Gregory

/ˈɡɹɛɡəɹi/US/ˈɡɹɛɡ(ə)ɹi/

Gregory proper noun: a male given name from Ancient Greek.

Proper noun

Gregory (countable and uncountable, plural Gregorys)

A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- 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....1990, Jonathan Kellerman, Time Bomb, page 163
A surname originating as a patronymic.
- “The analyses are very convincing and we no longer have any doubts that these are the wrecks of the two Danish slave ships,” said marine archaeologist David Gregory, a research professor and head of the new maritime research center, Njord, at the National Museum of Denmark, in the news release. […]...2025 May 2, Amarachi Orie, “Archaeologists discover true identity of Costa Rica shipwrecks long thought to be pirate ships”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2025
- Emily Gregory, a Democratic small-business owner, won a special election Tuesday to represent Florida’s 87th House District, a seat that includes President Donald Trump’s Mar‑a‑Lago resort in Palm Beach County. […] The Associated Press reports that Gregory led Maples with 797 votes, or 2.4 percent...2026 March 24, Anna Commander, Gabe Whisnant, “Who Is Emily Gregory? Democrat Who Flipped Trump’s Mar-a-Lago District”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2026
A small town on the Gregory River in the Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia.
A small town and port in the Shire of Northampton, Western Australia.
A township in Mahnomen County, Minnesota.
An unincorporated community in Little Falls Township, Morrison County, Minnesota.
A city in Gregory County, South Dakota.
Synonym of Hopewell, Gibson County, Tennessee.

Synonyms:

Hopewell, Gibson County, Tennessee
A city in San Patricio County, Texas.

Noun

Gregory (plural Gregorys)

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

Gregory meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Persian and Vietnamese

Gregory in Tamil

கிரகரி

Gregory in Arabic

male given name: غِرِيغُورِي ḡirīḡūrī, جِرِيجُورِي jirījūrī, جُرَيْج jurayj

Gregory in Persian

male given name: گریگوری geriguri

Gregory in Vietnamese

male given name: Grêgôriô

Synonyms of Gregory

Forms of Gregory

Proper noun
plural	Gregorys
Noun
plural	Gregorys

Origin of Gregory

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

Words formed from Gregory

Phrases with Gregory

Questions about Gregory

What does Gregory mean?: Gregory means a male given name from Ancient Greek.
What is Gregory in Tamil?: Gregory in Tamil is கிரகரி. See Gregory meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Gregory?: Gregory can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Gregory?: Gregory is pronounced /ˈɡɹɛɡəɹi/ (UK).

Words near Gregory in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: Gregory (page history and authors); Gregory (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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