Given name & surname
Turi
“resembling a bear”
Turi is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “resembling a bear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “resembling a bear.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
Turi is a diminutive of Salvatore.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Turi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24
- 5 boys · 19 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 10 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 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 197 as a first name in 2020; 962 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.
Turi’s family of names
Turi is a diminutive of Salvatore. Turi has a related form in Turea. Turi has a related form in Turee.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Turi has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Salvatorefull form · Sicilian, gallo-italique de Sicile
- Venturavariant · English
- Tureavariant
- Turrilikely variant
- Turiovariant
- Tureyvariant
- Turyvariant
- Tureevariant
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People named Turi
- Turi FerroItalian actor (1921-2001)
- Turi VasileItalian producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film critic and author (1922–2009)
- Turi SimetiItalian painter (1929–2021)
- Turi PandolfiniItalian actor (1883–1962)
- Turi WiderøeNorwegian pilot, journalistborn 1937
- Turi KingCanadian-British academicborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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