Varghese


Varghese, Varughese, Verghese, Geevarghese, Varkey, Varughis, and Vergis are Syriac–Malayalam variants of George in India. It is given as first name or last name among the Syrian Christians / Saint Thomas Christians, an ancient community of Christians in India. The name Georgios, whose origin is from the Greek root word geō, means a farmer. This Greek name became popular in Eastern Orthodox Churches due to the legend of Saint George who was a Roman soldier of Greek descent killed for his Christian faith. He was considered to be a saint. In Middle Eastern regions, especially in the Assyrian Christian community the saint's name was spelt as Gewargis or Gevergis. The Syrian Orthodox community within Kerala had a Malayalam variant spelt as Geevarghese. With time the name ''Geevarghese'' began to sound like two conjoined names Gee Varghese ''. Finally the name got shortened into Varghese''.

People named Varghese

Varghese as given name