Meaning of the nameGregory

Gregory is a spelling of the name Gregori, which means “vigilant, watchful”.

Meaning

“vigilant, watchful”

Meaning of the name Gregori, of which Gregory is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Gregory · Wiktionary: Gregório · Behind the Name: Gregory

People (2022): 5,618
Rank in Brazil: #2,533
Median age: 21 years
2010 Census: 3,197; people

Gregory in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gregory, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (1,664 people).

44 women 5,574 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Gregory is most common

States with the highest share of people named Gregory in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio Grande do Sul 0.011%
Santa Catarina 0.008%
Paraná 0.005%
São Paulo 0.003%
Goiás 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,363	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,191	0.011%
Santa Catarina	627	0.008%
Paraná	558	0.005%
Minas Gerais	437	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	237	0.002%
Goiás	170	0.002%
Bahia	131	0.001%
Amazonas	94	0.002%
Distrito Federal	80	0.003%
Maranhão	79	0.001%
Mato Grosso	69	0.002%
Espírito Santo	68	0.002%
Pará	60	0.001%
Ceará	60	0.001%
Pernambuco	55	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	54	0.002%
Alagoas	52	0.002%
Sergipe	52	0.002%
Roraima	39	0.006%
Paraíba	35	0.001%
Rondônia	28	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	27	0.001%
Piauí	19	0.001%
Tocantins	19	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Gregory

Ends in -y, like the English form; it is the most frequent in the group.

About the name Gregori

Gregory is the English form of Latin Gregorius, which comes from Greek Grēgórios, linked to grḗgoros, 'alert'; Gregori is the Catalan form of the same name. In Portuguese the traditional form is Gregório. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,618 people named Gregory and 3,856 named Gregori. Both spellings are proportionally most common in Rio Grande do Sul, and almost all of those recorded were born from 1980 onward.

Other spellings of Gregori

Spelling	People (2022)
Gregory	5,618
Gregori	3,856

Sources

Wiktionary: Gregory · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Gregório · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Gregory · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Gregori (catalão) · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Gregory

What does the name Gregory mean?

Gregory means “vigilant, watchful”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Gregori, of which Gregory is a spelling.

How many people are named Gregory in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,618 people with the first name Gregory, which ranks it number 2,533 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Gregory a boy's or a girl's name?

Gregory is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 44 women and 5,574 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Gregory?

Gregory is a name of Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Gregory most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.011% of the state's population is named Gregory (1,191 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Gregory?

Gregori. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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