Gergely

English

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hungarian personal name Gergely.

Proper noun

Gergely (plural Gergelys)

1. A surname from Hungarian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gergely is the 33316^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 686 individuals. Gergely is most common among White (96.36%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gergely”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 33.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛrɡɛj]

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• Hyphenation: Ger‧gely
• Rhymes: -ɛj

Proper noun

Gergely

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Gregory
2. a surname

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Gergely	Gergelyek
accusative	Gergelyt	Gergelyeket
dative	Gergelynek	Gergelyeknek
instrumental	Gergellyel	Gergelyekkel
causal-final	Gergelyért	Gergelyekért
translative	Gergellyé	Gergelyekké
terminative	Gergelyig	Gergelyekig
essive-formal	Gergelyként	Gergelyekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Gergelyben	Gergelyekben
superessive	Gergelyen	Gergelyeken
adessive	Gergelynél	Gergelyeknél
illative	Gergelybe	Gergelyekbe
sublative	Gergelyre	Gergelyekre
allative	Gergelyhez	Gergelyekhez
elative	Gergelyből	Gergelyekből
delative	Gergelyről	Gergelyekről
ablative	Gergelytől	Gergelyektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	Gergelyé	Gergelyeké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Gergelyéi	Gergelyekéi

Possessive forms of Gergely

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Gergelyem	Gergelyeim
2nd person sing.	Gergelyed	Gergelyeid
3rd person sing.	Gergelye	Gergelyei
1st person plural	Gergelyünk	Gergelyeink
2nd person plural	Gergelyetek	Gergelyeitek
3rd person plural	Gergelyük	Gergelyeik

Derived terms

• (diminutives): Gergő, Geri, Gergelyke

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian words with ly