Yury

This article is about the name Yuri. For other uses, see Yuri (disambiguation).
Yury

Gender masculine
Language(s) East Slavic
Origin
Word/name Georgios
Other names
Alternative spelling Yuri, Youri, Yuriy, Yurij, Iurii, Iouri Juri, Jüri
Variant form(s) Georgy, Yegor
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Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, Yuriy, Yurij, Iurii or Iouri is the East Slavic (Ukrainian: Юрій, or Russian: Юрий, or Belarusian: Юрый) form of the masculine given name George; it is derived directly from the Greek form Georgios and related to Polish Jerzy and Czech/Slovak Jiří.

The Slavic form of the name originates with Yuriy Dolgorukiy, Grand Prince of Kiev and founder of Moscow (c. 1099 – 1157), in early accounts recorded as Gyurgi, Dyurgi. Yaroslav the Wise, great-grandfather of Yuriy Dolgorukiy, was the first Ruthenian ruler whose patron saint was Saint George. The saint is now depicted on the coat of arms of Moscow.

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