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Jørgen

Ancient Greek roots

Language contexts for this entry: Danish, Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål and 2 more

masculineLatin script

[ˈjœɐ̯n̩] · Danish

Origin: Ancient Greek
5 language contexts: Danish Faroese Norwegian Bokmål +2 more
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Jørgen

Jørgen is a masculine given name documented in Danish, Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Ancient Greek Γεώργιος via Low German, Middle Low German and Latin.

3 source accounts

Ancient Greek origin

Source-reported

Borrowed from Low German Jürgen, from Middle Low German Jurian, from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios). Cognate with German Jürgen, Swedish Göran, and English George.

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: JørgenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: JørgenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: JørgenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: JørgenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: JørgenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedÉquivalent danois de Georges.

Équivalent danois de Georges.

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: JørgenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedEmprunté au danois.

Emprunté au danois.

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: JørgenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (6)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q13409273
Masculine usage in Danish · Wiktionary: Jørgen
Masculine usage in Norwegian Bokmål · Wiktionary: Jørgen
Masculine usage in Norwegian · Greek Wiktionary: Jørgen
Masculine usage in Norwegian Nynorsk · French Wiktionary: Jørgen
Masculine usage in Faroese · Polish Wiktionary: Jørgen

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Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Jørgen” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q13409273.

Name day: 04-23 (Norway).

All pronunciation details (4)

[ˈjœɐ̯n̩] — Danish
[ˈjœɒ̯̽n̩] — Danish
/ˈjœr.ən/ — Danish
/ˈjœr.ɡən/ — Norwegian Bokmål

02 / Across borders

Where Jørgen is used

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1 country with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

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Norway

Statistics + language records

Norway, 2025: 55 boys (rank 114). Documented as a given name in Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk.

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03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Jørgen

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 55; births; Rank #114
Peak year: 1995; 387 births

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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Jørgen in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	52	104	observed
1946	69	95	observed
1947	67	98	observed
1948	56	102	observed
1949	41	125	observed
1950	52	109	observed
1951	49	112	observed
1952	49	114	observed
1953	47	114	observed
1954	54	110	observed
1955	52	115	observed
1956	49	117	observed
1957	52	114	observed
1958	50	122	observed
1959	63	109	observed
1960	45	131	observed
1961	54	119	observed
1962	47	128	observed
1963	62	112	observed
1964	53	124	observed
1965	62	112	observed
1966	56	125	observed
1967	69	106	observed
1968	58	127	observed
1969	82	98	observed
1970	87	93	observed
1971	179	50	observed
1972	161	51	observed
1973	131	66	observed
1974	159	50	observed
1975	130	60	observed
1976	131	61	observed
1977	123	63	observed
1978	155	51	observed
1979	176	47	observed
1980	198	38	observed
1981	179	43	observed
1982	217	33	observed
1983	179	41	observed
1984	163	46	observed
1985	199	35	observed
1986	231	27	observed
1987	191	39	observed
1988	226	33	observed
1989	293	23	observed
1990	312	25	observed
1991	327	24	observed
1992	294	26	observed
1993	305	24	observed
1994	374	20	observed
1995	387	17	observed
1996	373	20	observed
1997	338	21	observed
1998	322	23	observed
1999	344	19	observed
2000	288	25	observed
2001	252	31	observed
2002	230	30	observed
2003	212	31	observed
2004	194	39	observed
2005	171	41	observed
2006	159	50	observed
2007	153	52	observed
2008	144	63	observed
2009	143	61	observed
2010	113	81	observed
2011	90	92	observed
2012	76	104	observed
2013	62	114	observed
2014	77	98	observed
2015	58	119	observed
2016	60	119	observed
2017	60	116	observed
2018	53	120	observed
2019	43	135	observed
2020	52	107	observed
2021	49	117	observed
2022	33	156	observed
2023	49	117	observed
2024	49	116	observed
2025	55	114	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Jørgen” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

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04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Jørgen Moe
1813–1882
Norwegian folklorist, poet and bishop (1813–1882)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Jørgen Strand Larsen
born 2000
Norwegian footballer (born 2000)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Jørgen Ingmann
1925–2015
Danish musician (1925–2015)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Jørgen Juve
1906–1983
Norwegian footballer (1906-1983)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Jørgen Løvland
1848–1922
10th Prime Minister of Norway (1848–1922)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

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06 / Behind the facts

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 forms8

Wikidata Q13409273CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: JørgenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: JørgenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: JørgenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: JørgenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: JørgenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: JørgenCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: JørgineCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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.

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A story to pass on.

About Jørgen

Ancient Greek origin

Where Jørgen is used

Across borders

Norway

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Jørgen Moe

Jørgen Strand Larsen

Jørgen Ingmann

Jørgen Juve

Jørgen Løvland

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Jørgen

Ancient Greek origin

Where Jørgen is used

Across borders

Norway

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Jørgen Moe

Jørgen Strand Larsen

Jørgen Ingmann

Jørgen Juve

Jørgen Løvland

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page