Grego

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

How Grego is read●(measured from records)

Grego is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English48%

  A type of rough jacket with a hood.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Portuguese20%

  Greek (of or relating to Greece)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Spanish13%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Grego in Spanish.

• French7.5%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Grego in French.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

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

Grego is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese surname11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, United States, Mexico

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Gregó, Gregö, Grêgo, Gregò, Grëgõ

• French surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Italy

  Also written Grégo

• Croatian surname6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Italy, Serbia

  Languages: Croatian, Slovenian

  Also written Грего

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Gregó, Grégo

47 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)

Grego is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, variante dialetal setentrional de Greco.

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• ethnic name from grego ‘Greek’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Latin, to herd, assemble

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Esperanto, herd, flock

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

• Andrea Grego da Peschierab. 1400ITcatholic blessed
• Joseph Gregob. 1843GBEnglish art critic (1843-1908)
• Karin Gregob. 1936DEGerman badminton player
• Giuliana Grego Bollib. 1952ITItalian linguist (born 1952)
• Alessandro Gregob. 1969ITItalian composer and theater and film score author
• Gabriel Gregob. 1973USAmerican investigative journalist, investor and philanthropist
• Mateja GregoSIresearcher
• Katarina GregoSIresearcher
• Milan GregoSISlovene photographer
• Caroline Gregohistorian

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)

Evidence●(measured from records)

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Grego mean, and where does it come from?

A type of rough jacket with a hood. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Grego?

A machine transcription gives /ˈɡɹɛɡoʊ/ (IPA) for English.

In which country does Grego have the most bearers?

In Brazil, the national register counted about 3.5 thousand people named Grego, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled grego.

Where is Grego most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Grego is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 37 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Grego?

In Brazil, the national register counted 3,545 people named Grego, about 1 in 60 thousand residents.