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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Gregory m. Greek γρηγόριος 'watchful, alert' from Greek γρηγoρεῖν 'to watch'.

The name of 14 medieval popes, 6 patriarchs of Constantinople and Alexandria, a number of early church fathers, and a number of saints in both the Western and Eastern churches.

England
Latin
1279–80 Gregorio (abl) WaHR-SK p. 40, Gregorius (nom) ibid. p. 40
English
1530 Gregory LIWill-III p. 15; 1542 Gregory DEmar-vol1 p. 78; 1543 Gregory BarnstapleBap p. 3; 1557 Gregory bruton-vol1 p. 28; 1569 Gregory BEmar-vol2 p. 30; 1571 Gregorie ibid. p. 95, Gregorye ibid. p. 2; 1577 Gregorie StAnthonlin p. 25, Gregory ibid. p. 26; 1578 Gregory ibid. p. 26; 1583 Gregory ibid. p. 30; 1584 Gregory DEmar-vol2 p. 10, StAnthonlin p. 31; 1586 Gregory DEmar-vol2 p. 12; 1587 Gregory ibid. p. 13; 1590 Gregory ibid. p. 21; 1595 Gregory StAnthonlin p. 37; 1596 Gregory DEmar-vol2 p. 35
France
Latin
1079x1081 Gregorio (abl) CartNDSaintes XXI; 1113 Gregorius (nom) CartNDJosaphat II; 1132 Gregorius (nom) clairvaux-12thc 5; 1141 Gregorius (nom) CartNDSaintes VII; 1146 Gregorius (nom) ibid. VIII; 1209 Gregorii (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LII; 1378 Gregorii (gen) hanquetvol1 29, Gregorio (abl) ibid. 7, Gregorium (acc) ibid. 23, Gregorius (nom) ibid. 6
Old French
1301 Grigoire (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 286
Middle French
1418 Gregoire HGParis p. 383
Germany
Latin
989 Gregorii (gen) HambUrk-vol1 LII; 997 Gregorij (gen) quix-vol1 49, Gregorius (nom) ibid. 49; 1174 Gregorius (nom) ibid. 32; 1216 Gregorius (nom) hennes-vol1 25; 1400 Gregorii (gen) mairhofer DCLXVI, Gregorius (nom) ibid. DCLXVI
Italy
Latin
1220 Gregorius (nom) hennes-vol1 49; 1234 Gregorius (nom) POSDu I; 1326 Gregorio (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 446; 1527 Gregorius (nom) Rome1527 p. 84
Poland
Latin
1228 Gregorius (nom) hennes-vol1 p. 81
Scotland
Scots
1376 Gregorio (dat) morton-vol1 16
Spain
Catalan
1510 Gregori valencia1510 4655, Gregorio ibid. 3664
Sweden
Latin
1383 Gregorius SRA-vol2 no. 1900
Old Swedish
1383 Gregers SRA-vol2 no. 1934
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Gregory". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Gregory.