Yury

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

Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, Yuriy, Yurij, Iurii or Iouri is the 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.

• Yuri II of Vladimir (1189–1238)
• Yury Ivanovich (1480–1536)
• Yury Luzhkov
• Yuriy Trubetskoy (c. 1643–1679), Ruthenian Prince
• Yuriy Drohobych (1450–1494), Ukrainian philosopher, astrologist, writer, and doctor
• Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968), USSR, Soviet cosmonaut – The first human in space
• Yury Prilukov
• Yury Rudov
• Yury Usachov

See also

• All pages beginning with "Yury"
• All pages beginning with "Yuri"
• Igor (given name)