MEANING & HISTORY
What does Yuri mean?
Yuri represents separate Russian and Japanese name histories. Russian Yuri is a form in the George family, ultimately connected with Greek georgos, farmer or earthworker.
Japanese Yuri can be written 百合, lily, but other kanji and readings also occur. The Cebuano dictionary records both a Russian masculine and a Japanese feminine name. Those entries do not establish which history belongs to an individual Philippine bearer.
The two meanings should remain alternatives rather than a synthetic phrase such as farmer’s lily.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Wiktionary / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Russian / Japanese
Dictionary accounts by language
Cebuano
From Russian Ю́рий (Júrij, “George”).
a male given name from Russian
Cebuano
From Japanese ゆり.
a female given name from Japanese
English
From Russian Ю́рий (Júrij, “George”). Doublet of George.
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Ю́рий (Júrij), equivalent to George.
English
From Japanese ゆり (Yuri). From Japanese ゆうり (Yūri). "Yuri" is a transliteration of several source forms, such as 由里, 由理, 由梨, 由利, 祐里, 友里, 友理, 悠里.
A female given name from Japanese.
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
Related forms & spellings
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- Yūka♀Gentleness or excellence + flower in Japanese 優花
- Yussof♂Often associated in secondary name guides with: A Joseph-family form recorded in Malay naming
- Yuichiro♂Heroic + one + man in the documented 雄一郎 spelling
Explore Yuri further
Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 1 elected-candidate records ·
YURI
· CSV row 6,406 · ODbL 1.0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Yuri (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Yuri (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — Yuri-1 (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — Yuri-2 (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — George (opens in a new tab)