Gregory
From the Greek for "watchful" or "alert". Fewer than 500 men in Poland carry it, and most Poles have never met one: hardly anyone gives it to a boy now.
Gregory Pronunciation
Gregory is pronounced gre-GO-rih (/grɛˈgɔrɨ/).
What Gregory means
Where Gregory comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Gregory comes from the Greek Gregorios, formed on the verb gregorein, to be awake, to keep watch. From the start it meant watchful, alert. The sense held. Early Christians took to the name, and sixteen popes have borne it, beginning with Gregory the Great in the sixth century.
In English the name found a long home. It gave its label to Gregorian chant, and through Pope Gregory XIII to the Gregorian calendar reformed in 1582. Actors, saints and ordinary schoolboys have answered to it, so the sound reads as familiar rather than lofty.
On a Polish class register you would more likely find Grzegorz, while Gregory keeps its English spelling. Either way, the root still says watchful, alert.
How many people are named Gregory
1 in 45129 men in Poland is named Gregory. 473 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1362 among male names.
Gregory's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Gregory as a middle name
Gregory is a first name for 473 men in Poland and a middle name for another 299, a 61/39 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 408th, between Ezequiel (299) and Jorge (298).
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#406 Cezar300
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#407 Ezequiel299
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#408 Gregory299
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#409 Jorge298
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#410 Mohammed298