Yury
Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, Yuriy, Yurij, Iurii or Iouri is the Slavic (Ukrainian: Юрій, romanized: Jurij, or Russian: Юрий, romanized: Jurij, or Bulgarian: Юрий, romanized: Jurij, or Belarusian: Юры, romanized: Jury) form of the masculine given name George; it is derived directly from the Greek form Georgios and related to Polish Jerzy, Brazilian Portuguese Iury, Spanish and Portuguese Jorge, Dutch Joeri, Czech Jiří and German Jürgen.
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Pronunciation | Russian: [ˈjʉrʲɪj], Ukrainian pronunciation: [ˈjur⁽ʲ⁾ij] |
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Gender | masculine |
Language(s) | Slavic |
Origin | |
Word/name | Georgios |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Yuri, Youri, Yuriy, Yurij, Iurii, Iouri, Juri |
Variant form(s) | Georgy, Yegor |
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The Slavic form of the name originates with Yuriy Dolgorukiy, Grand Prince of Kyiv (c. 1099–1157), in early accounts recorded as Gyurgi, Dyurgi. Yaroslav the Wise, great-grandfather of Yuriy Dolgorukiy, was the first Ruthenian ruler whose patron saint was Saint George. The saint is now depicted on the coat of arms of Moscow.
- Yuri II of Vladimir (1189–1238)
- Yury Ivanovich (1480–1536)
- Yury Luzhkov (1936–2019), Russian politician
- Yuriy Trubetskoy (c. 1643–1679), Ruthenian Prince
- Yuriy Drohobych (1450–1494), Ukrainian philosopher, astrologist, writer, and doctor
- Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968), USSR, Soviet cosmonaut – The first human in space
- Yuri Lyapkin (born 1945), Russian ice hockey defenceman
- Yuri Bezmenov (1939-1993, Soviet defector and critic
- Yury Prilukov
- Yury Rudov
- Yury Usachov
- Yuri Andropov
- Yuri Nikulin
- Yuri Zhirkov
- Yuri Vizbor
- Yuri Shevchuk
People named Yuri in other cultures
- Harold Urey, American scientist
- Ray Ewry, American athlete
- Youri Djorkaeff, French footballer and coach
- Brendon Urie, American singer
- Urie Bronfenbrenner, Russian-born American psychologist
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Yury
- All pages with titles beginning with Yuri
- Igor (given name)