Gregory

Via Latin Grēgorius, from post-classical Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος (Grēgórios, “watchful, vigilant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɛɡəɹi/

Gregory

1. A male given name.
2. A patronymic surname​.

Name of early saints, and of 16 popes. Used since Middle Ages; popular in the mid-twentieth century.

• c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):

  : Act V, Scene III:

  Turk Gregory never did such deeds in arms as I have done this day.

• 1990 Jonathan Kellerman, Time Bomb, page 163:

  The surname Graff was chosen because upscale consumers respect anything Teutonic - regard it as efficient, intelligent, and reliable. But only up to a point. A forename like Helmut or Wilhelm wouldn't have done. Too German. Too foreign. 'Gregory' scores high on the likability scale. All-American. Greg. He's one of the boys, with Teutonic ancestry.

• Gregory County

• Greg, Gregg, Gregor
• Grigory

• → French: Grégory
• → Hawaiian: Kelekolio
• → Maori: Kerekori

Gregory (plural Gregorys)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) Shortened form of Gregory Peck, a neck