Jiří
The Czech form of Jerzy, from Greek Geórgios, the earth-worker who turns the soil. Only about 185 men in Poland carry it, and most Poles meet the name across the southern border, not at home.
Jiří Pronunciation
Jiří is pronounced YEEŘÍ (/jiří/).
What Jiří means
Where Jiří comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Jiří comes from Greek Geórgios. The root is geōrgós, a compound of gē, meaning "earth," and érgon, meaning "work." A geōrgós was a farmer, someone who turned the soil. The short meaning holds at the bottom of the name: earth-worker.
The name traveled far from Greece. It became George in England, Jerzy in Poland, and Jiří among Czechs, who wore it down to two quick syllables. Saint George, the Roman soldier and martyr, carried the farmer's name into legend, and his fight with the dragon spread it across Christian Europe.
Jiří is short. The rolled ř in the middle gives non-Czech speakers trouble.
The most famous bearer is Jiří z Poděbrad, king of Bohemia from 1458 to 1471, remembered for proposing a union of European rulers. A Polish reader meets the name mostly across the southern border, in Czech towns and Czech records. Under the crowns and the dragon legend, the meaning stays plain. Jiří is the man who works the earth.
How many people are named Jiří
1 in 115385 men in Poland is named Jiří. 185 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2332 among male names.
Jiří as a middle name
Jiří is a first name for 185 men in Poland and a middle name for another 4, a 98/2 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 5501st, between Jewel (4) and Jiří (4).
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