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Juri - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Juri

[ syll. ju-ri, jur-i ] The boy name Juri is pronounced as JHUHRiy KEY. Juri is used mostly in the Estonian and Russian languages. Its language of origin is Old Greek. Juri is a variant form of the English name George. See also the related forms, the Russian Iouri and the Russian Yuri.

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

Baby names that sound like Juri include the name Jagger, the Scandinavian Jarle, the name Jawhar, the English and Finnish Jere, the English Jerri, the English Jerrie, the English and German Jerry, the Czech Jiri, the Czech Jirí, the Dutch Joeri, the Urdu Johar, the English Jori, the Dutch, Finnish, and Scandinavian Jorre, the English Jory, the Czech Juro, the Slavic Djura, the German Gero, the English Gerri, the English Gerrie, and the English and German Gerry.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Juri: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; UH as in "hood (HH.UH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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