Given name
Yuriy
“one who works the earth; a farmer”·“farmer”·“one who works the earth”
Yuriy is a form of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Russian use, Yuriy carries the interpretation “one who works the earth; a farmer.” Yuriy is a form of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
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Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Russian.
How it developed
Yuriy is used as a form of George. Yuriy 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.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Yuriy 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.
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Yuriy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 207
- 207 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,867 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −71%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,867 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,190 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.
Yuriy’s family of names
Yuriy is a form of George. In English usage, Yuriy has a related form in Yuri. Yuriy has a related form in Yuri.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yuriy
- Yuriy NikiforovRussian/Ukrainian association football playerborn 1970
- Yuriy SedykhSoviet athletics competitor, hammer thrower1955–2021
- Yuriy BorzakovskiyAthletics (sport) competitorborn 1981
- Yuriy LutsenkoUkrainian politicianborn 1964
- Yuriy BilonohUkrainian shot putterborn 1974
- Yuriy VoynovSoviet footballer (1931-2003)
- Yuriy MelnichenkoKazakh Olympic wrestlerborn 1972
- Yuriy Istominfootballer (1944-1999)
- Yuriy KrivtsovFrench-Ukrainian cyclistborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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