Grégoire

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Locally spelled Gregoire in US United States, CA Canada, NL Netherlands.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Grégoire is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name4 spellings in the group

  Also written Grègoire, Grëgoire, Gregoire

• Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, Switzerland, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Gregoire

• Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Canada, Belgium

  Also written Gregoire

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Grégoire is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Du grec gregorios, « vigilant, éveillé »; prénom de saint Grégoire, fêté le 3 septembre (et autres saints homonymes).

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Du grec Gregorios, « vigilant »; fête le 3 septembre (saint Grégoire).

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Du grec *grēgorios*, « vigilant, éveillé ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, From Greek Gregōrios, meaning “watchful, vigilant”.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, From Greek Gregorios, 'watchful'; St Gregory.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Grigol Peradzeb. 1899GEnot in their usual nameGeorgian theologian (1899–1942)
• Grégoire Aslanb. 1908FRSwiss-Armenian actor and musician
• Gérard Calvib. 1922FRnot in their usual nameFrench composer (1922–2015)
• Grégoire Kayibandab. 1924RWRwandan politician, 1st and former President of Rwanda (1924-1976)
• Christian Povedab. 1955FRnot in their usual nameFrench journalist (1955–2009)
• Grégoire Colinb. 1975FRFrench actor
• Grégoireb. 1979FRFrench singer-songwriter
• Grégoire Leprince-Ringuetb. 1987FRFrench actor
• Henri Saivetb. 1990SNnot in their usual nameSenegalese footballer (born 1990)
• Florian Lejeuneb. 1991FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 1991)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Grégoire a male or female name?

Grégoire is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

How do you pronounce Grégoire?

A machine transcription gives /ɡʁeɡwaʁ/ (IPA) for French.

What does the name Grégoire mean?

Recorded meaning: du nom grec Grēgorios, dérivé de grēgoros « vigilant »

What are other forms of the name Grégoire?

In the etymology graph, Gregory, Greg and Gregorio are forms of the same name in other languages.

In which country does Grégoire have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 5.8 thousand people named Grégoire, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gregoire.

Where is Grégoire most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Grégoire is densest in Dominica — about 1 in 395 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Grégoire?

In the United States, the national register counted 5,757 people named Grégoire in 2010, about 1 in 58 thousand residents.