Given name & surname
Jur
“farmer”
Jur is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jur goes back to Latin Georgius, meaning “farmer.”
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Where it comes from
Jur comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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How it developed
From Latin Georgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος.
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Jur’s family of names
In Polish usage, Jur has a diminutive in Jurek. In Slovak usage, Jur has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Jerzy. In Slovak usage, Jur has a diminutive in JURO.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jur has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 58
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Georgeequivalent
- Jorgeequivalent
- Yuriequivalent
- Jordiequivalent
- Giorgioequivalent
- Joriequivalent
- Georgiosequivalent
- Juriequivalent
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- Georgesequivalent
- Jurgenequivalent
- Jerzyalso known as · Polish
- Georgyequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Georgiequivalent
- Georgequivalent
- Jyriequivalent
- Jorisequivalent
- Yegorequivalent
- Jornequivalent
- გიორგიequivalent
- Егорequivalent
- Yrjöequivalent
- Chorcheequivalent
- Jörgequivalent
- Jürgenequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
- Jureequivalent
- Jørgenequivalent
- Georgiusequivalent
- Corcequivalent
- Георгийequivalent
- Georgijeequivalent
- Jørnequivalent
- Yehorequivalent
- Jurgensequivalent
- Jyrkiequivalent
- Jörnequivalent
- Xurxoequivalent
- Đorđeequivalent
- Juergequivalent
- Jordequivalent
- Gheorgheequivalent
- Jörgenequivalent
- Györgyequivalent
- Георгиequivalent
- Đuroequivalent
- Γεώργιοςequivalent
- Jurgisequivalent
- Siôrequivalent
- Xurdeequivalent
- Jurijequivalent
- Jürgensequivalent
- Göranequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Jüriequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jur
- Jur VrielingDutch show jumperborn 1969
- Jur SchryversBelgian association football playerborn 1997
- Jur SpijkersDutch judokaborn 1997
- Jur Hronecmathematician1881–1959
- Jur HaakDutch football player (1891-1945)
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