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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
● 1189 Gregorius (nom) GASurv p. 223; 1279–80 Gregorio (abl) WaHR-SK p. 40, Gregorius (nom) ibid. p. 40; 1325 Gregorio (abl) CTG-6 80, p. 302; 1377 Gregorius (nom) FenPT-2 p. 5; 1381 Gregorius (nom) ibid. p. 8
Early Modern 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
Estonia
Early Modern Swedish
◑ 1565 Gregis (nom) Hiiumaa p. 80; 1577 Greiß (nom) ibid. p. 126; 1583 Greß (nom) ibid. p. 126; 1587 Greys (nom) ibid. p. 126
Finland
Early Modern Swedish
◑ 1548 Grers (nom) Audén1980 p. 168
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; 1229 Gregorio (abl) CDL-1.1.1 X; 1400 Gregorii (gen) mairhofer DCLXVI, Gregorius (nom) ibid. DCLXVI
Hungary
Latin
● 1324 Gregorii (gen) CDH-VIII-II CCLXX
Ireland
Latin
● fin12thC Gregorius (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 11
Italy
Latin
● 1220 Gregorius (nom) hennes-vol1 49; 1234 Gregorius (nom) POSDu I; 1237 Gregorius (nom) hennes-vol1 97; 1326 Gregorio (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 446; 1376 Gregorio (abl) DouGen1 p. 171; 1527 Gregorius (nom) Rome1527 p. 84
◑ 1285 Gergoli (gen) Perugia1285 p. 158
Lithuania
Polish
◑ 1551x1555 Griga (gen) Kaunas2006 p. 84, Grigas (nom) ibid. p. 84, Grigu (dat) ibid. p. 83, 85
Poland
Latin
● 1228 Gregorius (nom) hennes-vol1 p. 81
Portugal
Latin
● 1228 Gregorii (gen) PHGCRP-I no. 14; 1238 Gregorius (nom) ibid. no. 22
Portuguese-Galician
● 1238 Gregorio PHGCRP-I no. 22b
Scotland
Latin
● c1120 Gregorius (nom) ESC XXXVI; 1124 Gregorio (abl) ibid. XLIX
Scots
● 1376 Gregorio (dat) morton-vol1 16
Spain
Catalan
● 1510 Gregori valencia1510 4655, Gregorio ibid. 3664
Sweden
Latin
● 1350 Gregorii (gen) SDHK no. 6037, Gregorio (dat) ibid. no. 6010, Gregoris (gen) ibid. no. 6020; 1383 Gregorius (nom) SRA-vol2 no. 1900
Old Swedish
● 1383 Gregers SRA-vol2 no. 1934, Gregros (gen) ibid. no. 1933
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Gregory". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Gregory.