Juraz as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Juraz

What is the meaning of the name Juraz ?

The baby name Juraz is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced YOO-raz (IPA: /ˈjuːrɑz/).

Juraz is Slavic in Origin.

Juraz is a rare South Slavic form from the George name family, deriving ultimately from Greek Georgios, “farmer; earth‑worker.” The stem Jura- is widespread across Slavic languages for George, while the final -z reflects dialectal or older orthographic renderings of related forms like Juraž (Slovene) or Juraš (Croatian/Slovene). The name appears sporadically in regional records where Slovene and Croatian dialects meet, and its use was buoyed by devotion to St George, whose springtime feast long shaped naming patterns across Central and Southeastern Europe.

Closely related variants include Juraj (Croatian, Slovak), Jurij (Slovene), Jure (Croatian/Slovene), Juro and Jura (Slovak/Croatian/Belarusian), as well as East Slavic Yuriy/Yurii. Broader equivalents are George, Jorge, Gheorghe, and Jerzy. Diminutives and cognates include Jurko (Slovak), Jurek (Polish), and Đuro/Đurađ (Serbian). Today Juraz feels archaic and highly regional, appealing as a distinctive heritage revival with the enduring meaning “tiller of the earth.”

⚙ Juraz is extremely rare. Our whole dataset turns up only 1 recorded use, across 1 country.