Juraj

Juraj is a given name used in a number of languages in various forms. The variants used in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe may be coincidental with a Slavonic similar to the Russian word юркий (yurkiy) meaning nimble, quick, handy. Pronounced "yuwh-rie" or "yuwh-rai".

The English equivalent of the name is George, other national equivalents are: Georgio, Georgij, Georg, Jürg, Jürgen, Jurģi, Yury, Jerzy, Jiří - evidently developed one from another. Its origin comes from the victimized early Christian communities (first centuries after Jesus Christ) and its meaning was: the Christian coming from Georgia = country origin defining, similar to "Alabama-Joe" or "Nevada-Kid". And even the further religion meaning of Saint Juraj is the same as Saint George: horse riding man sacrificing himself for fight with dragons, what ist frequented topic of Christian religion legends, paintings, icons and statues, reminded (celebrated) mostly 24. or 23. April or even 6.May (because of Julian/Gregorian calendar)

Notable people

Other variants
  • Đuro, Đurek, Gjuro: Croatian
  • Yuriy, Jurij (Юрий): Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
  • Jura:Croatian
  • Juraj: Croatian, Slovak, Slovene
  • Juraš, Đuraš, Đurađ, Jurash, Yurash: Serbian, Montenegrin, Croatian, Slovene, Ukrainian
  • Jure: Slovene, Croatian
  • Jerzy, Jurek: Polish
  • Jurij: Slovene
  • Juris: Lithuanian, Latvian

Pet forms
  • Jura: Czech, Slovak, Moravian, Ponašimu, Croatian and Romanian
  • Jure: Croatian, Slovene
  • Jurashek: Slovene
  • Jurášek: Czech, Moravian, Ponašimu
  • Jurajko: Ukrainian, Slovak
  • Jurik: Russian and Armenian
  • Jurko: Slovak, Croatian
  • Juro: Slovak, Croatia
  • Jurek: Polish, Croatian

See also
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