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Jorgen
How to Pronounce Jorgen
Pronounced YUR-gen /ˈjɜrɡən/Medium
Meaning: Jorgen, from the Danish and Norwegian Jorgen, is a Scandinavian form of George, which comes from the Greek georgos, meaning farmer or earth-worker, from ge, earth, and ergon, work.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Jorgen is the Danish and Norwegian spelling and came to the United States in two waves: with early Scandinavian immigrants and then with a small modern revival of Nordic names.
Across United States records Jorgen was always rare, given to only a couple dozen boys a year even at its high around 2003. A boy given the name at that recent peak would be in his early twenties today, while an early immigrant Jorgen would be from a much older generation. It remains an established name across Scandinavia.
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What does the name Jorgen mean?
It is a Scandinavian, Danish and Norwegian, form of George, from the Greek georgos meaning farmer or earth-worker.
How do you pronounce Jorgen?
It is said YUR-gen /ˈjɜrɡən/, two syllables with the stress on the first.
Is Jorgen a boy or girl name?
Jorgen is a boy's name.
How popular is Jorgen?
In the United States it has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen boys a year even at its high in the early two-thousands.