Given name & surname · also Latin
Juraj
“farmer”
Juraj is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Serbo-Croatian and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Juraj goes back to Latin Georgius, meaning “farmer.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Juraj comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Juraj developed from Γεώργιος.
Juraj’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Juraj has an affectionate form in JURA. In Slovak usage, Juraj shares an earlier linguistic root with Jiří. In Slovak usage, Juraj has a conventional equivalent in the English form George.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Juraj has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Juraj comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 65
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- GeorgeEnglish
- JorgePortuguese, Spanish
- Yuriequivalent
- Jordiequivalent
- GiorgioItalian
- Joriequivalent
- Georgiosequivalent
- Juriequivalent
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- GeorgesFrench
- Gevorgequivalent
- Jurgenequivalent
- JerzyPolish
- Jyriequivalent
- Jorisequivalent
- Yegorequivalent
- Jornequivalent
- Yuryequivalent
- GeorgGerman
- Georgyequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Georgiequivalent
- Jörgenequivalent
- Юрыйequivalent
- Györgyequivalent
- Георгиequivalent
- Đuroequivalent
- Jurgisequivalent
- Юрійequivalent
- Yuriiequivalent
- Գևորգequivalent
- Siôrequivalent
- Xurdeequivalent
- Jürgensequivalent
- Jurijequivalent
- Göranequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jüriequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
- Егорequivalent
- გიორგიequivalent
- Yrjöequivalent
- Chorcheequivalent
- Jörgequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
- Γεώργιοςroot · Greek, Ancient Greek
- Jiřídoublet · Slovak, Czech
- JürgenGerman
- Jureequivalent
- Jørgenequivalent
- Georgiusequivalent
- Corcequivalent
- Георгийequivalent
- Georgijeequivalent
- Jørnequivalent
- Jockelequivalent
- Yehorequivalent
- Jurgensequivalent
- Jyrkiequivalent
- Jörnequivalent
And 5 more.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Juraj
- Juraj KuckaSlovak association football playerborn 1987
- Juraj JánošíkSlovak outlaw1688–1713
- Juraj JakubiskoSlovak director (1938–2023)
- Juraj KrižanićCroatian Catholic missionary, theologist, linguist and pan-Slavist (1618-1683)
- Juraj HaulikCroatian cardinal (1788–1869)
- Juraj HerzSlovak actor, director and scriptwriter (1934-2018)
- Juraj DobrilaCroatian Roman Catholic bishop and benefactor (1812-1882)
- Juraj SlafkovskýSlovak ice hockey playerborn 2004
- Juraj DraškovićCatholic cardinal1525–1587
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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