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Meaning of the nameYury

Yury is a spelling of the name Yuri, which means “Russian form of Jorge, from the Greek geōrgós, 'farmer, tiller of the land'”.

Meaning

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

Meaning of the name Yuri, of which Yury is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: George

People (2022)
3,693
Rank in Brazil
#3,381
Median age
15 years
2010 Census
2,190
people

Yury in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Yury, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (1,203 people).

70 women 3,623 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 Yury is most common

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

  1. Goiás 0.003%
  2. Amazonas 0.003%
  3. Pará 0.003%
  4. Maranhão 0.002%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5550.001%
Minas Gerais4220.002%
Rio de Janeiro3670.002%
Bahia2150.002%
Goiás2040.003%
Pará2030.003%
Pernambuco2020.002%
Ceará1760.002%
Maranhão1630.002%
Paraná1440.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1410.001%
Amazonas1080.003%
Santa Catarina1000.001%
Paraíba850.002%
Mato Grosso820.002%
Espírito Santo790.002%
Piauí700.002%
Rio Grande do Norte540.002%
Alagoas520.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul500.002%
Distrito Federal490.002%
Tocantins450.003%
Sergipe370.002%
Rondônia340.002%
Amapá270.004%
Roraima190.003%

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

The spelling Yury

It uses Y at the beginning and the end; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it among the variants of Yuri.

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.

Other spellings of Yuri

SpellingPeople (2022)
Yuri142,231
Iúri23,726
Iury12,791
Yury3,693

Sources

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

Questions about the name Yury

What does the name Yury mean?

Yury means “Russian form of Jorge, from the Greek geōrgós, 'farmer, tiller of the land'”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Yuri, of which Yury is a spelling.

How many people are named Yury in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,693 people with the first name Yury, which ranks it number 3,381 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Yury is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 70 women and 3,623 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Yury?

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

In which Brazilian state is Yury most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.003% of the state's population is named Yury (204 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Yury?

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

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