Name of Mexico of the country is the "United Mexican States" (), since it is a federation of thirty-two states. The official name was first used in the Constitution of 1824, and was retained in the constitutions of 1857 and 1917. Informally, "Mexico" is used along with "Mexican Republic" ("República Mexicana"). On 22 November 2012, outgoing Mexican President Felipe Calderón proposed changing the official name of the country to "México". Anahuac (meaning land surrounded by water) was the name in Nahuatl given to what is now Mexico during Pre-Hispanic times. When the Spanish conquistadors besieged México-Tenochtitlan in 1521, it was almost completely destroyed.
George (given name) was a comparatively rarely given name in Italy and Gaul in the 6th and 7th century. The name had a first surge of popularity in the 12th century, when Saint George became popular as a military saint of the crusades. In the late 7th century, when much of the former Eastern Empire fell to the Islamic expansion, refugees came to Byzantine-controlled Rome and during that time, "Eastern" names began to gain popularity in the Latin world. The cult of St George was probably brought to Italy by soldiers from the Anatolic Theme, and established itself from about the mid-7th century;