Jiri - Meaning of Jiri

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Jiri

[ 2 syll. ji-ri, jir-i ] The baby boy name Jiri is pronounced as YIH-RZH-iy- †. Jiri is a Czech and Slavic name of Old Greek origin. Jiri is a variant of the name George (English).

See also the related categories, slavic, greek, and czech.

Jiri is uncommon as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000. Out of the family of boy names directly related to Jiri, George was the most popular in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Jiri include Jarek (Czech and Polish), Jerzy (Czech, English, and Polish), Joris (Dutch and German), Jurek (Polish), Jurgis (Lithuanian), Jurka (Polish), Jurko (Czech), Urek (Czech), Uros, Yerik (Russian), Yiorgos, Yorgo, Yorgos, Yorick (English and Scandinavian), Yorkie, Yorkoo, Yorrick (English and Scandinavian), Yurac, Yurchik (Russian), and Yurij (Russian).

† English pronunciation for Jiri: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; ZH as in "beige (B.EY.ZH" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"