Jorge
Greek at root, meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker," it reached Polish through Spanish and stays male only. Around a thousand men carry it, and most Poles have never met one: newborns almost never get it now.
Jorge Pronunciation
Jorge is pronounced YOR-ge (/ˈjɔrgɛ/).
What Jorge means
Where Jorge comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Jorge is the Spanish form of George, and it goes back to the Greek Georgios. That name joined ge, meaning earth, with ergon, meaning work. The oldest sense is plain: a farmer, an earth-worker, a man who turns the soil.
Spain made the name its own and sent it across the ocean. Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentine writer, set it in world literature. Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires. Behind them all stands Saint George, honored on the 23rd of April, a date many Spanish-speaking families still keep.
In a Polish class register, Jorge would sit oddly beside the Jerzys and Jureks, though they share its Greek root. Jerzy is simply the Polish George. The root has not changed. Whoever answers to Jorge answers to the earth-worker, the rolnik of the old fields.
How many people are named Jorge
1 in 21072 men in Poland is named Jorge. 1,013 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #959 among male names.
Jorge's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Jorge as a middle name
Jorge is a first name for 1,013 men in Poland and a middle name for another 298, a 77/23 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 409th, between Gregory (299) and Mohammed (298).
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#407 Ezequiel299
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#408 Gregory299
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#409 Jorge298
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#410 Mohammed298
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#411 Ronald294