Given name · also Slavic
Jurgis
Jurgis is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Jurgis comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Lithuanian usage, Jurgis developed from Γεώργιος.
Jurgis’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Jurgis has a diminutive in JURGA. In Lithuanian usage, Jurgis developed from the Ancient Greek form Γεώργιος. In Lithuanian usage, Jurgis has a conventional equivalent in the English form George.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jurgis has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Jurgis comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 6
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 63
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
- Jorisequivalent
- Yegorequivalent
- Jornequivalent
- GeorgGerman
- Georgyequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Georgiequivalent
- Jyriequivalent
- Գևորգequivalent
- Siôrequivalent
- Xurdeequivalent
- Jürgensequivalent
- Jurijequivalent
- Göranequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jüriequivalent
- Jurequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
- Егорequivalent
- გიორგიequivalent
- Yrjöequivalent
- Chorcheequivalent
- Jörgequivalent
- Jürgenequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
- Γεώργιοςroot · Greek, Ancient Greek
- JiříCzech
- Jureequivalent
- Jørgenequivalent
- Georgiusequivalent
- Corcequivalent
- Георгийequivalent
- Georgijeequivalent
- Juroequivalent
- Jørnequivalent
- Yehorequivalent
- Jurgensequivalent
- Jyrkiequivalent
- Jörnequivalent
- Xurxoequivalent
- Đorđeequivalent
- Juergequivalent
- Jordequivalent
- Gheorgheequivalent
- Jurajequivalent
- Jörgenequivalent
And 3 more.
People named Jurgis
- Jurgis BaltrušaitisLithuanian poet and translator (1873–1944)
- Jurgis ŠaulysLithuanian politician (1879-1948)
- Jurgis BaltrušaitisLithuanian historian (1903–1988)
- Jurgis KairysLithuanian air racerborn 1952
- Jurgis BielinisLithuanian writer1846–1918
- Jurgis DobkevičiusLithuanian aircraft designer (1900–1926)
- Jurgis GedgaudasLithuanian noble and diplomat (died c. 1435)1301
- Jurgis KunčinasLithuanian writer (1947–2002)
- Jurgis HardingsonasLithuanian association football player (1892-1936)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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