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Gregor Surname Meaning

English (Cornwall) and Scottish (Midlothian and Aberdeenshire): from the personal name Gregor from Latin Gregorius (see Gregory). Compare Greer. German, Slovak, Slovenian, and Polish; Sorbian (Gŕegor): from the personal name Gregor Lower Sorbian Gŕegor a vernacular form (in Polish a rare variant of Grzegorz in Lower Sorbian a variant of Grogor; see 3 below) of Latin Gregorius (see Gregory).

The German surname has also been adopted by Czechs (compare Rehor) and Ashkenazic Jews. In North America, this surname may also be a shortened form of Slavic patronymics like Slovenian Gregorc, Gregorič (see Gregorich), and Gregorčič and Slovak Gregorovič.

Germanized or Americanized form of Polish Grzegorz and Sorbian Grogor or Hrjehoŕ: from the personal name Polish Grzegorz, Lower Sorbian Grogor, Upper Sorbian Hrjehoŕ equivalents of Latin Gregorius (see Gregory).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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Between 1944 and 2004, in the United States, Gregor life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1945, and highest in 1996. The average life expectancy for Gregor in 1944 was 41, and 68 in 2004.

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