Gregor Family History
Gregor Name 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