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: ▪ Adrian Gheorghiu - footballer ▪ Angela Gheorghiu - operatic soprano ▪ Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu - writer ▪ Cristache Gheorghiu -...