Dutch association football player, born 1988
  • Gregory Bateson · English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist, 1904–1980
  • Gregory Benford · science fiction author and astrophysicist, born 1941

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.