Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Scripts Юрий(Russian)Юрій(Ukrainian)Юрый(Belarusian)
Meaning
Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of George. This name was borne by Yuriy Dolgorukiy, a 12th-century Grand Prince of Kiev. The Soviet cosmonaut Yuriy (or Yuri) Gagarin (1934-1968), the first man to travel to space, was another famous bearer of this name.