Yuriy
Jury, Jurij, Iurii, Iouri, Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, Yuriy or Yurij is the Slavic 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 Iúri, Estonian…
- Russian
- Ukrainian
- Belarusian
Meaning & Origin of Yuriy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jury, Jurij, Iurii, Iouri, Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, Yuriy or Yurij is the Slavic 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 Iúri, Estonian…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
- Ukrainian
- Belarusian
The Story of Yuriy
American parents first put Yuriy on the record books as a baby boy name in 1996, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 16 Yuriys were born — ranking #4,676 that year. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 44% of all recorded Yuriys. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 202 Yuriys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Yuriy
Yuriy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 202 births in the dataset. Yuriy's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #4,676. Use the chart and map above to compare Yuriy's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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