Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Youri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 5 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 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 269 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Youri’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Youri has a diminutive in Yourietje. In Dutch usage, Youri has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jorge. In French usage, Youri has a conventional equivalent in the English form Yuri.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Youri has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Belarusian roots to each of them.
10 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JorgeSpanish
- YuriPortuguese, English
- YariItalian
- JuriItalian
- Yuryequivalent
- JuryItalian
- Юрійequivalent
- Yuriiequivalent
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People named Youri
- Youri TielemansBelgian footballer (born 1997)
- Youri DjorkaeffFrench footballer (born 1968)
- Youri MulderDutch soccer player and managerborn 1969
- Youri BaasDutch footballerborn 2003
- Youri Messen-JaschinSwiss artistborn 1941
- Youri RegeerDutch association football playerborn 2003
- Youri LoenDutch footballerborn 1991
- Youri KalengaFrench boxerborn 1988
- Youri LatortueHaitian writer and politicianborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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