Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (Georgios) via Latin Georgius; the former is derived from (georgos), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form Georgius had been rarely given in Western Christendom since at least the 6th century. The popularity of the name however develops from around the 12th century, in Occitan in the form Jordi, and it becomes popular at European courts after the publication of the Golden Legend in the 1260s. The West Iberian form Jorge is on record as the name of Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (1481–1550). List of people with the given name Jorge Jorge (footballer, born 1946), Brazilian footballer Jorge (Brazilian singer), Brazilian musician and singer, Jorge & Mateus Jorge (Romanian singer), real name George Papagheorghe, Romanian singer, actor, TV host Jorge Betancourt, Cuban diver Jorge Campos, Mexican football player Jorge Cantú, baseball player Jorge Cham, web comic writer Jorge Chavez, French-Peruvian aviator Jorge Cimadevilla, American football player Jorge Coll, Spanish art dealer Jorge Costa, football player Jorge Donn, Argentine-born ballet dancer Jorge Ebanks, Cayman Islands basketball player Jorge De La Rosa, baseball pitcher Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician assassinated in 1948 Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009), Ecuadorian writer Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player Jorge Garcia, American actor and comedian Jorge García Torre, Spanish footballer known as Jorge Jorge Gómez, Chilean football player Jorge Guillén, Spanish poet Jorge Gutiérrez, Argentine squash player Jorge Gutierrez, Mexican animator Jorge Herrera (swimmer), Puerto Rican freestyle swimmer Jorge Herrera (footballer), Colombian footballer Jorge Humberto Martínez, Colombian road cyclist Jorge Julio, baseball player Jorge Lencina, Argentine judoka Jorge Liderman, American Jorge Linck, Argentine sailor Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer Jorge Luis Alcantar Bolly, Mexican professional wrestler known as El Hijo del Fantasma and Santos Escobar Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine author Jorge Marco de Oliveira Moraes, Brazilian footballer Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Argentine Roman Catholic priest who became Pope Francis Jorge Martín, Spanish motorcyle racer Jorge Masvidal, Cuban American Mixed Martial Artist Jorge Mondragón, Mexican diver Jorge Montenegro (disambiguation), multiple people Jorge Negrete, Mexican actor Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Portuguese chairman of FC Porto Jorge Otálvaro, Colombian road cyclist Jorge Orta, baseball player Jorge Páez, Mexican boxer and actor Jorge Pescara, Brazilian musician Jorge Posada, baseball catcher Jorge Querejeta, Argentine field hockey player Jorge Quinteros, Argentine football player Jorge Quinteros, Chilean mountaineer Jorge Racca, Argentine basketball player Jorge Rafael Videla, 43rd