Georgy (given name)

Georgy (Георгий; Георги) is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Georgios. It corresponds to the English name George. The name Georgi is the most used masculine name in Bulgaria and the most given to new-born boys in the country, with the family name Georgiev/Georgieva also widely used. In Romanian the name is written as Gheorghe to signify the hard g sound. Russian derivations from Georgios include Yury.

Notable people with the surname include:
 * Georgi Delchev (1872 – 1903), Bulgarian revolutionary
 * Georgi Rakovski (1821 - 1867), Bulgarian revolutionary
 * Georgi Ivanov (born 1940), Bulgarian cosmonaut
 * Georgi Ivanov (born 1976), Bulgarian footballer
 * Georgi Vazov (1860 - 1934), Bulgarian general and Minister of War
 * Georgi Parvanov (born 1957), President of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012
 * Georgi Dimitrov (1882 – 1949), Bulgarian communist politician
 * Georgi Asparuhov (1943 – 1971), Bulgarian footballer
 * Georgy Adamovich (1892–1972), Russian poet
 * Georgy Aleksandrov (1908–1961), Soviet politician
 * Georgy Arbatov (1923–2010), Soviet and Russian political scientist
 * Georgy Babakin (1914–1971), Soviet aerospace engineer
 * Georgy Beregovoy (1921–1995), Soviet cosmonaut
 * Georgiy Daneliya (1930–2019), Soviet and Russian film director
 * Georgy Chicherin (1872–1936), Soviet politician
 * Georgy Egorychev (born 1938), Soviet and Russian mathematician
 * Georgy Flyorov (1913–1990), Soviet nuclear physicist
 * Georgy Ketoyev (born 1985), Russian wrestler
 * Georgij Karlovich Kreyer (1887-1942), Russian botanist and mycologist
 * Georgy Lvov (1861–1925), Russian politician and prime minister
 * Georgy Malenkov (1902–1988), Russian politician
 * Georgi Markov (1929–1978), Bulgarian dissident
 * Georgy Millyar (1903–1993), Soviet actor
 * Georgy Miterev (1900–1977), Soviet minister of health
 * Georgy Mondzolevski (born 1934), Soviet volleyball player
 * Georgi Orlov (1884–1941), Russian-Estonian politician
 * Georgi Petrov (badminton) (born 1980), Bulgarian badminton player
 * Georgy Satarov (born 1947), Russian political scientist
 * Georgy Sedov (1877–1914), Russian explorer
 * Georgi Shangin (born 1989), Russian ice hockey player
 * Georgy Tovstonogov (1915–1989), Soviet theatre director
 * Georgy Vitsin (1918–2001), Soviet and Russian actor
 * Georgy Zhukov (1896–1974), Russian general