Greg - Meaning of Greg

What does Greg mean?

[ 1 syll. greg, gr-eg ] The baby boy name Greg is pronounced as GRehG †. Greg is mainly used in English and it is of Old Greek origin. Greg is a contracted form of the English name Gregory.

See also the related categories, english and greek.

Greg is an uncommon baby boy name. At the modest height of its usage in 1962, 0.256% of baby boys were named Greg. It had a ranking of #77 then. The baby name has seen a steep loss in popularity since then, and is today used on an infrequent scale. In 2018, within the family of boy names directly related to Greg, Gregory was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Greg include Gregg (English), Garce, Garic, Garick (English), Gersh, Gershe, Goerge, Gorge, Gorje, Graz (Italian), Gries (Scandinavian), Gris, Griz, Grys, Gryz, Garcee, Garcey, Garci, Garcie, and García (Spanish).

† Pronunciation for Greg: G as in "grin (G.R.IH.N)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)"

A famous person named Greg is Actor Greg Kinnear, born 17 June 1963, Logansport, Indiana.



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