Given name & surname
Yrjö
“farmer”·“one who works the earth”
Yrjö is a form of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yrjö is a form of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yrjö is a form of George. George reached English through Old French and Latin from the Greek name Georgios.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Finnish use, Yrjö is used as a form of George. Yrjö is a form of George. The shared background comes through George: Georgios comes from georgos, built from elements meaning “earth” and “to work.” Latin Georgius and Old French forms helped carry it into English.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Yrjö is a form of George. The history of George gives this family its wider story. Saint George gave the name a religious and legendary association; the dragon story developed in the Middle Ages. In England, George I’s accession in 1714 helped increase the name’s use beyond its earlier saintly associations.
Explained through its name family
Yrjö’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Yrjö shares a linguistic root with the English form George. In Finnish usage, Yrjö has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Jorge. Yrjö is a form of George.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Yrjö has relatives in 11 languages.
11 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 62
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Georgecognate · English
- JorgePortuguese, Spanish
- Yuriequivalent
- Jordiequivalent
- GiorgioItalian
- Georgiosequivalent
- Juriequivalent
- GeorgesFrench
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- Gevorgequivalent
- Jurgenequivalent
- JerzyPolish
- GeorgGerman
- Georgyequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Georgiequivalent
- Jyriequivalent
- Jorisequivalent
- Yegorequivalent
- Jornequivalent
- Chorcheequivalent
- Jörgequivalent
- Jürgenequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
- ЕгорRussian
- ΓεώργιοςGreek
- JiříCzech
- Jureequivalent
- Jørgenequivalent
- Georgiusequivalent
- Corcequivalent
- Георгийequivalent
- Georgijeequivalent
- Juroequivalent
- Jørnequivalent
- Yehorequivalent
- Jurgensequivalent
- Jyrkiequivalent
- Jörnequivalent
- Xurxoequivalent
- Đorđeequivalent
- Juergequivalent
- Jordequivalent
- Gheorgheequivalent
- Jurajequivalent
- Jörgenequivalent
- Györgyequivalent
- Георгиequivalent
- Đuroequivalent
- Jurgisequivalent
- Գևորգequivalent
- Siôrequivalent
- Xurdeequivalent
- Jurijequivalent
- Jürgensequivalent
- Göranequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Jüriequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
And 2 more.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Yrjö
- Yrjö VäisäläFinnish astronomer and physicist1891–1971
- Yrjö Nikkanenathletics competitor (1914–1985)
- Yrjö SaarelaFinnish farmer and wrestler (1884-1951)
- Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-KoskinenFinnish politician (1830-1903)
- Yrjö HietanenFinnish canoeist (1927–2011)
- Yrjö SirolaFinnish politician and writer (1876–1936)
- Yrjö Linkogymnast (1885-1934)
- Yrjö KilpinenFinnish composer (1892-1959)
- Yrjö RantanenFinnish chess player (1950–2021)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Yrjö, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Yrjos
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
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Yrjon
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
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Yrjas
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
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Yrjan
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
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Yirgos
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
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Örjan
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
>99% boys
Yorgos
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
>99% boys
Yiorges
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
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