Gentlemanly Name: George

GEORGE

Gender: Male

Origin: Greek, German

Meaning: "farmer", "earth worker"

Common Nicknames: Georgie, but usually none is used by Jane Austen

Regency Popularity: Very commonly used. It was the name of the kings at the time and still considered German at the time.

Jane Austen Usage:

• Emma - Mr. George Knightley is the hero of Emma, a true gentleman. He is the elder brother of John Knightley, uncle to John & Isabella's children (one is named after him), magistrate and a rich land owner. His Christian name is not frequently used, even his dear Emma Woodhouse says she can't call him "George". 
• Emma - Master George Knightley, the third son of Isabella Woodhouse & John Knightley, named after his uncle.
• Emma - Mr. George Otway is a Highbury resident who comes to balls and parties.
• Pride and Prejudice - Mr. George Wickham the "villain" of the story. The Bennet sisters meet him when his regiment comes to Meryton he later elopes with Lydia Bennet. George is probably also the first name of the elder Mr. Darcy (Fitzwilliam Darcy's father) because the novel says that George Wickham is his godfather and his daughter with wife Lady Anne is named Georgiana.
• Northanger Abbey - George Parry is mentioned as the young gentleman who Mrs Allen says might have danced with Catherine had he only been in Bath.
• Northanger Abbey - George Morland is one of Catherine Morland's youngest siblings; a child of six who was one of the first to joyously proclaim his sister's return home.
• Juvenilia: Amelia Webster - Mr. George Hervey is one of the characters who writes letters and marries the title character Amelia Webster, and is influential in the marriages of his two sisters.  
• Juvenilia: Catharine, or the Bower - Sir George Fitzgibbon is a relation of the Wynnes.
• Juvenilia: Henry and Eliza - Mr. George Harcourt is the father of heroine Eliza and husband of Lady "Polly" Harcourt.
• Juvenilia: Lesley Castle - Sir George Lesley is 57-years-old but "still remains the beau", lord of Lesley Castle and father of three grown children.