Given name · also African
Jiri
“from the fruitful forest”·“one who works the earth; a farmer”
Jiri is used as a given name. Interpretations include “from the fruitful forest” and “one who works the earth; a farmer”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Original CzechJiří
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “from the fruitful forest” and “one who works the earth; a farmer”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with African and Czech naming traditions.
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Jiri developed from Jiří.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jiri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 677 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.
Jiri’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Jiri developed from the Czech form Jiří. Jiri has a related form in Jira. Jiri has a related form in Jirea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jiravariant
- Jirrilikely variant
- Jiricekvariant
- Jirisekvariant
- Jirkavariant
- Jireavariant
- Jireevariant
- Jireyvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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