Given name
Jurijs
Jurijs is a masculine given name from Russian. It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
Jurijs’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Jurijs has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Jorge. In Latvian usage, Jurijs has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Jerzy. In Latvian usage, Jurijs has a conventional equivalent in the French form Georges.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jurijs has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jurijs
- Jurijs ŽigajevsLatvian footballer (born 1985)
- Jurijs ŠevļakovsLatvian footballerborn 1959
- Jurijs AndrejevsLatvian footballer (born 1957)
- Jurijs PopkovsLatvian footballer (born 1961)
- Jurijs RubenisLatvian politician (1925–2004)
- Jurijs HudjakovsSoviet association football playerborn 1969
- Yuri YurovskyRussian actor (1894-1959)
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