Yuri

Jurij ( IPA: ' i̯uʀ ʲ II) is a male first name. It is the Sorbian form of the name Georg and next Juri also a possible transliteration of the East Slavic forms of the name Юрій or Юрий.

For more information on the name, see the main article George.

West Slavic variants

  • Jerzy ( Polish)
  • Jiri ( Czech)
  • Juraj (Slovak, Croatian and ( westsüdslaw. ) )
  • Jurij (Sorbian )

Well-known bearers of the name

  • Yuri Brežan (1916-2006), Upper Sorbian writer
  • Yuri Chěžka (1917-1944), Sorbian poet
  • Yuri Dalmatians (~ 1547-1589 ), Slovene Protestant priest, writer, and translator of the Bible into Slovene
  • Jurij Koch ( b. 1936 ), Upper Sorbian writer
  • Yuri Kramer ( born 1940 ), German actor, screenwriter and director
  • Yuri Pirk (1858-1926), Upper Sorbian historians, local historian, musician and composer
  • Yuri Rak (1740-1799), Upper Sorbian jurist, poet and composer
  • Yuri Striedter (* 1926), Russian- German Slavist and comparatist
  • Yuri A. Treguboff (1913-2000), Russian- German writer
  • Jurij Vega (1754-1802), Slovene mathematician
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