Given name
Jaris
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
Jaris is a variant of Juri. In Slavic use, Juri carries the interpretation “one who works the earth; a farmer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jaris is a variant of Juri. In Slavic use, Juri carries the interpretation “one who works the earth; a farmer.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1930. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jaris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 301
- 280 boys · 21 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,817 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,817 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 394 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jaris’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Jaris is a diminutive of Jeronimas. Jaris has a related form in Juri.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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