Jury, Jurij, Iurii, Iouri, Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, YuriyorYurij 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.
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| Pronunciation | Belarusian: [ˈju.rɨ], 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, 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.[citation needed]
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