Yury

Jury, Jurij, Iurii, Iouri, Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, Yuriy or Yurij is the Slavic (Belarusian: Юры, romanized: Jury, or Bulgarian: Юрий, romanized: Jurij, or Ukrainian: Юрій, romanized: Yurii, or Russian: Юрий, romanized: Yuriy) form of the masculine given name George; it is derived directly from the Greek form Georgios and related to Polish Jerzy, Czech Jiří, and Slovak and Croatian Juraj, akin to Spanish and Portuguese Jorge, and German Jürgen, and assimilated in modern forms such as German and Italian Juri, Portuguese Iury, and Dutch Joeri.

Yury
PronunciationBelarusian: [ˈju.rɨ], Russian: [ˈjʉrʲɪj], Ukrainian pronunciation: [ˈjur⁽ʲ⁾ij]
Gendermasculine
Language(s) Slavic
Origin
Word/nameGeorgios
Other names
Alternative spellingYuri, Youri, Yuriy, Yurij, Iurii, Iouri, Juri, Jurij
Variant form(s)Georgy, Yegor

The Slavic form of the name originates with Yuri Dolgoruky, Grand Prince of Kiev (c. 1099–1157), in early accounts recorded as Gyurgi, Dyurgi.

Ancient and medieval world

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Modern world

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See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Yury
  • All pages with titles beginning with Yuri
  • Igor (given name)

References

  1. "Los invasores rusos matan al alcalde de Gostomel". Ukrinform (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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