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 |
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| Word/name | Georgios |
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| 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.
Ancient and medieval world
- Listed chronologically
- Yuri Dolgorukiy or Yuri I Vladimirovich (c. 1099–1157), Grand Prince of Kiev
- Yuri II of Vladimir (1189–1238), Grand Prince of Vladimir
- Yuriy Drohobych (1450–1494), Ukrainian philosopher, astrologist, writer, and doctor
- Yury Ivanovich (1480–1536), a son of Ivan the Great
Modern world
- Listed alphabetically
- For Brazilian footballers who go by the mononym Yuri, see Yuri (disambiguation).
- Yuri Andropov (1914–1984), Chairman of the KGB and leader of the Soviet Union
- Yuri Berchiche (born 1990), Spanish footballer
- Yuri Bezmenov (1939–1993), Soviet journalist and eventual anti-communist who defected to Canada
- Yuri Chinen (born 1993), Japanese idol, singer and actor
- Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968), Soviet cosmonaut and the first human in space
- Yuri Irsenovich Kim, birth name of Kim Jong-il (1941 or 1942–2011), Supreme Leader of North Korea
- Yuri Kochiyama, Japanese-American human rights activist
- Yuri Korolev (ice hockey) (born 1934), Soviet/Russian ice hockey administrator
- Yuri Korolyov, (born 1962) Russian gymnast
- Yuriy Kozhanov (born 1990), Kazakh basketball player
- Yuri Lowenthal (born 1971), American actor, producer and screenwriter best known for his voice-over work
- Yury Luzhkov (1936–2019), Russian politician
- Yuri Lyapkin (born 1945), Russian ice hockey player
- Yuri Nikulin (1921–1997), Soviet/Russian actor and clown
- Yuri Oganessian (born 1933), Russian nuclear physicist who had element 118 named after himself
- Yury Prilukov (born 1984), Russian swimmer
- Yury Rudov (1931–2013), Soviet fencer
- Yuri Shchekochikhin (1950–2003), Russian investigative journalist, writer and liberal politician
- Yuri Shevchuk (born 1957), Soviet/Russian rock musician, singer and songwriter
- Yuriy Trubetskoy (c. 1643–1679), Ruthenian prince
- Yury Usachov (born 1957), Russian retired cosmonaut
- Yuri Vizbor (1934–1984), Soviet bard, poet and actor
- Yuri Zhirkov (born 1983), Russian footballer
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Yury
- All pages with titles beginning with Yuri
- Igor (given name)