Meaning of the nameYuri

Yuri is a male name taken from the Russian Júrij, a form of Jorge, whose Greek root geōrgós means 'farmer'.

Meaning

“Russian form of Jorge, from the Greek geōrgós, 'farmer, tiller of the land'”

People (2022): 142,231
Rank in Brazil: #237
Median age: 13 years
2010 Census: 74,645; people

Yuri in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Yuri, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (48,814 people).

1,862 women 140,369 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Yuri is most common

States with the highest share of people named Yuri in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	31,558	0.071%
Rio de Janeiro	17,210	0.107%
Minas Gerais	16,818	0.082%
Rio Grande do Sul	8,953	0.082%
Paraná	7,534	0.066%
Bahia	7,500	0.053%
Santa Catarina	6,142	0.081%
Ceará	5,137	0.058%
Pará	5,009	0.062%
Goiás	4,973	0.071%
Pernambuco	4,673	0.052%
Maranhão	3,164	0.047%
Espírito Santo	2,964	0.077%
Distrito Federal	2,522	0.090%
Mato Grosso	2,496	0.068%
Amazonas	2,437	0.062%
Paraíba	2,268	0.057%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,849	0.067%
Alagoas	1,820	0.058%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,642	0.050%
Sergipe	1,411	0.064%
Piauí	1,363	0.042%
Rondônia	826	0.052%
Tocantins	692	0.046%
Amapá	503	0.069%
Acre	409	0.049%
Roraima	358	0.056%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Yuri

Wiktionary gives Yuri as an alternative form of Iúri, a borrowing from the Russian Ю́рий (Júrij), which corresponds to Jorge and is a doublet of it. Jorge comes from the Latin Geōrgius and the Greek Γεώργιος; Behind the Name explains that name through the Greek γεωργός (geōrgós), 'farmer, tiller of the land', and lists Iuri as the Portuguese form of Yuriy. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 142,231 people named Yuri, with a median age of 13. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Iuri, Iury and Yury among the spelling variants of Yuri.

It is the most recorded spelling in the group, with an initial Y; Wiktionary gives it as an alternative form of Iúri.

Other spellings of Yuri

Spelling	People (2022)
Yuri	142,231
Iúri	23,726
Iury	12,791
Yury	3,693

Sources

Wiktionary: Yuri · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Iúri · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Jorge · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Yuriy · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Iuri · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: George · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Yuri · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Yuri

What does the name Yuri mean?

Yuri means “Russian form of Jorge, from the Greek geōrgós, 'farmer, tiller of the land'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Yuri in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 142,231 people with the first name Yuri, which ranks it number 237 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Yuri a boy's or a girl's name?

Yuri is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,862 women and 140,369 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Yuri?

Yuri is a name of Slavic and Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Yuri most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.107% of the state's population is named Yuri (17,210 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Yuri?

Iúri, Iury and Yury. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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