Yuri
The same Greek root as Jerzy, from Georgios: *ge*, earth, and *ergon*, work, so the name means farmer. In Poland it stays rare, given to a handful of boys and almost never to girls.
Yuri Pronunciation
Yuri is pronounced ih-OO-ree (/ɨˈuri/).
What Yuri means
Where Yuri comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Yuri comes from the Greek Georgios, built from ge, the earth, and ergon, work. The oldest sense is plain. It names the one who tills the ground, the farmer.
In Russian, Yuri became the everyday form of that ancient name, worn by grand princes of Kiev and Moscow centuries before it reached any modern birth register. The name also settled into Japanese use, where it sounds native and takes its own script. That is part of why a Polish parent might meet it in a manga, a film, or the credits of a game.
On a Polish class register, Yuri sits among the Jakubs and Zuzannas, short and quick to call out. Same letters, a new country each time. Whatever the setting, the meaning underneath holds, the farmer who works the earth.
How many people are named Yuri
1 in 86073 men in Poland is named Yuri. 280 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1822 among male names.
Yuri's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Yuri as a middle name
Yuri is a first name for 280 men in Poland and a middle name for another 8, a 97/3 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3729th, between Yudi (8) and Zak (8).
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#3727 Yuan8
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#3728 Yudi8
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#3729 Yuri8
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#3730 Zak8
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#3731 Zeeshan8