Origin and popularity of the name GREGOIRE

Origin

Gregoire : French (Grégoire) and Walloon (mainly Grégoire): from the personal name Grégoire French form of Gregory.

Gore : 1: English: from Middle English gor(e) gar(e) ‘triangular piece of land’ (Old English gāra a derivative of gār ‘spear’ with reference to the triangular shape of a spearhead) a topographic name for someone living by a triangular field or a habitational name from any of various places for example Gore Court in Tunstall (Kent) and Gore Farm in Hannington (Wiltshire) named from this word.2: French: from Old French gore ‘sow’ (a word of allegedly imitative origin reflecting the grunting of the animal) applied as a metonymic occupational name for a swineherd or as an unflattering nickname.3: French: probably also from a pet form of a vernacular form of the personal name Grégoire (see Gregory).4: Americanized form of Dutch Goor and Breton Gour.5: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 敖 see Ao.

Gory : 2: Americanized form of French Gaury itself a variant of 3 and 4 below. Compare Goree.3: French: from a diminutive of Old French gor ‘hog’ (a word of allegedly imitative origin reflecting the grunting of the animal) applied as a metonymic occupational name for a swineherd or as an unflattering nickname.4: French: probably also from a pet form of a vernacular form of the personal name Grégoire (see Gregory).1: Shortened form of Irish McGory.

Gregori : 1: Italian: patronymic or plural form of the personal name Gregorio.2: Italianized form of Slovenian and Croatian patronymics like Slovenian Gregorič and Croatian Gregorić (see Gregorich) and Gregorović.3: Catalan: from the personal name Gregori (see Gregory).4: French: from the personal name Gregori a regional variant of Grégoire (see Gregoire).

Gregorie : 2: French (Grégorie): from the female personal name Grégorie feminine form of Grégoire (see Gregory).3: Americanized form of French Grégoire (see Gregoire) or perhaps Gregory Gregori.1: Scottish: variant of Gregory.

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