Given name & surname
Jerzy
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
Jerzy is used as a given name and a surname. One Polish interpretation is “one who works the earth; a farmer.”
Original PolishIrzy
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Polish interpretation is “one who works the earth; a farmer.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Polish.
How it developed
In Polish use, Jerzy is used as a form of George.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Jerzy is a form of George. The history of George gives this family its wider story. Saint George gave the name a religious and legendary association; the dragon story developed in the Middle Ages. In England, George I’s accession in 1714 helped increase the name’s use beyond its earlier saintly associations.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Jerzy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 322
- 182 boys · 140 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,866 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +21%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,866 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,972 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.
Jerzy’s family of names
In Polish usage, Jerzy has a diminutive in JERZYK. Jerzy shares a linguistic root with George. In Polish usage, Jerzy has a conventional equivalent in the Catalan form Jorge.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jerzy has relatives in 38 languages. Lines run from its Polish roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Irzyvariant · Polish
- Juruśdiminutive · Polish
- Jurekdiminutive · Polish
- Jurzykdiminutive · Polish
- Jerzykdiminutive · Polish
- Jureczekdiminutive · Polish
- Jerseyvariant
- Jerzivariant
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Across languages 87
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Juralso known as · Slovak, Polish
- Georgecognate · English
- JorgePortuguese, Spanish
- Georginafeminine form
- Yuriequivalent
- JordiCatalan
- GiorgioItalian
- GeoDanish
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- Georgiosequivalent
- Juriequivalent
- Georgioia
- GeorgesFrench
- Gevorgequivalent
- Jurgenequivalent
- Jorisequivalent
- Yegorequivalent
- Jornequivalent
- GeorgGerman, Norwegian Bokmål
- Georgyequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Georgiequivalent
- Jyriequivalent
- JurisLatvian
- Գևորգequivalent
- Siôrequivalent
- Xurdeequivalent
- Göranequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
- Chorcheequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
- ЕгорRussian
- ГеоргийRussian
- ΓιώργοςGreek
- Γεώργιοςroot · Greek, gr
- JiříCzech
- Jureequivalent
- Corcequivalent
- Georgijeequivalent
- Jockelequivalent
- Yehorequivalent
- Jurgensequivalent
- Jyrkiequivalent
- Jörnequivalent
- Xurxoequivalent
- Juergequivalent
- Jordequivalent
- Gheorgheequivalent
- Đuroequivalent
- GyörgyHungarian
- ГеоргійUkrainian, Belarusian
- ЮрійUkrainian
- JorjTurkish
- GörgenSwedish
- JörgenSwedish, German
- JúrajSlovene
- JúrijSlovene
- JúreSlovene
And 27 more.
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Juraalso known as · Polish
- Hirzykalso known as · Polish
- Irzykalso known as · Polish
- Jurkoalso known as · Polish
- Jurkalso known as · Polish
- Jirzyalso known as · Polish
- Jurzyalso known as · Polish
- Orcioalso known as · Polish
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People named Jerzy
- Jerzy BuzekPrime Minister of Poland (r. 1997–2001); President of the European Parliament (r. 2009–2012)born 1940
- Jerzy DudekPolish association football player (born 1973)
- Jerzy StuhrPolish film and theater actor and screenwriter (1947–2024)
- Jerzy PopiełuszkoPolish Catholic priest, martyr, blessed (1947–1984)
- Jerzy KosińskiPolish-American novelist1933–1991
- Jerzy GrotowskiPolish theatre director1933–1999
- Jerzy SkolimowskiPolish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actorborn 1938
- Jerzy KukuczkaPolish alpine and high-altitude climber (1948–1989)
- Jerzy KawalerowiczPolish film director and screenwriter (1922-2007)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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