Juraj is a given name used in a number of
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavs, Slavic peoples and their descendants. They are thought to descend from a proto-language called Proto-Slavic language, Proto- ...
, including Czech, Slovak, and Croatian.
The English equivalent of the name is
George.
Notable people
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Juraj Chmiel (born 1960), Czech diplomat and politician
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Juraj Dobrila (1812–1882), Croatian bishop and benefactor
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Juraj Filas (1955–2021), Slovak composer
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Juraj Gyimesi (born 1980), Slovak politician
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Juraj Habdelić (1609–1678), Croatian writer and lexicographer
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Juraj Herz
Juraj Herz (4 September 1934 – 8 April 2018) was a Slovak film director, actor, and scene designer, associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his 1969 horror/black comedy '' The Cremator'', often ci ...
(1934–2018), Czechoslovakian director
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Juraj Jakubisko (1938–2023), Slovak director
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Juraj Jánošík (1688–1713), Slovak national hero
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Juraj Križanić
Juraj Križanić ( – 12 September 1683), also known as Jurij Križanič, Yuriy Krizhanich, Iurii Krizhanich, and Yury Krizanitch (; , , ), was a Croatian Catholic missionary and polymath who is often regarded as the earliest recorded pan-Slav ...
(1618–1683), Croatian Catholic missionary and first pan-Slavist
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Juraj Kucka (born 1987), Slovak footballer
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Juraj Okoličány (1943–2008), Slovak ice hockey referee
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Juraj Sviatko (born 1980), Slovak figure skater
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Josip Juraj Strossmayer
Josip Juraj Strossmayer, also Štrosmajer (; ; 4 February 1815 – 8 April 1905) was a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church, politician and benefactor (law), benefactor. Between 1849 and his death, he served as the Bishop of Đakovo, Bishop ...
(1815–1905), Croatian politician, Roman Catholic bishop
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Juraj Šeliga (born 1990), Slovak politician
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Juraj Slafkovský (born 2004), Slovak ice hockey player
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Juraj Hromkovič
Juraj Hromkovič (born 1958) is a Slovak Computer Scientist and Professor at ETH Zürich. He is the author of numerous monographs and scientific publications in the field of algorithmics, computational complexity theory, and randomization.
Bio ...
(born 1958), Slovak Computer Scientist and Professor at ETH Zürich
Derived forms
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Jura: ''Czech, Slovak, Moravian, Croatian and Romanian''
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Jure: ''Croatian, Slovene''
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Jurica: ''Croatian''
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Jurášek
''Jurášek '' is a 1957 Czechoslovak drama film, directed by Miroslav Cikán. It stars Karel Hašler jr., Vladimir Gulyaev, and Karel Höger.
References
External link
* Jurášek' ''at IMDb
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: ''Czech, Moravian''
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Jurajko: ''Ukrainian, Slovak''
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Jurik
Chuzak () is a village in, and the capital of, Sojas Rud Rural District in Sojas Rud District of Khodabandeh County, Zanjan province, Iran
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: ''Russian and Armenian''
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Jurko: ''Slovak, Croatian''
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Juro: ''Slovak, Croatian''
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Jurek: ''Polish, Croatian''
See also
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* Other Slavic variants of George:
Jurij Jurij is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Jurij Alschitz (born 1947), theatre director, theatre and acting theorist who has lived in Berlin since 1992
* Jurij Brězan (1916–2006), Sorbian writer
* Jurij Cherednikov (born 1964 ...
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Yury
Jury, Jurij, Iurii, Iouri, Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, Yuriy or Yurij is the Slavic (, or , or , or ) form of the masculine given name George; it is derived directly from the Greek form Georgios and related to Polish Jerzy, Czech Jiří, and Slo ...
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Đurađ
Đurađ ( sr-Cyrl, Ђурађ, ; ) is a Serbian masculine given name, derived from the Greek ''Georgios''. It is also transliterated as Djuradj.
It is, along with the variant '' Đorđe'', the equivalent of the English '' George''. It was wides ...
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Đuro Đuro ( sr-Cyrl, Ђуро; also transliterated Djuro or Gjuro) is a South Slavic male given name derived from ''Đurađ'' (a Serbian variant of '' George'').
It may refer to:
* Đuro Bago (born 1961), a football coach and sports director
* Đu ...
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Đuraš,
Jerzy
Jerzy is the Polish version of the masculine given name George. The most common nickname for Jerzy is Jurek (), which may also be used as an official first name. Occasionally the nickname Jerzyk may be used, which means "swift" in Polish.
Peop ...
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Jiří
External links
Juraj on Behind The NameJuraj on Babätko
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