The baby name Jurij is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ˈjuːri/; respelling: YOO-ree (also YUR-ee).
Jurij is Slavic in Origin.
The baby name Jurij is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ˈjuːri/; respelling: YOO-ree (also YUR-ee).
Jurij is Slavic in Origin.
Jurij is a Slavic form of George, most common in Slovene and Sorbian, and also a Central European rendering of the East Slavic Юрий/Юрій (Yuri/Yurii). It descends from Greek Georgios, built from ge "earth" and ergon "work," yielding the meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker." In Slovene usage, Jurij is longstanding and familiar in place names like Sveti Jurij, reflecting the name’s deep cultural embedment.
Usage spread through the medieval cult of Saint George, making Jurij and its cousins staples across Orthodox and Slavic regions. Historical bearers include the Slovene Protestant translator Jurij Dalmatin and the mathematician Jurij Vega; in a wider variant, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin cemented global recognition. Variants and cognates include Yuri/Yury/Yuriy/Yurii (Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian), Juri (Italian/German), Jüri (Estonian), Juraj and Jure (Croatian, Slovak, Slovene), Jiří (Czech), Jerzy (Polish), and Gheorghe (Romanian), with related forms like György (Hungarian). Diminutives: Yura, Jura, Jure.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SI | 0 | #51 | 29 | 1,612 | |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #57 | 224 | 2,166 |
| LT | 0 | #84 | 5 | 949 | |
| EE | Boys | 0 | #124 | 2 | 2,087 |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #124 | 90 | 3,402 |
| CY | Boys | 0 | #130 | 2 | 3,473 |
| RS | Boys | 0 | #153 | 2 | 2,277 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #173 | 2 | 3,954 |
| HR | 0 | #181 | 1 | 2,081 | |
| CZ | 0 | #184 | 3 | 3,154 | |
| RU | 0 | #193 | 2 | 3,641 | |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| PL | 0 | #212 | 1 | 2,600 | |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #220 | 88 | 6,530 |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 4,970 |
| IR | 0 | #228 | 4 | 4,221 | |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #257 | 3 | 3,997 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #291 | 6 | 6,578 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #300 | 36 | 6,459 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #329 | 4 | 7,401 |
| Germany | 0 | #427 | 11 | 2,542 | |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #433 | 10 | 2,180 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #447 | 106 | 10,162 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #471 | 35 | 12,621 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #523 | 1 | 11,913 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #558 | 4 | 10,655 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #621 | 5 | 10,983 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #622 | 1 | 9,244 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #660 | 23 | 3,552 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #762 | 191 | 5,697 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #924 | 2 | 15,035 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #939 | 13 | 5,873 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,199 | 1 | 20,986 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,301 | 171 | 10,046 |
Jurij is popular in 26 countries — most recent births per country:
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