Given name & surname

Jurka

Jurka is a masculine given name. It is used in Old Czech and Slovak.

Meaning & origin

How it developed

In Old Czech usage, Jurka is a diminutive of JURA.

Jurka’s family of names

In Old Czech usage, Jurka is a diminutive of JURA. In Ukrainian usage, Jurka as a surname is a transliteration of Журка.

Walk Jurka’s family in the name graph

JurkaЖуркаJuraJurija

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Jurka has relatives in 3 languages.

2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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