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Origine of last name

GREGOR : 1: English (Cornwall) and Scottish (Midlothian and Aberdeenshire): from the personal name Gregor from Latin Gregorius (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Gregory">Gregory</a>). Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Greer">Greer</a>.2: German Slovak Slovenian and Polish; Sorbian (Gŕegor): from the personal name Gregor Lower Sorbian Gŕegor a vernacular form (in Polish a rare variant of Grzegorz in Lower Sorbian a variant of Grogor; see 3 below) of Latin Gregorius (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Gregory">Gregory</a>). The German surname has also been adopted by Czechs (compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Rehor">Rehor</a>) and Ashkenazic Jews. In North America this surname may also be a shortened form of Slavic patronymics like Slovenian Gregorc Gregorič (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Gregorich">Gregorich</a>) and Gregorčič and Slovak Gregorovič.3: Germanized or Americanized form of Polish Grzegorz and Sorbian Grogor or Hrjehoŕ: from the personal name Polish Grzegorz Lower Sorbian Grogor Upper Sorbian Hrjehoŕ equivalents of Latin Gregorius (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Gregory">Gregory</a>).

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