Given name
Yurii
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
Yurii is a variant of Yuriy. In Russian use, Yuriy carries the interpretation “one who works the earth; a farmer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yurii is a variant of Yuriy. In Russian use, Yuriy carries the interpretation “one who works the earth; a farmer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yurii connects to the George name family through Yuriy. George reached English through Old French and Latin from the Greek name Georgios.
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How it developed
Yurii connects to the George name family through Yuriy. 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.
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The story
Yurii connects to the George name family through Yuriy. 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.
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Yurii’s family of names
In English usage, Yurii has a related form in Yuri. Yurii has a related form in Yuriy.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yurii
- Yurii AndrukhovychUkrainian writer, poet, essayist and translatorborn 1960
- Yuriy LutsenkoUkrainian politicianborn 1964
- Yuriy BilonohUkrainian shot putterborn 1974
- Yuriy VoynovSoviet footballer (1931-2003)
- Iurii ChebanUkrainian canoeistborn 1986
- Yuriy KrivtsovFrench-Ukrainian cyclistborn 1979
- Yuriy KrymarenkoUkrainian high jumperborn 1983
- Yuriy VernydubUkrainian footballerborn 1966
- Yurii KhmelnytskyHetman of Ukraine1641–1685
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Yurii, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Yurey
“one who works the earth; a farmer” · “resembling a lily”
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Yurochka
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
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Jiří
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
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György
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
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Gyorgy
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
>99% boys
Yirgos
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
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Yorgos
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
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Yiorges
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
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