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Griogair

Latin roots

Language context for this entry: Scottish Gaelic

masculineLatin script

/ˈɡ̊ɾʲiɡ̊ɪɾʲ/ · Scottish Gaelic

Origin: Latin
1 language context: Scottish Gaelic
Follow the evidence: 3 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Griogair

Griogair is a masculine given name documented in Scottish Gaelic. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Gregorius via Old Irish.

Latin origin

Source-reported

From Old Irish Grigoir, from Latin Gregorius.

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Wiktionary: GriogairCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: GriogairCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: GriogairCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

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03 / By the numbers

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04 / Through time

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06 / Behind the facts

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Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms3

Wiktionary: GriogairCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: GriogairCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: GriogairCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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About Griogair

Griogair is a masculine given name documented in Scottish Gaelic. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Gregorius via Old Irish.

Latin origin

Source-reported

From Old Irish Grigoir, from Latin Gregorius.

Follow the language links in this account

Read from more recent borrowed forms toward older source forms. This is a derivation account, not a dated timeline.

Old Irish
Latin

Only explicit language links are shown. The full passage may also discuss word roots, comparisons or uncertain proposals.

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (3)

Wiktionary: GriogairCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: GriogairCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: GriogairCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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United Kingdom

Language records

Documented as a given name in Scottish Gaelic.

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1 of 1 country

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms3

Wiktionary: GriogairCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: GriogairCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: GriogairCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Griogair

Latin origin

Where Griogair is used

Across borders

United Kingdom

Popularity over time

History

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A name worth keeping.

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A story to pass on.

About Griogair

Latin origin

Where Griogair is used

Across borders

United Kingdom

Popularity over time

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page