Georgy (given name)

Georgy (/ɡiːɒrɡiː/; Russian: Георгий, romanized: Georgiy; Bulgarian: Георги, romanized: Georgi) is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Georgios. It corresponds to the English name George. The name Georgi is the most used masculine name in Bulgaria and the most given to new-born boys in the country, with the family name Georgiev/Georgieva also widely used. In Romanian the name is written as Gheorghe to signify the hard g sound. Russian derivations from Georgios include Yury.

Notable people with the surname include:

Georgi Delchev (1872 – 1903), Bulgarian revolutionary
Georgi Rakovski (1821 - 1867), Bulgarian revolutionary
Georgi Ivanov (born 1940), Bulgarian cosmonaut
Georgi Ivanov (born 1976), Bulgarian footballer
Georgi Vazov (1860 - 1934), Bulgarian general and Minister of War
Georgi Parvanov (born 1957), President of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012
Georgi Dimitrov (1882 – 1949), Bulgarian communist politician
Georgi Asparuhov (1943 – 1971), Bulgarian footballer
Georgy Adamovich (1892–1972), Russian poet
Georgy Aleksandrov (1908–1961), Soviet politician
Georgy Arbatov (1923–2010), Soviet and Russian political scientist
Georgy Babakin (1914–1971), Soviet aerospace engineer
Georgy Beregovoy (1921–1995), Soviet cosmonaut
Georgiy Daneliya (1930–2019), Soviet and Russian film director
Georgy Chicherin (1872–1936), Soviet politician
Georgy Egorychev (born 1938), Soviet and Russian mathematician
Georgy Flyorov (1913–1990), Soviet nuclear physicist
Georgy Ketoyev (born 1985), Russian wrestler
Georgij Karlovich Kreyer (1887-1942), Russian botanist and mycologist
Georgy Lvov (1861–1925), Russian politician and prime minister
Georgy Malenkov (1902–1988), Russian politician
Georgi Markov (1929–1978), Bulgarian dissident
Georgy Millyar (1903–1993), Soviet actor
Georgy Miterev (1900–1977), Soviet minister of health
Georgy Mondzolevski (born 1934), Soviet volleyball player
Georgi Orlov (1884–1941), Russian-Estonian politician
Georgi Petrov (badminton) (born 1980), Bulgarian badminton player
Georgy Satarov (born 1947), Russian political scientist
Georgy Sedov (1877–1914), Russian explorer
Georgi Shangin (born 1989), Russian ice hockey player
Georgy Tovstonogov (1915–1989), Soviet theatre director
Georgy Vitsin (1918–2001), Soviet and Russian actor
Georgy Zhukov (1896–1974), Russian general

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