Given name & surname
Juris
Juris is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latvian and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Juris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 46
- 46 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1951
- 8 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 1964. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 345 as a first name in 2020; 402 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Juris’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Juris has a conventional equivalent in the English form George. In Latvian usage, Juris has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jorge. In Latvian usage, Juris has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Jerzy.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Juris has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 15
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 Juris
- Juris HartmanisLatvian computer scientist (1928–2022)
- Juris LaizānsLatvian footballerborn 1979
- Juris ŠicsLatvian lugerborn 1983
- Juris AlunānsLatvian poet, publicist and linguist (1832–1864)
- Juris SilovsLatvian athletics competitor (1950–2018)
- Juris UpatnieksLatvian-American physicist and inventor (born 1936), one of the inventors of the hologram
- Juris KalniņšLatvian basketball player (1938–2010)
- Juris Tonebobsledderborn 1961
- Juris BērziņšLatvian rower1954–2004
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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