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[[File:Մետեխի վանք 46.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Saint Nino]] (left) and [[Saint George]] (right) depicted on a fresco at the [[Metekhi Church]]. '''''Nino''''' is the most common feminine name in Georgia, as she [[Christianization of Georgia|converted the Georgians]] to Christianity in the early 4th century. '''''Giorgi''''' (i. e. George) is the most common masculine name in Georgia and is considered to be the patron saint of the country.]]
A '''Georgian name''' ({{lang-ka|ქართული გვარ-სახელი|tr}}) consists of a [[given name]] and a [[surname]] used by ethnic [[Georgians]].<ref>{{in lang|ka}} [http://www.geogen.ge/ ქართული გვარები]</ref>

==Given names==
According to the [[Public Service Hall]] the most common Georgian names are:<ref>[http://psh.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=GEO&sec_id=280 Georgian names] Public Service Hall</ref>

'''Males:''' [[Giorgi (name)|Giorgi]], [[Davit (given name)|Davit]], [[Zurab]], [[Levan (name)|Levan]], [[Aleksandre]], [[Irakli]], [[Mikheil]], [[Tamaz]], [[Nikoloz]] and [[Avtandil]]. 

'''Females:''' [[Nino (name)|Nino]], [[Tamar (name)|Tamar]], [[Maryam (name)|Mariam]], [[Maia (given name)|Maia]], [[Nana (given name)|Nana]], [[Ketevan]], [[Natela]], [[Manana (disambiguation)#Given name|Manana]], [[Natia]], [[Eka (disambiguation)|Eka]] and [[Ana (given name)|Ana]].

==Surnames==
{{further|List of Georgian surnames|Georgian_language#Vocabulary}}
Georgian surnames are derived either from [[patronymic]]s or, less frequently, from [[toponym]]s, with addition of various suffixes.

Georgian suffixes vary by region. The most common Georgian suffixes are:

* '''-shvili''' (-შვილი): meaning "[[child]]": from western and eastern Georgia. E.g. [[Baratashvili]], [[Andronikashvili]], [[Guramishvili]], etc.
* '''-dze''' (-ძე): meaning "[[son]]":<ref name=b1/> from western and eastern Georgia.<ref name=b2/> E.g. [[Abashidze]], [[Arveladze]], [[Kakha Kaladze|Kaladze]], etc.
* '''-eli''' (-ელი): meaning "[[Preposition and postposition|from]] (place)": from eastern and western Georgia. E.g. [[Jaqeli]], [[Tsereteli]], [[Amashukeli]], etc.
* '''-uri''' and '''-uli''' (-ური) and (-ული): from mountainous eastern Georgia.<ref name=b2/> E.g. [[Donauri]], [[Burduli]], etc.
* '''-ani''' (-ანი): [[Svans|Svan]] surname from mountainous western Georgia.<ref name=b2/> E.g. [[Dadeshkeliani]], [[Dadiani]], [[Kipiani]], etc.
* '''-ia''', '''-ua''', '''-va''' and '''-ri''' (-ია), (-უა), (-ვა) and (-რი): [[Mingrelians|Mingrelian]] surname<ref name=b1/> from western Georgia. E.g. [[Abakelia]], [[Kvaratskhelia]], [[Chichua]], [[Gvazava]], Mudziri, Tabagari, etc.
* '''-shi''' (-ში): [[Laz people|Laz]] surname from western Georgia. E.g. [[Tugushi]], [[Sopho Khalvashi|Khalvashi]], [[Mariam Jashi|Jashi]], etc.
* '''-khi''' (-ხი): from southern Georgia. E.g. [[Meskhi]], [[Lashkhi]], etc.
* '''-oni''' (-ონი): from region of [[Tao-Klarjeti (historical region)|Tao-Klarjeti]] (modern-day [[Turkey]]), historical south-western Georgia. E.g. [[Bagrationi]].
* '''-ti''' (-ტი): from western Georgia. E.g. [[Glonti]], [[Giorgi Jgenti|Jgenti]], Jibuti, Kiuti etc.
* '''-di''' (-დი): surname from mountainous eastern Georgia. E.g. Dzolbordi.
* '''-re''' (-რე): from western Georgia. E.g. Galogre.

The first recorded Georgian surnames date to the 7th–8th century. They were mostly toponymic in nature (such as [[Surameli]], [[Machabeli]] etc.), patronymic, or derived from the profession, social status, position, or title, which was hereditary in the family (such as [[Amilakhvari]], [[Amirejibi]], [[Eristavi]] etc.). Beginning from the 13th century, the surnames became more frequently based upon patronymics, a tradition which became almost universal in the 17th–18th century. Some of the Georgian surnames indicate ethnicity or regional origin of the family, and are also generated as patronymics. Examples are Kartvelishvili ("child of Kartveli", i.e., [[Georgians|Georgian]]), Megrelishvili ("child of Megreli", i.e., Mingrelian), [[Cherkezishvili]] ("child of Cherkezi", i.e., [[Circassians|Circassian]]), [[Abkhazi]]shvili ("child of Abkhazi", i.e., [[Abkhazia]]n), Somkhishvili ("child of Somekhi", i.e., [[Armenians|Armenian]]), Berdzenishvili ("child of Berdzeni", i.e., [[Greeks|Greek]]), Prangishvili ("child of Prangi", i.e., [[Frankish people|Frank]], here in the general sense of Western European).    

There are some very rare Georgian surnames like Jolbordi, Galogre, Lapachi, Molodini, Shermadini, Sivsive, [[Otar Megvinetukhutsesi|Megvinetukhutsesi]] etc.

According to the [[Public Service Hall]] the most common Georgian surnames are:<ref name=b2/> [[Beridze]], [[Kapanadze]], [[Gelashvili]], [[Maisuradze]], [[Giorgadze]], [[Lomidze]], [[Tsiklauri]], [[Bolkvadze]], [[Kvaratskhelia]] and [[Nozadze]].

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=b1>{{cite book|ref=Hewitt|last=Hewitt|first=B. G.|title=Georgian: A Structural Reference Grammar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MUBtUcqOF-AC&pg=PA47|year=1995|publisher=John Benjamins Publishing|isbn=90-272-3802-2|pages=29, 39}}</ref>
<ref name=b2>{{cite book|last1=Bondyrev|first1=Igor V.|last2=Davitashvili|first2=Zurab V.|last3=Singh|first3=Vijay P.|title=The Geography of Georgia: Problems and Perspectives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qlx1CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA53|date=2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-05413-1|page=53}}</ref>
}}

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