Đorđević

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Đorđević / Ђорђевић
Origin
Word/Name Serbian
Meaning "son of George"
Region of origin Former Yugoslavia
(Medieval Serbia)
Other names
Related names DiGiorgio, Đorđić, Đorđev, Đurić, Đurović, Đurovski, Georgeson, Georgiev, Georgievski, Georgijevičius, Georgiou, Gevorgyan, Gevorkyan, Georgescu, Gheorghescu, Gheorghiu, Giorgadze, Giorgashvili, Györgyfi, Heorhiyenko, Jerzowicz, Jørgensen, Jürgensen, Jürgenson, Jurajić, Jurić, Kevorkian, MacDheòrsa, MacGeorge, Yurchenko, Yuryev

Đorđević (Serbian: Ђорђевић, English translation: son of Đorđe/George) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian Serbian surname. It consists of the Serbian male given name Đorđe used as veneration to Saint George, originally derived from Ancient Greek male given name Georgios meaning farmer.

Đorđević is the fifth most frequent surname in Serbia.[1]

It may refer to:

Notable people

References

  1. "Најчешћа имена и презимена" (in Serbian Cyrillic). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 2011. 
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