Gender: Male
Pronunciation: JH AO R JH K EH R IY
On the name George Carey, George means Earth Worker, Farmer, A Tiller of the Soil. Carey means Place Name, Near the Castle, Dark One, Womanly.
The name George Carey is often used as a Male name and is mostly used as a First Name.
George is commonly found in United States of America, United Kingdom, South Africa, and 97 more countries.
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ARPAbet Phonetic Pronunciation: JH AO R JH K EH R IY
JH: Pronounce as in "joke" (JH OW K)
AO: Pronounce as in "thought" (TH AO T)
R: Pronounce as in "red" (R EH D)
JH: Pronounce as in "joke" (JH OW K)
K: Pronounce as in "cat" (K AE T)
EH: Pronounce as in "red" (R EH D)
R: Pronounce as in "red" (R EH D)
IY: Pronounce as in "see" (S IY)
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At NamesLook, the name George is recorded 189,828 times globally, ranking it as the 248th most common name worldwide.
George is most prevalent in United States of America, with 42,926 occurrences, making it the 93th most popular name in the country.
In Greece, the name George is found among 1 in every 12 people, showcasing its highest frequency there.
| Country | Rank | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| United States of America | #93 | 1 : 42 |
| United Kingdom | #55 | 1 : 17 |
| South Africa | #71 | 1 : 179 |
| Egypt | #447 | 1 : 183 |
| Nigeria | #145 | 1 : 149 |
| Greece | #4 | 1 : 12 |
| Italy | #563 | 1 : 178 |
| Canada | #74 | 1 : 72 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | #199 | 1 : 118 |
| Ghana | #28 | 1 : 57 |
This chart displays the ranking of the name George from 1980 to 2023, based on the most recent data from the U.S. Social Security Administration.
George William Carey was a Canadian ice hockey right winger. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Scottish parents. He first played professionally with the Quebec Bulldogs in the National Hockey Association, playing one game for them in the 1911–12 season and winning the Stanley Cup in 1912. He played amateur hockey for several years after that before returning to the Bulldogs in 1916–17, and spent one final season with the team in 1919–20 when they were in the National Hockey League. The team moved and became the Hamilton Tigers in 1920 and Carey spent two seasons and part of a third there, spending a partial season with the Calgary Tigers of the Western Canada Hockey League before one final year in the NHL with the Toronto St. Pats, retiring in 1924. He died in 1974 and was buried at Prospect Cemetery in Toronto.
George Leonard Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton is a retired Anglican bishop who was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002, having previously been the Bishop of Bath and Wells.
George Carey is a British documentary filmmaker and television journalist.
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