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Joris - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Joris

[ syll. jo-ris, jor-is ] The boy name Joris is pronounced as JHAORIHS KEY. Joris is used mostly in the Dutch and German languages. Its language of origin is Old Greek.

Joris is a variant form (Dutch and German) of the English name Gregory.

Joris is also a variant form (Dutch and German) of the English name George.

Joris is not frequently used as a baby boy name. It is not ranked within the top 1000. In 2008, among the family of boy names directly linked to Joris, the English George was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Joris include the Indian Jairaj, the German Jeorg, the Polish Jerzy, the Slavic Juraj, the Czech Juraz, the Polish Jurek, the Russian Jurgi, the Lithuanian Jurgis, the Czech Jurik, the Slavic Djordje, the French Georges, the English Georgie, the Dutch Georgius, the Russian Georgiy, the English Georgy, the English and Polish Gerek, the English Gerick, the Polish Gerik, the English Gerreck, and the English Gerrek.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Joris: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
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