Gheorghiu


Gheorghiu is a Romanian surname, of Greek language origin, deriving from Greek Γεωργίου. Among Greeks, the Greek surname form Γεωργίου is usually or always Romanized in other ways, either as Gheorghiou or Georgiou.
The Gheorghiu surname is patronymic, meaning "son of George". In Romanian, the name George exists in two spellings and two different pronunciations: George with two soft g sounds and Gheorghe with two hard g sounds, the hard g sounds that are also found in Gheorghiu.
In Romanian, the name George is a two-syllable name pronounced jor'je, not a one-syllable name as in English jorj. The name Gheorghe is also two-syllable, pronounced with hard g sounds: gior'ge, and with an added "i" sound not found in jor'je.
People with the surname Gheorghiu include: