Jorge
{{Infobox Given Name Revised
| name = Jorge
| pronunciation={{IPA|pt|ˈʒɔɾʒɨ|lang}}
{{IPA|es|ˈxoɾxe|lang}}
{{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ɔːr|h|eɪ}} {{respell|HOR|hay}}
| gender = Male
| meaning =
| region =
| language = Portuguese and Spanish
| origin = Greek
| related names = Jorginho, George, Georgia, Georgina
| footnotes =
}}
Jorge is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name George. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish {{IPA|es|ˈxoɾxe|}}; Portuguese {{IPA|pt|ˈʒɔɾʒɨ|}}.
It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (Georgios) via Latin Georgius; the former is derived from {{lang|grc|γεωργός}} (georgos), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker".{{cite book
| last1 = Albaigès
| first1 = Josep M.
| last2 = Olivart
| first2 = J.M.A.
| title = Diccionario de nombres de personas
| publisher = Universitat de Barcelona
| year = 1993
| isbn = 978-84-475-0264-6
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=A_KHaYiixzwC&pg=PA149
| language = es
| access-date = 15 September 2018
| page = 149
}}
The Latin form Georgius had been rarely given in Western Christendom since at least the 6th century.
The popularity of the name however develops from around the 12th century, in Occitan in the form Jordi, and it becomes popular at European courts after the publication of the Golden Legend in the 1260s.
The West Iberian form Jorge is on record in Portugal as the name of Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (1481–1550).
List of people with the given name Jorge
- Jorge (footballer, born 1939), Brazilian footballer
- Jorge (footballer, born 1946), Brazilian footballer
- Jorge (Brazilian singer), Brazilian musician and singer, Jorge & Mateus
- Jorge (Romanian singer), real name George Papagheorghe, Romanian singer, actor, TV host
- Jorge Bergoglio (1936–2025), Argentinian pastor known professionally as Pope Francis
- Jorge Abbott (born 1947), Chilean judge
- Jorge Ábrego (born 1964), Spanish footballer and manager
- Jorge Abreu (born 1990), Venezuelan cyclist
- Jorge Ahumada (born 1946), Argentine boxer
- Jorge Alcalá (born 1995), Dominican baseball player
- Jorge Alfaro (born 1993), Colombian baseball player
- Jorge Amado (1912–2001), Brazilian writer
- Jorge Andrade (born 1978), Portuguese footballer
- Jorge Arce (born 1979), Mexican boxer
- Jorge Argueta, Salvadoran poet
- Jorge Arreaza (born 1973), Venezuelan politician
- Jorge Asís (born 1946), Argentine writer, journalist and politician
- Jorge Astiazarán Orcí (born 1962), Mexican politician
- Jorge Avila-Torrez (born 1988), American serial killer and rapist
- Jorge Basadre (1903–1980), Peruvian historian
- Jorge Betancourt (born 1982), Cuban diver
- Jorge Bolaño, Colombian footballer
- Jorge Burruchaga (born 1962), Argentine footballer and manager
- Jorge Campos, Mexican football player
- Jorge Cantú, baseball player
- Jorge Cham, web comic writer
- Jorge Chavez, French-Peruvian aviator
- Jorge Choquetarqui, Bolivian politician
- Jorge Cimadevilla, American football player
- Jorge Coll, Spanish art dealer
- Jorge Costa, football player
- Jorge Donn, Argentine-born ballet dancer
- Jorge Ebanks, Cayman Islands basketball player
- Jorge De La Rosa, baseball pitcher
- Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician assassinated in 1948
- Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009), Ecuadorian writer
- Jorge Fucile (born 1984), Uruguayan footballer
- Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player
- Jorge García, several people
- Jorge Gómez, several people
- Jorge González, several people
- Jorge Guillén, Spanish poet
- Jorge Gutiérrez, several people
- Jorge Guzmán, several people
- Jorge Hernández, several people
- Jorge Herrera, several people
- Jorge Humberto Martínez, Colombian road cyclist
- Jorge Julio, Venezuelan baseball player
- Jorge Lencina, Argentine judoka
- Jorge Liderman, American
- Jorge Linck, Argentine sailor
- Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer
- Jorge Luis Alcantar Bolly, Mexican professional wrestler known as El Hijo del Fantasma and Santos Escobar
- Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine author
- Jorge Marco de Oliveira Moraes, Brazilian footballer
- Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Argentine Roman Catholic priest who became Pope Francis
- Jorge Martín, Spanish motorcycle racer
- Jorge Masvidal, American mixed martial artist
- Jorge Mondragón (diver), Mexican diver
- Jorge Montenegro, multiple people
- Jorge Muñoz, several people
- Jorge Negrete, Mexican actor
- Jorge Novak, Argentine Roman Catholic priest
- Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Portuguese chairman of FC Porto
- Jorge Otálvaro, Colombian road cyclist
- Jorge Orta, baseball player
- Jorge Páez, Mexican boxer and actor
- Jorge Pérez, several people
- Jorge Pescara, Brazilian musician
- Jorge Pinto (born 1987), Portuguese politician
- Jorge Posada, baseball catcher
- Jorge Querejeta, Argentine field hockey player
- Jorge Quinteros, Argentine football player
- Jorge Quinteros, Chilean mountaineer
- Jorge Racca, Argentine basketball player
- Jorge Rafael Videla, 43rd Argentine president and dictator
- Jorge Ramos, several people
- Jorge Reixa, Guinea-Bissau-born Portuguese footballer
- Jorge Reyes, several people
- Jorge Richardson, Puerto Rican track and field athlete
- Jorge Rivera-Herrans, Puerto Rican playwright, composer, lyricist, and actor, writer of Epic: The Musical
- Jorge Rodríguez, several people
- Jorge Ruiz, several people
- Jorge Russek (1932–1998), Mexican actor
- Jorge Saffirio (born 1953), Chilean politician
- Jorge Salinas, several people
- Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese President
- Jorge Sánchez, several people
- Jorge Santana, Mexican-born guitarist, brother of Carlos
- Jorge Semprún, Spanish writer and politician
- Jorge Solís, Mexican boxer
- Jorge Taiana (born 1950), Argentine politician
- Jorge Taufua, Australian rugby player
- Jorge Teixeira (born 1986), Portuguese footballer
- Jorge Torres, several people
- Jorge Ulate (born 1956), Costa Rican footballer
- Jorge Uliarte, Argentine conductor
- Jorge Ulloa (born 1958), Chilean politician
- Jorge Valdano, Argentine footballer
- Jorge Valdivia (born 1983), Chilean footballer
- Jorge Vázquez, several people
- Jorge Velásquez (born 1946), Panamanian horse racing jockey
- Jorge Vargas, several people
- Jorge Villavicencio (1958–2020), Guatemalan politician and physician
- Jorge Zárate, several people
- Jorge Zarif (born 1992), Brazilian sailor
- Jorge Zorreguieta, Argentine politician
- Seu Jorge, Brazilian musician
See also
- Storm Jorge in the 2019–20 European windstorm season
- {{lookfrom|Jorge}}
References
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