Gregory
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From the male personal name Gregory, from Greek Gregorios, from gregorein ‘be awake/alert’; later associated with Latin greg- ‘flock, assembly’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɡɹɛɡəɹi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gregory is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Ireland it is the 76th most common given name.
- IEIreland≈1 in 519(inferred from the name graph)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 523
- CNChina≈1 in 523
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #204 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 630 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 519 (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,700,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Grégory in FR France.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From the male personal name Gregory, from Greek Gregorios, from gregorein ‘be awake/alert’; later associated with Latin greg- ‘flock, assembly’.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gregory counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈2,700,000 est. | ≈1 in 523 | — | Gregory | 59 |
| US United States | #82 | 503,949 | 1 in 660 | 503K | Gregory | 630 |
| GB United Kingdom | #140 | ≈97,000 est. | ≈1 in 680 | — | Gregory | 305 |
| EG Egypt | #585 | ≈74,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Gregory | 27 |
| FR France | — | ≈73,000 est. | ≈1 in 929 | 80K | Grégory | 17 |
| AU Australia | #108 | ≈40,000 est. | ≈1 in 638 | 79 | Gregory | 273 |
| IE Ireland | #76 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 519 | — | Gregory | 103 |
| NZ New Zealand | #91 | ≈9,400 est. | ≈1 in 523 | — | Gregory | 120 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Gregory is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from Fr Grégoire, Lat Gregorius, from Gk gregorios ‘watchful’; first attested Willelmus filius Gregorii 1143–7 DC (L)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, From Greek and Latin Gregorius, meaning ‘watchful’; linked with the MacGregors of Glen Gyle.
as a nameScottish Surnames
A personal name from Greek and Latin Gregorius, meaning ‘watchful’. John Gregory, rector of Drumoak, was related to the MacGregors of Glen Gyle and ancestor of numerous distinguished professors and scientific inventors. Dr James Gregory (1674–1733) was visited in Aberdeen in 1715 by his cousin, Rob Roy MacGregor, already a notorious figure.
as a nameScottish Surnames
In English, A male given name from Ancient Greek.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Forme anglaise de Grégoire; du grec Gregorios, « vigilant ».
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Grigory Yevseyevich Zinovyevb. 1883UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian revolutionary (1883-1936)
- Gregory Peckb. 1916USAmerican actor (1916–2003)
- Antonin Scaliab. 1936USnot in their usual nameAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 to 2016
- Gregory Meeksb. 1953USAmerican politician (born 1953)
- Boris Akuninb. 1956RUnot in their usual nameRussian writer, translation, and historian
- Grigory Lepsb. 1962RUnot in their usual nameRussian singer-songwriter of Georgian origin
- Grigori Perelmanb. 1966RUnot in their usual nameRussian mathematician (born 1966)
- Greg Kurstinb. 1969USnot in their usual nameAmerican record producer and songwriter
- Rob Bourdonb. 1979USnot in their usual nameAmerican drummer
- Noah Centineob. 1996USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 115 sources across 58 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 503K | #84 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2020 | 80K | #2,544 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 530 | #84 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 493 | — |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1990 | 79 | #95 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 1991 | 43 | — |
Reference works 9
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gregory mean, and where does it come from?
- From the male personal name Gregory, from Greek Gregorios, from gregorein ‘be awake/alert’; later associated with Latin greg- ‘flock, assembly’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- What are other forms of the name Gregory?
- In the etymology graph, Gregorio, Grzegorz and Gregor are forms of the same name in other languages; Greg and Gregg are recorded short or pet forms.
- Is Gregory a male or female name?
- Gregory is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Gregory?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡɹɛɡəɹi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Gregory have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.7 million people named Gregory in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gregory.
- How common is the name Gregory?
- In the United States, the national register counted 503,949 people named Gregory in 2020, about 1 in 660 residents.
- How common is Gregory compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Gregory is the 76th most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gregoryThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gregory” — the 76th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.