Georgene
Feminine · “earth-worker”
Georgos was the Greek word for a farmer — literally an earth-worker, from ge, the earth, and ergon, work. English has made George into a woman's name at least six different ways, and Georgene is one of them: Georgia, Georgina, Georgette, Georgiana, Georgianne, Georgene.
How old is the name Georgene?
Georgene first appears in US birth records in 1887 — 138 years ago. The typical Georgene alive today was born around 1943, making them about 82 years old. About 2,200 people named Georgene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Georgene most popular?
Georgene peaked in 1941, reaching #607 nationally. See the whole 1941 chart.
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Where it comes from
From georgos to Georgene
The story of Georgene
Six feminine forms of one name is unusual, and it happened because George was a royal name in Britain for four consecutive reigns — every family wanting to name a daughter after a king, a father or a grandfather needed a version, and every available suffix got used. Georgia borrows the Latin, Georgina the Italian, Georgette the French, and Georgene takes a lighter French ending that English also gave to Charlene, Darlene and Marlene. The result is a set of sisters that are all the same name and none of them interchangeable.
Meaning
earth-worker; farmer
Greek georgos joins ge, earth, with the root of ergon, work — the same root behind the English word energy. The derivation is not disputed. The saint who carried the name has almost no reliable biography and the dragon was added to his legend a thousand years after his death, but the name itself is a plain occupational word. The -ene ending is a French-derived feminine suffix added in English.
How the name formed
- georgos
- Georgius
- George
- Georgene
Related forms: Georgette · Giorgia · Γεωργία
Pronouncing Georgene
JOR-jeen
JOR-jeen, two syllables, stress at the front, the ending rhyming with seen. Some say jor-JEEN with the weight at the back, following the French habit, and both are heard in American use.
Nicknames for Georgene
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1887
- Most girls named
- 1947167 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #607reached in 1941
- Change vs 1980
- +33.3%8 in 1982, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Georgene in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Georgette in French — related form
- Giorgia in Italian — related form
- Γεωργία in Greek — related form
Georgenes among us
people named Georgene are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Georgene sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The Greek behind it is settled and the meaning is an ordinary, concrete job.
- Georgie and Gene are both ready short forms and both stand alone.
- It is rare enough that a child will not share it, unlike Georgia.
- Five other feminine forms of George are better known and it will be confused with all of them.
- The stress falls at either end depending on the speaker.
- The -ene ending places the name in the first half of the last century fairly precisely.
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- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,200 people named Georgene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
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- Georgene is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Georgene will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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