name
Goce
GOH-tseh
ˈɡoʊtsɛListen
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Syllable breakdown
Goce
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Macedonian (North Macedonia)
- Meaning
- a distinctively Macedonian masculine given name, a hypocoristic (pet name) form of Georgi/Gjorgi derived from Greek Georgios (farmer, earth-worker, from ge meaning earth and ergon meaning work), which gave rise to the English George; Goce is almost exclusively Macedonian in form and is immediately recognisable as a Macedonian name by other South Slavic speakers; the name is inseparably associated with Goce Delchev (1872–1903), the Macedonian revolutionary leader and hero of the VMRO revolutionary organisation who was killed by Ottoman forces at the age of 30 and is regarded as the supreme national hero of North Macedonia; his face appears on the Macedonian denar banknote, and his birthday is an unofficial day of national remembrance; naming a son Goce is a declaration of Macedonian identity and national pride
- Gender
- male
- Also spelled
- Gotse, Gorce
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